TABLE 1
CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
KERN COUNTY
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CATEGORY/CRIME 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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CRIMES
VIOLENT CRIMES 3,240 3,275 3,371 3,742 4,421 3,899 4,189 4,590 4,631 4,892
HOMICIDE 37 39 51 46 51 69 65 50 57 75
FORCIBLE RAPE 175 191 220 203 217 205 201 181 233 205
ROBBERY 658 741 779 784 931 952 1,059 1,132 1,289 1,331
AGG. ASSAULT 2,370 2,304 2,321 2,709 3,222 2,673 2,864 3,227 3,052 3,281
PROPERTY CRIMES 11,757 12,337 13,903 15,961 17,829 19,712 20,210 19,573 20,425 20,147
BURGLARY 5,909 5,926 6,515 7,189 8,227 8,472 8,712 8,200 9,252 9,413
M.V. THEFT 2,638 2,773 3,420 4,451 4,904 5,895 5,761 5,324 5,233 4,998
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 3,210 3,638 3,968 4,321 4,698 5,345 5,737 6,049 5,940 5,736
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 13,773 15,221 15,842 17,743 18,651 19,612 18,991 18,509 17,422 17,034
OVER $400 3,210 3,638 3,968 4,321 4,698 5,345 5,737 6,049 5,940 5,736
$400 AND UNDER 10,563 11,583 11,874 13,422 13,953 14,267 13,254 12,460 11,482 11,298
ARSON 1,157 773 646 543 555 540 591 514 709 593
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 678.5 681.9 697.1 717.3 744.3 770.4 796.3 809.9 823.6 834.0
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
VIOLENT CRIMES 477.5 480.3 483.6 521.7 594.0 506.1 526.1 566.7 562.3 586.6
HOMICIDE 5.5 5.7 7.3 6.4 6.9 9.0 8.2 6.2 6.9 9.0
FORCIBLE RAPE 25.8 28.0 31.6 28.3 29.2 26.6 25.2 22.3 28.3 24.6
ROBBERY 97.0 108.7 111.7 109.3 125.1 123.6 133.0 139.8 156.5 159.6
AGG. ASSAULT 349.3 337.9 333.0 377.7 432.9 347.0 359.7 398.4 370.6 393.4
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,732.8 1,809.2 1,994.4 2,225.1 2,395.4 2,558.7 2,538.0 2,416.7 2,480.0 2,415.7
BURGLARY 870.9 869.0 934.6 1,002.2 1,105.3 1,099.7 1,094.1 1,012.5 1,123.4 1,128.7
M.V. THEFT 388.8 406.7 490.6 620.5 658.9 765.2 723.5 657.4 635.4 599.3
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 473.1 533.5 569.2 602.4 631.2 693.8 720.5 746.9 721.2 687.8
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 2,029.9 2,232.1 2,272.6 2,473.6 2,505.8 2,545.7 2,384.9 2,285.3 2,115.3 2,042.4
OVER $400 473.1 533.5 569.2 602.4 631.2 693.8 720.5 746.9 721.2 687.8
$400 AND UNDER 1,556.8 1,698.6 1,703.3 1,871.2 1,874.6 1,851.9 1,664.4 1,538.5 1,394.1 1,354.7
ARSON 170.5 113.4 92.7 75.7 74.6 70.1 74.2 63.5 86.1 71.1
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*SEE FOOTNOTES.