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Monterey County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 16,625 crimes in Monterey County, California. With a population of 408,059, there was 1 crime for every 24.5 people in the county. Out of the 16,625 crimes reported, 14,434 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,191 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	29	7.11
Rape	123	30.14
Robbery	638	156.35
Assault	1,401	343.33
Burglary	3,020	740.09
Larceny	8,043	1971.04
Vehicle	3,364	824.39
Arson	7	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 4,074.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A 11.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,641.0 incidents). There were 536.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 8.8% change (from 484.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 10.0% from (3,156.7) the previous year to 3,537.2 per 100,000 people.

Monterey County ranks #43 for violent crimes and #43 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,508 and #2,469 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.

Monterey County Criminal Records
Monterey County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	15	3.6	116	27.9	599	144.1	1,284	308.8
2005	14	3.4	118	28.3	569	136.3	1,157	277.2
2004	33	7.9	129	30.8	721	172.0	1,214	289.6
2003	27	6.5	131	31.4	660	158.0	1,236	295.9
2002	28	6.7	141	33.9	574	137.8	1,210	290.5
2001	26	6.4	116	28.3	628	153.5	1,514	370.0
2000	25	6.2	152	37.8	675	168.0	1,465	364.6
1999	29	7.8	137	36.9	548	147.7	1,446	389.8
1998	27	7.4	119	32.5	641	175.0	1,316	359.2
1997	33	9.1	129	35.7	587	162.5	1,635	452.6
1996	23	6.4	101	28.3	640	179.3	1,626	455.6
1995	26	7.4	105	29.7	770	217.7	1,977	559.0
1994	40	10.7	116	31.0	772	206.0	1,813	483.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,712	652.2	8,204	1973.0	2,202	529.6	8	1.9
2005	2,809	673.0	9,490	2273.7	2,319	555.6	9	2.2
2004	2,622	625.4	9,472	2259.4	2,049	488.8	7	1.7
2003	2,623	627.9	9,854	2358.9	2,049	490.5	10	2.4
2002	2,527	606.7	8,557	2054.4	1,389	333.5	11	2.6
2001	2,292	560.1	8,495	2075.9	1,137	277.8	12	2.9
2000	2,236	556.5	7,476	1860.8	960	238.9	12	3.0
1999	2,115	570.1	7,520	2027.2	1,126	303.5	7	1.9
1998	2,842	775.7	8,389	2289.7	1,267	345.8	41	11.2
1997	3,349	927.0	9,291	2571.7	1,367	378.4	8	2.2
1996	3,082	863.5	10,064	2819.7	1,266	354.7	12	3.4
1995	3,348	946.6	10,375	2933.3	1,451	410.2	13	3.7
1994	3,431	915.7	10,389	2772.7	1,597	426.2	17	4.5

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