When looking at the BIG picture, comparing incarceration rates of every state with each other, we get a completely different view.

https://www.caliper.com/featured-maps/maptitude-prison-population-map.html

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Prison Population by State

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The proportion of the population in prison varies quite a bit by state. In 2021 the nationwide incarceration rate was 350 per 100,000 (0.35%). Seventeen states exceeded the national average with Mississippi (575), Louisiana (564), Arkansas (559), and Oklahoma (555) having the highest rates of incarceration. The lowest rates were in Massachusetts (96), Maine (107), and Rhode Island (118).

A few surprises compared to what we think?

List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_violent_crime_rate

Rate by crime

Data in this table are from the FBI and for the year 2022.^[1]

Location	Violent crime	Homicide	Rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault
United States	380.7	6.3	40.0	66.1	268.2
District of Columbia	812.3	29.3	41.5	357.5	383.9
New Mexico	780.5	12.0	54.6	110.6	603.3
Alaska	758.9	9.5	134.0	75.1	540.2
Arkansas	645.3	10.2	76.0	39.7	519.4
Louisiana	628.6	16.1	43.0	67.3	502.1
Tennessee	621.6	8.6	38.2	67.1	507.6
California	499.5	5.7	37.4	123.5	332.8
Colorado	492.5	6.4	63.4	72.6	350.1
South Carolina	491.3	11.2	38.2	40.6	401.3
Missouri	488.0	10.1	48.9	54.8	374.2
Michigan	461.0	6.9	64.8	36.6	352.7
Nevada	454.0	6.8	58.9	86.1	302.3
Texas	431.9	6.7	50.0	70.5	304.7
Arizona	431.5	6.8	44.1	70.1	310.5
New York	429.3	4.0	29.5	112.0	283.8
Oklahoma	419.7	6.7	57.5	40.6	314.8
Montana	417.9	4.5	54.4	23.3	335.7
Kansas	414.6	4.6	45.5	29.2	335.4
Alabama	409.1	10.9	29.6	34.5	334.1
North Carolina	405.1	8.1	30.5	54.9	311.6
Maryland	398.5	8.5	30.6	114.2	245.2
Delaware	383.5	4.8	22.0	57.0	299.8
South Dakota	377.4	4.3	55.8	25.3	292.0
Washington	375.6	5.0	39.2	86.8	244.7
Georgia	367.0	8.2	36.4	43.6	278.8
Oregon	342.4	4.5	40.6	68.6	228.7
Massachusetts	322.0	2.1	29.1	37.7	253.1
Indiana	306.2	6.2	32.8	43.0	224.2
Wisconsin	297.0	5.3	38.6	39.4	213.7
Ohio	293.6	6.1	48.4	53.1	185.9
Illinois	287.3	7.8	48.1	84.7	146.7
Iowa	286.5	1.7	42.5	21.6	220.7
Nebraska	282.8	3.2	55.3	29.1	195.2
Minnesota	280.6	3.2	40.7	57.0	179.7
Pennsylvania	279.9	7.9	29.5	68.1	174.5
North Dakota	279.6	3.5	56.7	27.6	191.8
West Virginia	277.9	4.6	44.4	10.0	218.9
Hawaii	259.6	2.1	37.9	66.1	153.5
Florida	258.9	5.0	30.2	33.6	190.1
Mississippi	245.0	7.8	33.7	25.6	178.0
Utah	241.8	2.0	59.5	29.6	150.7
Idaho	241.4	2.7	48.7	8.2	181.7
Virginia	234.0	7.3	30.2	38.4	158.1
Vermont	221.9	3.4	36.8	13.3	168.5
Kentucky	214.1	6.8	33.8	38.1	135.4
New Jersey	202.9	3.1	16.8	47.6	135.4
Wyoming	201.9	2.6	62.8	7.9	128.7
Rhode Island	172.3	1.5	38.0	24.6	108.3
Connecticut	150.0	3.8	18.1	44.9	83.3
New Hampshire	125.6	1.8	39.6	16.1	68.1
Maine	103.3	2.2	32.0	10.0	59.0

You can go to 10 different studies and get 10 different ranking for most dangerous cities!  Here's 1 of them.

It's much different than what most people think.

Which U.S. Cities Are the Most Dangerous?

https://www.security.org/resources/most-dangerous-cities/