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Benton County Crime Statistics Arkansas state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,454 crimes in Benton County, Arkansas. With a population of 197,681, there was 1 crime for every 36.2 people in the county. Out of the 5,454 crimes reported, 5,056 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 398 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	0.51
Rape	106	53.62
Robbery	22	11.13
Assault	269	136.08
Burglary	969	490.18
Larceny	3,882	1963.77
Vehicle	204	103.20
Arson	1	0.5

The 2007 crime rate was 2,759.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -14.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,220.1 incidents). There were 201.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -3.2% change (from 222.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -8.7% from (2,997.6) the previous year to 2,557.7 per 100,000 people.

Benton County ranks #26 for violent crimes and #42 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,359 and #1,957 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.

Benton County Criminal Records
Benton County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	1.1	117	63.3	36	19.5	256	138.6
2005	2	1.1	94	52.7	37	20.8	191	107.1
2004	5	2.9	94	55.0	25	14.6	172	100.6
2003	3	1.8	72	43.9	17	10.4	126	76.9
2002	2	1.3	52	33.9	23	15.0	143	93.2
2001	4	2.6	36	23.6	20	13.1	206	135.1
2000	5	3.3	34	22.5	15	9.9	157	103.7
1999	6	4.5	35	26.3	20	15.0	198	148.9
1998	1	0.8	34	26.2	16	12.3	230	177.5
1997	0	0.0	41	34.9	26	22.1	149	126.9
1996	2	1.7	37	31.7	19	16.3	157	134.4
1995	2	1.7	24	20.8	19	16.4	145	125.5
1994	1	0.9	31	28.9	16	14.9	143	133.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,158	626.9	4,144	2243.4	232	125.6	3	1.6
2005	720	403.9	4,159	2332.8	285	159.9	1	0.6
2004	690	403.5	3,911	2286.9	179	104.7	1	0.6
2003	517	315.3	2,936	1790.8	163	99.4	1	0.6
2002	607	395.5	2,790	1817.9	127	82.8	1	0.7
2001	596	390.9	2,660	1744.8	186	122.0	0	0.0
2000	608	401.6	2,728	1801.9	121	79.9	0	0.0
1999	528	397.0	2,436	1831.8	162	121.8	0	0.0
1998	529	408.2	2,669	2059.7	192	148.2	1	0.8
1997	539	459.2	2,633	2243.1	120	102.2	0	0.0
1996	532	455.5	2,978	2550.1	129	110.5	1	0.9
1995	540	467.2	2,701	2337.0	123	106.4	0	0.0
1994	577	538.5	2,560	2389.3	119	111.1	0	0.0

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