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Contra Costa County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 41,385 crimes in Contra Costa County, California. With a population of 1,026,886, there was 1 crime for every 24.8 people in the county. Out of the 41,385 crimes reported, 36,431 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 4,954 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	98	9.54
Rape	197	19.18
Robbery	2,203	214.53
Assault	2,456	239.17
Burglary	7,625	742.54
Larceny	19,949	1942.67
Vehicle	8,832	860.08
Arson	25	2.4

The 2007 crime rate was 4,030.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -1.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,070.0 incidents). There were 482.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.3% change (from 467.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.5% from (3,602.9) the previous year to 3,547.7 per 100,000 people.

Contra Costa County ranks #37 for violent crimes and #45 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,406 and #2,476 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.

Contra Costa County Criminal Records
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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	93	9.1	207	20.2	2,103	204.8	2,394	233.1
2005	80	7.9	197	19.4	1,809	178.1	2,427	238.9
2004	76	7.5	205	20.2	1,471	145.3	2,275	224.7
2003	74	7.4	191	19.0	1,508	150.4	2,414	240.7
2002	48	4.9	207	21.0	1,497	152.2	2,512	255.4
2001	49	5.1	202	20.9	1,439	148.9	2,700	279.4
2000	56	5.9	233	24.6	1,321	139.2	2,960	312.0
1999	57	6.1	219	23.5	1,401	150.4	2,776	298.0
1998	54	5.9	267	29.3	1,546	169.8	3,213	352.9
1997	63	7.1	210	23.7	1,657	187.0	3,704	418.1
1996	71	8.1	276	31.5	1,734	198.1	3,327	380.1
1995	80	9.2	252	29.1	1,991	229.6	3,706	427.3
1994	120	14.0	276	32.3	2,206	258.0	3,791	443.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	7,143	695.6	21,001	2045.0	8,833	860.1	23	2.2
2005	7,192	708.0	22,808	2245.2	9,147	900.4	19	1.9
2004	7,053	696.5	25,016	2470.3	9,548	942.8	20	2.0
2003	6,678	666.0	24,369	2430.2	9,724	969.7	21	2.1
2002	6,264	636.8	24,511	2491.8	8,375	851.4	29	2.9
2001	6,769	700.4	23,159	2396.3	6,576	680.4	30	3.1
2000	6,181	651.4	20,854	2197.9	4,371	460.7	26	2.7
1999	6,193	664.7	22,600	2425.8	4,457	478.4	26	2.8
1998	8,319	913.8	26,408	2900.8	5,857	643.4	46	5.1
1997	8,729	985.3	25,377	2864.6	5,396	609.1	31	3.5
1996	8,253	943.0	25,355	2897.1	4,452	508.7	28	3.2
1995	9,457	1090.4	26,509	3056.6	4,266	491.9	30	3.5
1994	10,543	1232.9	27,976	3271.5	5,250	613.9	37	4.3

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