TABLE 1
CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
STATEWIDE
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CATEGORY/CRIME 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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CRIMES
VIOLENT CRIMES 207,874 210,492 210,510 207,988 204,591 197,432 189,593 194,128 191,493 185,233
HOMICIDE 2,006 2,074 2,201 2,392 2,402 2,394 2,503 2,483 2,258 2,143
FORCIBLE RAPE 9,443 9,785 9,882 10,176 9,918 9,598 9,345 9,213 9,047 8,906
ROBBERY 60,027 60,243 63,299 64,805 63,597 61,573 63,424 70,961 70,702 69,391
AGG. ASSAULT 136,398 138,390 135,128 130,615 128,674 123,867 114,321 111,471 109,486 104,793
PROPERTY CRIMES 561,542 578,309 626,033 667,592 693,137 712,193 722,333 707,607 681,235 656,744
BURGLARY 223,828 222,247 229,922 237,445 240,705 244,914 249,563 246,449 237,759 237,988
M.V. THEFT 168,465 181,049 201,074 221,780 240,798 251,747 256,998 242,692 220,126 192,631
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 169,249 175,013 195,037 208,367 211,634 215,532 215,772 218,466 223,350 226,125
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 661,643 651,564 689,491 712,419 727,527 726,614 688,820 666,869 654,481 650,653
OVER $400 169,249 175,013 195,037 208,367 211,634 215,532 215,772 218,466 223,350 226,125
$400 AND UNDER 492,394 476,551 494,454 504,052 515,893 511,082 473,048 448,403 431,131 424,528
ARSON 14,454 14,406 15,060 14,007 13,677 12,660 12,272 12,687 11,400 10,674
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 34,036.0 34,480.0 34,758.0 35,301.0 35,934.0 36,590.8 37,004.7 37,444.4 37,771.4 38,148.5
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
VIOLENT CRIMES 610.7 610.5 605.6 589.2 569.4 539.6 512.3 518.4 507.0 485.6
HOMICIDE 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.0 5.6
FORCIBLE RAPE 27.7 28.4 28.4 28.8 27.6 26.2 25.3 24.6 24.0 23.3
ROBBERY 176.4 174.7 182.1 183.6 177.0 168.3 171.4 189.5 187.2 181.9
AGG. ASSAULT 400.7 401.4 388.8 370.0 358.1 338.5 308.9 297.7 289.9 274.7
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,649.8 1,677.2 1,801.1 1,891.1 1,928.9 1,946.4 1,952.0 1,889.8 1,803.6 1,721.5
BURGLARY 657.6 644.6 661.5 672.6 669.9 669.3 674.4 658.2 629.5 623.8
M.V. THEFT 495.0 525.1 578.5 628.3 670.1 688.0 694.5 648.1 582.8 505.0
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 497.3 507.6 561.1 590.3 589.0 589.0 583.1 583.4 591.3 592.7
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 1,944.0 1,889.7 1,983.7 2,018.1 2,024.6 1,985.8 1,861.4 1,781.0 1,732.7 1,705.6
OVER $400 497.3 507.6 561.1 590.3 589.0 589.0 583.1 583.4 591.3 592.7
$400 AND UNDER 1,446.7 1,382.1 1,422.6 1,427.9 1,435.7 1,396.8 1,278.3 1,197.5 1,141.4 1,112.8
ARSON 42.5 41.8 43.3 39.7 38.1 34.6 33.2 33.9 30.2 28.0
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*SEE FOOTNOTES.