TABLE 1
CRIMES AND CRIME RATES
BY CATEGORY AND CRIME
MERCED COUNTY
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CATEGORY/CRIME 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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CRIMES
VIOLENT CRIMES 1,307 1,322 1,409 1,603 1,612 1,496 1,616 1,463 1,541 1,658
HOMICIDE 6 5 18 16 16 22 22 17 21 26
FORCIBLE RAPE 58 67 77 76 83 82 81 79 70 78
ROBBERY 172 176 193 285 232 249 286 242 267 276
AGG. ASSAULT 1,071 1,074 1,121 1,226 1,281 1,143 1,227 1,125 1,183 1,278
PROPERTY CRIMES 3,925 4,390 5,342 5,442 5,417 5,098 5,010 5,084 4,833 4,390
BURGLARY 2,169 2,060 2,702 2,624 2,358 2,308 2,528 2,434 2,267 2,318
M.V. THEFT 782 1,000 1,323 1,526 1,594 1,413 1,221 1,264 1,098 903
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 974 1,330 1,317 1,292 1,465 1,377 1,261 1,386 1,468 1,169
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 4,735 5,054 5,707 5,780 6,507 5,730 5,257 5,608 5,658 5,089
OVER $400 974 1,330 1,317 1,292 1,465 1,377 1,261 1,386 1,468 1,169
$400 AND UNDER 3,761 3,724 4,390 4,488 5,042 4,353 3,996 4,222 4,190 3,920
ARSON 63 75 82 82 82 91 99 92 86 90
POPULATION (THOUSANDS) 214.4 216.4 222.7 230.6 237.2 244.3 249.1 252.5 256.1 257.4
CRIME RATES
PER 100,000 POP
VIOLENT CRIMES 609.6 610.9 632.7 695.1 679.6 612.4 648.7 579.4 601.7 644.1
HOMICIDE 2.8 2.3 8.1 6.9 6.7 9.0 8.8 6.7 8.2 10.1
FORCIBLE RAPE 27.1 31.0 34.6 33.0 35.0 33.6 32.5 31.3 27.3 30.3
ROBBERY 80.2 81.3 86.7 123.6 97.8 101.9 114.8 95.8 104.3 107.2
AGG. ASSAULT 499.5 496.3 503.4 531.7 540.1 467.9 492.6 445.5 461.9 496.5
PROPERTY CRIMES 1,830.7 2,028.7 2,398.7 2,359.9 2,283.7 2,086.8 2,011.2 2,013.5 1,887.2 1,705.5
BURGLARY 1,011.7 951.9 1,213.3 1,137.9 994.1 944.7 1,014.9 964.0 885.2 900.5
M.V. THEFT 364.7 462.1 594.1 661.8 672.0 578.4 490.2 500.6 428.7 350.8
LARCENY-THEFT OVER $400 454.3 614.6 591.4 560.3 617.6 563.7 506.2 548.9 573.2 454.2
TOTAL LARCENY-THEFT 2,208.5 2,335.5 2,562.6 2,506.5 2,743.3 2,345.5 2,110.4 2,221.0 2,209.3 1,977.1
OVER $400 454.3 614.6 591.4 560.3 617.6 563.7 506.2 548.9 573.2 454.2
$400 AND UNDER 1,754.2 1,720.9 1,971.3 1,946.2 2,125.6 1,781.8 1,604.2 1,672.1 1,636.1 1,522.9
ARSON 29.4 34.7 36.8 35.6 34.6 37.2 39.7 36.4 33.6 35.0
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*SEE FOOTNOTES.