2005 List
"1" is Most Dangerous, "50" is Safest
My birth state Delaware representing at number 15. Showing Philly and Jersey how to be gangsta. Boo ya ca sha!
Congratulations to Nevada. Keep up the good work.
Biggest shocker - Alaska keeping it gangsta at number 8.
Biggest letdown - Pennsylvania at 30. As a part-time Philly resident I am very disappointed. Gangstas, get busy, we can do better.
2005 RANK.......STATE
1...................Nevada
2...................Louisiana
3...................Arizona
4...................Maryland
5...................South Carolina
6...................Florida
7...................Tennessee
8...................Alaska
9...................New Mexico
10.................California
11.................Texas
12.................Michigan
13.................Georgia
14.................Oklahoma
15.................Delaware
16.................Illinois
17.................Mississippi
18.................North Carolina
19.................Alabama
20.................Washngton
21.................Missouri
22.................Arkansas
23.................Ohio
24.................Colorado
25.................Hawaii
26.................Kansas
27.................Indiana
28.................Oregon
29.................Massachusetts
30.................Pennsylvania
31.................New York
32.................New Jersey
33.................Rhode Island
34.................Utah
35.................Nebraska
36.................Minnesota
37.................Kentucky
38.................Virginia
39.................Conneticut
40.................Montana
41.................Idaho
42.................Wisconsin
43.................Iowa
44.................West Virginia
45.................Wyoming
46.................South Dakota
47.................New Hampshire
48.................Maine
49.................Vermont
50.................North Dakota
METHODOLOGY: The Most Dangerous State 2005 rankings are determined by a four step process. First, rates for six crime categories — murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft — are plugged into a formula that measures how a state compares to the national average for a given crime category.
Second, the outcome of this equation is then multiplied by a weight assigned to each crime category. For this year’s award, we again gave each crime category equal weight. Thus state comparisons are based purely on crime rates and how these rates stack up to the national average for a given crime category.
Third, the weighted numbers are added together to achieve state’s score ("SUM.") In the fourth and final step, these composite scores are ranked from highest to lowest to determine which states are the most dangerous and safest. Thus the farther below the national average a state’s crime rate is, the lower (and safer) it ranks. The farther above the national average, the higher (and more dangerous) a state ranks in the final list.
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