State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
VIOLENT CRIME PER 100,000 POPULATION,
2002
[Violent offenses known to the police, which includes murder, forcible rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault. When States share the same rank, the next
lower rank is omitted. Because of
rounded data, States may have identical values shown, but different ranks]
State
Rate \1
Rank
United States
495
(X)
Alabama
444
21
Alaska
563
12
Arizona
553
13
Arkansas
424
22
California
593
10
Colorado
352
27
Connecticut
311
33
Delaware
599
9
District
of Columbia
1,633
(X)
Florida
770
2
Georgia
459
20
Hawaii
262
41
Idaho
255
42
Illinois
621
8
Indiana
357
26
Iowa
286
36
Kansas
377
24
Kentucky
279
38
Louisiana
662
6
Maine
108
48
Maryland
770
2
Massachusetts
484
18
Michigan
540
14
Minnesota
268
40
Mississippi
343
31
Missouri
539
15
Montana
352
27
Nebraska
314
32
Nevada
638
7
New
Hampshire
161
47
New
Jersey
375
25
New
Mexico
740
4
New
York
496
17
North
Carolina
470
19
North
Dakota
78
50
Ohio
351
29
Oklahoma
503
16
Oregon
292
34
Pennsylvania
402
23
Rhode
Island
285
37
South
Carolina
822
1
South
Dakota
177
46
Tennessee
717
5
Texas
579
11
Utah
237
43
Vermont
107
49
Virginia
291
35
Washington
345
30
West
Virginia
234
44
Wisconsin
225
45
Wyoming
274
39
X Not applicable.
\1 Based on Bureau of the Census estimates as of July 1.
Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Crime in the United States, annual.
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