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Merced County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 10,778 crimes in Merced County, California. With a population of 249,018, there was 1 crime for every 23.1 people in the county. Out of the 10,778 crimes reported, 9,315 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,463 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	17	6.83
Rape	79	31.72
Robbery	242	97.18
Assault	1,125	451.77
Burglary	2,434	977.44
Larceny	5,608	2252.05
Vehicle	1,264	507.59
Arson	9	3.6

The 2007 crime rate was 4,328.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,356.2 incidents). There were 587.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.5% change (from 662.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.4% from (3,693.6) the previous year to 3,740.7 per 100,000 people.

Merced County ranks #46 for violent crimes and #48 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,568 and #2,542 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.

Merced County Criminal Records
Merced County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	22	9.0	81	33.2	286	117.3	1,227	503.1
2005	22	9.2	82	34.4	249	104.4	1,143	479.1
2004	16	6.8	83	35.4	232	99.0	1,281	546.9
2003	16	7.0	76	33.4	285	125.1	1,226	538.3
2002	18	8.2	77	35.3	193	88.4	1,121	513.5
2001	5	2.3	67	31.2	176	82.1	1,076	501.7
2000	6	2.8	58	27.5	172	81.7	1,071	508.7
1999	14	7.0	63	31.4	195	97.2	1,113	554.8
1998	17	8.6	78	39.3	212	106.8	1,089	548.5
1997	17	8.4	76	37.6	205	101.4	1,204	595.8
1996	8	4.0	74	37.1	208	104.2	979	490.4
1995	11	5.6	73	36.9	238	120.3	1,111	561.6
1994	16	8.3	62	32.2	192	99.8	772	401.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,526	1035.7	5,254	2154.3	1,219	499.8	9	3.7
2005	2,308	967.4	5,730	2401.7	1,413	592.3	9	3.8
2004	2,358	1006.6	6,507	2777.9	1,594	680.5	8	3.4
2003	2,624	1152.1	5,780	2537.7	1,526	670.0	8	3.5
2002	2,702	1237.8	5,707	2614.4	1,323	606.1	8	3.7
2001	2,062	961.5	5,053	2356.1	1,000	466.3	7	3.3
2000	2,169	1030.1	4,735	2248.8	782	371.4	6	2.8
1999	2,437	1214.7	4,717	2351.1	721	359.4	8	4.0
1998	2,858	1439.5	4,977	2506.7	928	467.4	26	13.1
1997	3,050	1509.3	5,688	2814.8	1,057	523.1	8	4.0
1996	2,922	1463.6	5,582	2796.0	1,048	524.9	18	9.0
1995	3,031	1532.1	5,568	2814.5	1,099	555.5	4	2.0
1994	3,063	1592.2	5,168	2686.3	1,369	711.6	5	2.6

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