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2007 Most Dangerous and Safest State Awards

Rankings of States in Most Dangerous/Safest State Awards

1994 to 2007

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Ranking of "1" is Most Dangerous; "50" is Safest

(NOTE: The awards for 1994 through 1996 were based on a different methodology and are not directly comparable. The awards were based on a formula averaging a state's ranking in 14 to 16 categories of crime, police and corrections.)

STATE 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Alabama 17 18 19 18 20 17 19 21 19 20 21 23 20 16
Alaska 7 9 8 12 8 11 5 13 11 13 10 12 14 24
Arizona 3 4 3 3 3 5 7 7 8 9 6 5 7 9
Arkansas 13 15 22 25 23 22 25 22 20 23 25 25 26 30
California 9 10 10 10 12 13 17 12 10 7 5 6 8 6
Colorado 22 22 24 24 25 30 26 26 31 29 31 21 18 20
Connecticut 40 39 39 39 36 37 37 34 35 32 32 30 36 31
Delaware 18 24 15 20 19 12 10 11 17 18 16 33 12 21
Florida 8 7 6 7 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5
Georgia 20 13 13 17 15 16 13 14 14 12 17 15 21 11
Hawaii 28 26 25 23 26 28 33 35 29 31 29 27 30 28
Idaho 39 40 41 40 42 46 42 40 41 41 40 38 35 39
Illinois 21 19 16 13 13 10 11 9 9 10 8 8 5 4
Indiana 25 28 27 26 24 26 24 25 24 26 27 29 31 25
Iowa 43 43 43 42 43 44 43 42 42 44 42 45 45 48
Kansas 27 25 26 31 28 23 23 27 28 30 31 26 23 15
Kentucky 34 33 37 36 35 35 38 39 37 38 37 34 44 42
Louisiana 10 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 3 2 1 1
Maine 48 49 48 48 48 49 48 48 48 48 48 49 50 49
Maryland 4 5 4 4 5 4 6 5 7 4 4 4 2 2
Massachusetts 30 30 29 27 31 32 30 29 30 28 26 31 28 29
Michigan 11 12 12 11 9 9 12 10 12 11 12 13 13 12
Minnesota 32 35 36 35 34 34 36 33 32 33 33 36 42 34
Mississippi 24 21 17 14 14 20 16 16 13 19 19 20 25 32
Missouri 19 20 21 19 17 21 21 20 22 21 20 9 17 14
Montana 44 42 40 44 41 42 45 45 46 43 43 41 38 41
Nebraska 37 34 35 34 39 36 34 37 39 39 41 42 43 44
Nevada 1 1 1 1 2 7 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 7
New Hampshire 47 47 47 47 46 43 49 49 49 49 49 47 47 45
New Jersey 33 32 32 33 32 33 31 30 27 24 24 22 22 17
New Mexico 2 3 9 6 7 3 1 1 4 5 7 7 9 13
New York 31 31 31 28 29 24 22 23 23 16 14 14 11 8
North Carolina 16 17 18 15 16 15 14 15 16 17 18 17 19 22
North Dakota 50 50 50 50 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 48 46 47
Ohio 23 23 23 22 22 25 28 28 26 27 28 29 29 23
Oklahoma 15 14 14 16 18 19 18 18 18 15 13 16 15 18
Oregon 29 27 28 32 33 30 27 24 25 25 23 19 24 27
Pennsylvania 26 29 30 30 30 31 29 31 33 34 34 39 38 37
Rhode Island 35 38 33 29 27 27 32 38 38 36 36 44 41 36
South Carolina 6 6 5 5 11 8 8 6 6 6 11 10 10 10
South Dakota 45 45 46 46 47 47 44 47 44 46 46 43 37 43
Tennessee 5 8 7 8 6 6 9 8 5 8 9 18 16 19
Texas 12 11 11 9 10 14 15 17 15 14 15 11 6 3
Utah 38 36 34 38 37 39 39 32 34 35 35 35 33 35
Vermont 49 48 49 49 50 48 47 46 47 47 47 50 49 50
Virginia 36 37 38 37 38 38 35 36 36 37 38 32 32 38
Washington 14 16 20 21 21 18 20 19 21 22 22 24 27 26
West Virginia 41 41 44 45 45 41 40 44 45 45 45 46 48 46
Wisconsin 42 44 42 41 40 40 41 41 40 40 39 37 34 33
Wyoming 46 46 45 43 44 45 46 43 43 42 44 40 40 40