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Maricopa County Crime Statistics Arizona state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 202,380 crimes in Maricopa County, Arizona. With a population of 3,882,714, there was 1 crime for every 19.2 people in the county. Out of the 202,380 crimes reported, 182,861 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 19,519 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	325	8.37
Rape	1078	27.76
Robbery	7,264	187.09
Assault	10,852	279.50
Burglary	38,113	981.61
Larceny	110,683	2850.66
Vehicle	33,969	874.88
Arson	96	2.5

The 2007 crime rate was 5,212.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -1.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,297.2 incidents). There were 502.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.9% change (from 512.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 1.3% from (4,784.7) the previous year to 4,709.6 per 100,000 people.

Maricopa County ranks #11 for violent crimes and #15 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,452 and #2,772 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	334	8.8	1189	31.5	6,485	171.8	11,334	300.3
2005	291	8.0	1121	31.0	5,936	164.0	10,403	287.4
2004	281	8.1	1064	30.5	5,375	154.1	10,357	296.9
2003	321	9.5	1082	32.0	5,393	159.6	10,272	304.0
2002	275	8.4	896	27.4	5,981	183.1	11,091	339.5
2001	294	9.3	831	26.2	6,527	205.4	10,228	321.9
2000	228	7.4	926	30.1	5,361	174.5	10,481	341.2
1999	282	9.9	833	29.2	5,376	188.7	10,083	353.9
1998	252	9.1	745	27.0	5,434	196.6	10,413	376.8
1997	257	9.8	841	32.1	5,243	199.9	10,903	415.7
1996	258	10.1	773	30.3	5,354	210.0	10,677	418.7
1995	298	12.3	766	31.5	5,281	217.4	12,367	509.2
1994	296	12.6	771	32.8	4,801	204.4	12,326	524.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	35,295	935.1	106,311	2816.6	38,893	1030.4	100	2.6
2005	33,227	917.9	104,669	2891.4	39,451	1089.8	83	2.3
2004	35,094	1006.1	112,418	3222.8	41,454	1188.4	70	2.0
2003	37,321	1104.5	116,896	3459.6	43,351	1283.0	83	2.5
2002	37,764	1155.9	123,805	3789.6	44,182	1352.4	92	2.8
2001	36,213	1139.6	114,461	3602.0	38,669	1216.9	78	2.5
2000	34,192	1113.1	109,232	3555.9	31,868	1037.4	62	2.0
1999	32,624	1145.0	103,431	3630.2	28,814	1011.3	58	2.0
1998	36,452	1319.0	114,502	4143.0	29,602	1071.1	67	2.4
1997	38,690	1475.0	120,755	4603.6	31,614	1205.2	68	2.6
1996	35,800	1404.0	115,365	4524.3	29,709	1165.1	73	2.9
1995	39,519	1627.0	120,408	4957.3	37,525	1544.9	79	3.3
1994	39,119	1665.1	107,252	4565.2	32,147	1368.3	79	3.4

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population