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Index Crime Rates by State

Sorted by Property (excl. arson) and Violent Crime Rates
(Rates are calculated per 1,000 inhabitants)
Property Crime Rate Rank-2010                         Violent Crime Rate Rank-2010
Rank State Property Crime Rate   Rank State Violent Crime Rate
1
South Carolina
39.0
 
1
Nevada
6.6
2
Texas
37.8
 
2
Alaska
6.4
3
Washington
37.1
 
3
Delaware
6.2
4
Tennessee
36.6
 
4
Tennessee
6.1
5
Louisana
36.5
 
5
South Carolina
6.0
6
Georgia
36.4
 
6
New Mexico
5.9
7
Arkansas
35.6
 
7
Louisiana
5.5
8
Florida
35.6
 
8
Maryland
5.5
9
Arizona
35.3
 
9
Flordia
5.4
10
Alabama
35.2
 
10
Arkansas
5.1
11
Delaware
34.5
 
11
Michigan
4.9
12
North Carolina
34.5
 
12
Oklahoma
4.8
13
New Mexico
34.4
 
13
Massachusetts
4.7
14
Oklahoma
34.2
 
14
Missouri
4.6
15
Missouri
33.5
 
15
Texas
4.5
16
Hawaii
33.1
 
16
California
4.4
17
Ohio
32.5
 
17
Illinois
4.4
18
Utah
31.8
 
18
Arizona
4.1
19
Kansas
31.2
 
19
Georgia
4.0
20
Indiana
32.4
 
20
New York
3.9
21
Oregon
30.1
 
21
Alabama
3.8
22
Maryland
30.0
 
22
Kansas
3.7
23
Mississippi
29.9
 
23
Pennsylvania
3.7
24
Alaska
28.5
 
24
North Carolina
3.6
25
Nevada
27.7
 
25
Colorado
3.2
26
Michigan
27.1
 
26
Ohio
3.2
27
Colorado
26.8
 
27
West Virginia
3.1
28
Illinois
26.8
 
28
Indiana
3.1
29
Nebraska
26.7
 
29
Washington
3.1
30
California
26.4
 
30
New Jersey
3.1
31
Minnesota
25.7
 
31
Connecticut
2.8
32
Rhode Island
25.6
 
32
Nebraska
2.8
33
Kentucky
25.5
 
33
Iowa
2.7
34
Montana
25.4
 
34
Montana
2.7
35
Wisconsin
25.1
 
35
Mississippi
2.7
36
Maine
24.8
 
36
South Dakota
2.7
37
Wyoming
24.6
 
37
Hawaii
2.6
38
Massachusetts
23.5
 
38
Rhode Island
2.6
39
Virginia
23.3
 
39
Oregon
2.5
40
Vermont
22.8
 
40
Wisconsin
2.5
41
Iowa
22.4
 
41
Kentucky
2.4
42
West Virginia
22.4
 
42
Minnesota
2.4
43
Connecticut
21.9
 
43
North Daota
2.3
44
New Hampshire
21.9
 
44
Idaho
2.2
45
Pennsylvania
21.7
 
45
Virginia
2.1
46
New Jersey
20.8
 
46
Utah
2.1
47
Idaho
20.0
 
47
Wyoming
2.0
48
New York
19.4
 
48
New Hampshire
1.7
49
South Dakota
18.5
 
49
Vermont
1.3
50
North Dakota
17.7
 
50
Maine
1.2
 
*These rankings are based upon the FBI UCR Data and the U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.
 
     Oregon State Ranking Index Crime Rate
 

Year Property Violent
1965 11 28
1966 11 30
1967 10 26
1968 13 26
1969 11 24
1970 9 24
1971 10 24
1972 7 25
1973 6 25
1974 5 23
1975 5 17
1976 8 12
1977 8 14
1978 10 12
1979 9 13
1980 9 19
1981 6 21
1982 8 20
1983 6 16
1984 6 15
1985 4 13
1986 4 19
1987 5 18
1988 5 18
1989 10 21
1990 15 26
1991 15 28
1992 13 29
1993 11 27
1994 4 25
1995 4 25
1996 8 27
1997 4 26
1998 6 28
1999 8 28
2000 8 28
2001 5 34
2002 6 34
2003 3 33
2004 4 31
2005 4 32
2006 17 38
2007 18 38
2008 23 41
2009 23 38
2010 21 39

Page updated: September 20, 2011