TABLE 1
CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
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CATEGORY/CRIME 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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CRIMES
VIOLENT CRIMES 4,532 4,386 4,264 4,187 4,021 4,513 4,796 4,954 4,597 4,257
HOMICIDE 56 49 48 74 76 80 93 98 76 89
FORCIBLE RAPE 231 202 207 191 205 197 206 197 176 200
ROBBERY 1,312 1,439 1,497 1,508 1,466 1,809 2,103 2,203 2,105 1,733
AGG. ASSAULT 2,933 2,696 2,512 2,414 2,274 2,427 2,394 2,456 2,240 2,235
PROPERTY CRIMES 15,741 19,514 21,227 22,755 23,258 22,742 22,460 23,129 21,633 19,843
BURGLARY 6,125 6,767 6,264 6,678 7,053 7,192 7,143 7,625 7,641 7,361
M.V. THEFT 4,328 6,461 8,375 9,724 9,517 9,147 8,833 8,832 7,297 6,492
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 5,288 6,286 6,588 6,353 6,688 6,403 6,484 6,672 6,695 5,990
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 20,642 23,153 24,511 24,369 24,925 22,808 21,001 19,949 19,821 17,212
OVER $400 5,288 6,286 6,588 6,353 6,688 6,403 6,484 6,672 6,695 5,990
$400 AND UNDER 15,354 16,867 17,923 18,016 18,237 16,405 14,517 13,277 13,126 11,222
ARSON 269 305 297 217 200 198 238 251 200 213
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 963.0 977.0 987.0 1,003.8 1,016.3 1,025.9 1,034.9 1,044.2 1,056.5 1,068.8
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
VIOLENT CRIMES 470.6 448.9 432.0 417.1 395.7 439.9 463.4 474.4 435.1 398.3
HOMICIDE 5.8 5.0 4.9 7.4 7.5 7.8 9.0 9.4 7.2 8.3
FORCIBLE RAPE 24.0 20.7 21.0 19.0 20.2 19.2 19.9 18.9 16.7 18.7
ROBBERY 136.2 147.3 151.7 150.2 144.2 176.3 203.2 211.0 199.2 162.1
AGG. ASSAULT 304.6 275.9 254.5 240.5 223.8 236.6 231.3 235.2 212.0 209.1
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,634.6 1,997.3 2,150.7 2,266.9 2,288.5 2,216.8 2,170.3 2,215.0 2,047.6 1,856.6
BURGLARY 636.0 692.6 634.7 665.3 694.0 701.0 690.2 730.2 723.2 688.7
M.V. THEFT 449.4 661.3 848.5 968.7 936.4 891.6 853.5 845.8 690.7 607.4
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 549.1 643.4 667.5 632.9 658.1 624.1 626.5 639.0 633.7 560.4
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 2,143.5 2,369.8 2,483.4 2,427.7 2,452.5 2,223.2 2,029.3 1,910.5 1,876.1 1,610.4
OVER $400 549.1 643.4 667.5 632.9 658.1 624.1 626.5 639.0 633.7 560.4
$400 AND UNDER 1,594.4 1,726.4 1,815.9 1,794.8 1,794.5 1,599.1 1,402.7 1,271.5 1,242.4 1,050.0
ARSON 27.9 31.2 30.1 21.6 19.7 19.3 23.0 24.0 18.9 19.9
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*SEE FOOTNOTES.