Table 10. Overall Crime Rate
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	State Ranking		Crime Rate per 100,000	% Higher Crime Rate Compared to the Best State
	1	South Dakota	1946.2	--
	2	New Hampshire	1973.6	1.4%
	3	North Dakota	2135.8	9.7%
	4	Vermont	2495.4	28.2%
	5	Maine	2531.6	30.1%
	6	New York	2546.3	30.8%
	7	New Jersey	2692.2	38.3%
	8	Kentucky	2797.8	43.8%
	9	Massachusetts	2819.2	44.9%
	10	Pennsylvania	2847.2	46.3%
	11	Connecticut	2851.2	46.5%
	12	West Virginia	2906.4	49.3%
	13	Wisconsin	2911.2	49.6%
	14	Virginia	2932.7	50.7%
	15	Idaho	2954.2	51.8%
	16	Rhode Island	2980.4	53.1%
	17	Iowa	3138.3	61.3%
	18	Minnesota	3385.1	73.9%
	19	Wyoming	3388.8	74.1%
	20	Montana	3427.8	76.1%
	21	Mississippi	3553.8	82.6%
	22	Illinois	3644.0	87.2%
	23	Michigan	3651.5	87.6%
	24	Nebraska	3719.8	91.1%
	25	Delaware	3751.4	92.8%
	26	Indiana	3783.6	94.4%
	27	California	3846.6	97.6%
	28	Ohio	4017.8	106.4%
	29	Utah	4062.0	108.7%
	30	Kansas	4195.1	115.6%
	31	Alaska	4247.1	118.2%
	32	Maryland	4255.3	118.6%
	33	Louisiana	4293.0	120.6%
	34	Alabama	4332.8	122.6%
	35	Colorado	4437.8	128.0%
	36	Missouri	4455.0	128.9%
	37	North Carolina	4548.9	133.7%
	38	Oklahoma	4556.3	134.1%
	39	Georgia	4590.8	135.9%
	40	Arkansas	4596.4	136.2%
	41	Oregon	4689.4	141.0%
	42	Florida	4721.7	142.6%
	43	New Mexico	4778.0	145.5%
	44	Texas	4847.2	149.1%
	45	Nevada	4853.4	149.4%
	46	Hawaii	5055.3	159.8%
	47	Tennessee	5057.3	159.9%
	48	South Carolina	5137.7	164.0%
	49	Washington	5235.4	169.0%
	50	Arizona	5338.9	174.3%

Source - Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Crime in the United States 2006: Uniform Crime Reports". Click here for more information.