Crime Reports Per 100,000 People, Per State
Have you ever wondered where your state stacks up in terms of crime?
Not all crimes are created equal. The following crime maps seperately illustrate homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, and identity theft for each state with data sourced from the F.B.I. in their annual Uniform Crime Report.
Are you considering your state’s crime? A move? A bugout location? You might want to consider where the state is with regards to it’s crime statistics – which generalize the risks from the people who live there…
The following crime maps are reprinted with permission from mylife.com.
The gray-scale map above is a composite which I layered from all of the following images to provide an overall sense of the crime reports statistics per state.
HOMICIDE REPORTS
High: Maryland – 19.94 homicides per 100,000 peopleLow: Idaho – 0.86 homicides per 100,000 people
ROBBERY REPORTS
High: Maryland – 361 robberies per 100,000 peopleLow: Wyoming – 13 robberies per 100,000 people
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT REPORTS
High: Tennessee – 650 aggravated assaults per 100,000 peopleLow: Maine – 67 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people
BURGLARY REPORTS
High: Arkansas – 1370 burglaries per 100,00 peopleLow: New York – 341 burglaries per 100,000 people
LARCENY-THEFT REPORTS
High: South Carolina – 3717 larceny/theft reports per 100,000 peopleLow: New Jersey – 1351 larceny/theft reports per 100,000 people
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT REPORTS
High: Washington – 489 motor vehicle theft reports per 100,000 peopleLow: Vermont – 74 motor vehicle theft reports per 100,000 people
ARSON REPORTS
High: Ohio – 43 arson reports per 100,000 peopleLow: New York – 5.8 arson reports per 100,000 people
IDENTITY THEFT REPORTS
High: Florida – 361.3 identity theft reports per 100,000 peopleLow: South Dakota – 39.6 identity theft reports per 100,000 people
