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Alameda County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 75,322 crimes in Alameda County, California. With a population of 1,447,205, there was 1 crime for every 19.2 people in the county. Out of the 75,322 crimes reported, 62,785 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 12,537 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	153	10.57
Rape	528	36.48
Robbery	6,042	417.49
Assault	5,814	401.74
Burglary	12,065	833.68
Larceny	32,628	2254.55
Vehicle	18,037	1246.33
Arson	55	3.8

The 2007 crime rate was 5,204.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,358.4 incidents). There were 866.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 1.0% change (from 849.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.8% from (4,509.4) the previous year to 4,338.4 per 100,000 people.

Alameda County ranks #55 for violent crimes and #54 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,770 and #2,709 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	172	11.8	517	35.4	6,020	411.8	5,703	390.1
2005	126	8.6	542	37.0	4,479	305.8	4,602	314.2
2004	117	7.9	472	31.9	3,923	265.4	4,622	312.7
2003	139	9.3	524	35.2	4,381	294.5	5,060	340.1
2002	146	9.8	476	31.8	4,268	285.1	4,776	319.1
2001	108	7.3	495	33.7	3,853	262.0	4,966	337.7
2000	110	7.6	568	39.3	3,368	233.3	5,457	378.0
1999	85	6.0	542	38.1	3,847	270.8	5,759	405.3
1998	107	7.7	595	42.9	4,622	333.0	6,570	473.3
1997	142	10.5	557	41.1	5,457	402.9	7,272	536.8
1996	142	10.6	542	40.5	5,945	444.2	7,246	541.5
1995	58	4.4	239	18.0	2,444	184.3	4,337	327.0
1994	187	14.1	617	46.4	6,518	490.0	8,956	673.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	12,845	878.6	33,400	2284.6	19,621	1342.1	59	4.0
2005	13,493	921.1	32,088	2190.5	17,453	1191.4	54	3.7
2004	11,825	800.1	38,807	2625.8	15,417	1043.2	54	3.7
2003	12,058	810.5	41,496	2789.2	13,491	906.8	64	4.3
2002	11,776	786.8	42,708	2853.3	13,898	928.5	69	4.6
2001	11,035	750.4	42,375	2881.5	12,481	848.7	68	4.6
2000	10,026	694.4	37,598	2604.2	10,696	740.9	57	3.9
1999	11,905	837.9	44,166	3108.4	10,376	730.3	57	4.0
1998	14,499	1044.6	50,131	3611.7	11,436	823.9	121	8.7
1997	14,252	1052.1	53,628	3959.0	12,115	894.4	67	4.9
1996	14,380	1074.5	54,821	4096.5	11,802	881.9	36	2.7
1995	9,293	700.8	38,062	2870.2	7,731	583.0	38	2.9
1994	17,278	1298.9	56,364	4237.1	14,345	1078.4	74	5.6

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