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I could find arrests by state, but I weirdly couldn't find arrest numbers in direct proportion to a state's population, so I took the statistics from this source specifically, courtesy of the FBI. Again, weirdly, they don't seem to have any statistics newer than 2019. I know it takes a long while probably to round everything up, but a five-year space seems a really long time. I've attached the full spreadsheet to this post which has the calculated proportions on the farthest rightmost column labeled "Peacefulness factor." Yeah I know it's lame but I didn't know what else to call it. lol
The final numbers I list here are obtained very simply by dividing the state population by the total number of arrests per state including juvenile arrests. Of course, this list isn't the end-all-be-all of whether a state is going to be peaceful or not as a state may simply not adequately report their numbers, or perhaps places like New York simply don't get crimes reported by their citizens nearly as often as they normally should due to the incredible ineffectiveness of the police in that area.
Anyway, without further ado,
Bottom 10 U.S. States by Proportion of Arrests (Lower number is worse)
Illinois 17.7
Kentucky 17.8
South Dakota 18.4
Mississippi 19.0
Wyoming 19.6
Nevada 20.2
Tennessee 20.2
Arkansas 22.7
New Mexico 22.8
North Dakota 23.3
Top 10 U.S. States by Proportion of Arrests (Higher number is better)
Texas 41.6
Rhode Island 41.7
Washington 41.9
Ohio 44.6
New York 45.3
Hawaii 45.4
Michigan 45.5
Alabama 46.8
West Virginia 56
Massachusetts 58
The final numbers I list here are obtained very simply by dividing the state population by the total number of arrests per state including juvenile arrests. Of course, this list isn't the end-all-be-all of whether a state is going to be peaceful or not as a state may simply not adequately report their numbers, or perhaps places like New York simply don't get crimes reported by their citizens nearly as often as they normally should due to the incredible ineffectiveness of the police in that area.
Anyway, without further ado,
Bottom 10 U.S. States by Proportion of Arrests (Lower number is worse)
Illinois 17.7
Kentucky 17.8
South Dakota 18.4
Mississippi 19.0
Wyoming 19.6
Nevada 20.2
Tennessee 20.2
Arkansas 22.7
New Mexico 22.8
North Dakota 23.3
Top 10 U.S. States by Proportion of Arrests (Higher number is better)
Texas 41.6
Rhode Island 41.7
Washington 41.9
Ohio 44.6
New York 45.3
Hawaii 45.4
Michigan 45.5
Alabama 46.8
West Virginia 56
Massachusetts 58