Interesting crime statistic. I was just looking up crime figures for Vermont, where they are a green state, like Alaska. Population-wise they are very similar, in 2005 Vermont was pop 623,050 and Alaska was 663,661. They are both green states, yet in the category of Violent crime Vermont was 48th in a ranking of the 50 states, Alaska however was 8th.
In fact when it came to forcible rape, Alaska was #1, but 36th in the robbery field. Vermont was 42nd in the rape category, and 49th in robbery and in 2004 it was 50th in the auto theft category.
So you can leave your keys in the ignition in Vermont and you aren't going to have your car stolen, but if you visit Alaska make damn sure you keep your wife by your side at all times.
Very interesting to see the only 2 green states have such a radical difference in crime.