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Kern County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 36,673 crimes in Kern County, California. With a population of 792,216, there was 1 crime for every 21.6 people in the county. Out of the 36,673 crimes reported, 32,083 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 4,590 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	50	6.31
Rape	181	22.85
Robbery	1,132	142.89
Assault	3,227	407.34
Burglary	8,200	1035.07
Larceny	18,509	2336.36
Vehicle	5,324	672.04
Arson	50	6.3

The 2007 crime rate was 4,629.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,938.4 incidents). There were 579.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 9.6% change (from 548.6 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.3% from (4,389.9) the previous year to 4,049.8 per 100,000 people.

Kern County ranks #45 for violent crimes and #53 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,563 and #2,641 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	65	8.5	201	26.3	1,059	138.7	2,864	375.0
2005	69	9.3	205	27.7	952	128.7	2,673	361.4
2004	51	7.1	217	30.1	931	129.1	3,222	446.7
2003	46	6.6	203	28.9	784	111.8	2,709	386.3
2002	51	7.4	220	32.1	779	113.6	2,321	338.4
2001	39	5.8	191	28.3	741	110.0	2,304	341.9
2000	37	5.6	175	26.4	658	99.4	2,367	357.7
1999	52	8.1	134	20.9	741	115.7	2,493	389.1
1998	55	8.6	167	26.2	924	145.2	2,587	406.5
1997	55	8.8	191	30.5	964	154.1	2,884	461.0
1996	52	8.4	167	27.0	972	157.3	2,931	474.3
1995	71	11.6	172	28.1	1,121	183.1	3,095	505.4
1994	92	15.4	216	36.1	1,046	175.0	3,828	640.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	8,712	1140.9	18,991	2486.9	5,761	754.4	59	7.7
2005	8,472	1145.3	19,612	2651.3	5,895	796.9	54	7.3
2004	8,227	1140.6	18,651	2585.7	4,904	679.9	55	7.6
2003	7,189	1025.0	17,743	2529.9	4,451	634.6	54	7.7
2002	6,515	949.8	15,842	2309.5	3,420	498.6	64	9.3
2001	5,926	879.3	15,221	2258.5	2,773	411.5	77	11.4
2000	5,893	890.7	13,766	2080.6	2,637	398.6	115	17.4
1999	6,075	948.2	14,420	2250.6	2,478	386.8	123	19.2
1998	7,585	1191.9	15,994	2513.3	3,227	507.1	199	31.3
1997	7,875	1258.9	17,629	2818.2	3,286	525.3	124	19.8
1996	7,932	1283.5	16,940	2741.1	2,901	469.4	148	23.9
1995	8,120	1325.9	18,014	2941.6	4,015	655.6	137	22.4
1994	9,083	1519.2	19,796	3311.1	4,298	718.9	125	20.9

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