Crime in Arizona

This article lists the incidence of crime in the U.S. state of Arizona

Statistics

Arizona Crime Rates 1960 - 2008

Year	Population	Total	Rate (per 100,000)	Violent crimes		Property crimes
				Total	Rate (per 100,000)	Total	Rate (per 100,000)
1960	1,302,161	39,243	3,013.7	2,704	207.7	36,539	2,806.0
1965	1,608,000	57,049	3,547.8	3,092	192.3	53,957	3,355.5
1970	1,772,482	104,829	5,914.2	6,564	370.3	98,265	5,543.9
1975	2,224,000	185,515	8,341.5	12,184	547.8	173,331	7,793.7
1980	2,715,357	221,866	8,170.8	17,673	650.9	204,193	7,519.9
1985	3,187,000	226,793	7,116.2	19,202	602.5	207,591	6,513.7
1990	3,665,228	289,140	7,888.7	23,911	652.4	265,229	7,236.4
1995	4,218,000	346,450	8,213.6	30,095	713.5	316,355	7,500.1
2000	5,130,632	299,092	5,829.5	27,281	531.7	271,811	5,297.8
2005	5,953,007	317, 823	5,351.2	30,478	512.0	287,345	4,838.0
2008	6,500,180	307, 979	4,738.0	29,059	447.0	278,920	4,291.0
Source: http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/azcrime.htm

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is legal in Arizona.^[1] The method used is lethal injection.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.htm
2. ^ http://deathpenalty.uslegal.com/capital-punishment/arizona/