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Riverside County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 80,022 crimes in Riverside County, California. With a population of 2,088,102, there was 1 crime for every 26.1 people in the county. Out of the 80,022 crimes reported, 70,762 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 9,260 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	105	5.03
Rape	525	25.14
Robbery	2,948	141.18
Assault	5,682	272.11
Burglary	18,480	885.01
Larceny	40,288	1929.41
Vehicle	11,962	572.86
Arson	32	1.5

The 2007 crime rate was 3,832.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -9.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,246.1 incidents). There were 443.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -1.4% change (from 478.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.4% from (3,768.0) the previous year to 3,388.8 per 100,000 people.

Riverside County ranks #32 for violent crimes and #42 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,334 and #2,409 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	110	5.6	526	26.8	3,073	156.5	5,680	289.2
2005	109	5.8	534	28.3	2,490	132.1	5,527	293.3
2004	94	5.2	467	25.9	2,264	125.6	5,739	318.3
2003	95	5.5	507	29.5	2,073	120.7	6,511	379.2
2002	112	7.0	487	30.4	2,168	135.3	6,750	421.3
2001	93	5.9	450	28.6	2,176	138.2	6,972	442.9
2000	79	5.1	423	27.4	2,029	131.3	7,060	456.8
1999	88	5.9	601	40.1	1,798	119.8	6,861	457.2
1998	104	7.1	443	30.2	2,316	158.0	7,343	501.0
1997	112	8.1	459	33.0	2,405	173.2	8,304	597.9
1996	111	8.1	453	33.0	2,759	201.1	8,028	585.1
1995	133	9.8	450	33.1	3,021	222.2	9,363	688.6
1994	156	11.9	462	35.2	3,087	235.5	9,571	730.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	18,756	955.0	41,181	2096.8	14,027	714.2	38	1.9
2005	18,109	961.0	41,766	2216.4	14,979	794.9	45	2.4
2004	17,134	950.2	40,351	2237.7	13,235	734.0	48	2.7
2003	15,520	903.9	36,573	2130.1	11,137	648.7	47	2.7
2002	15,288	954.2	34,389	2146.4	10,852	677.3	50	3.1
2001	15,387	977.5	33,067	2100.7	10,210	648.6	51	3.2
2000	14,580	943.5	27,970	1809.9	8,512	550.8	47	3.0
1999	15,743	1049.2	24,704	1646.4	7,161	477.2	38	2.5
1998	16,632	1134.8	29,907	2040.5	8,022	547.3	196	13.4
1997	18,654	1343.1	32,943	2371.8	9,030	650.1	50	3.6
1996	19,180	1397.8	34,609	2522.2	9,315	678.9	65	4.7
1995	22,282	1638.7	39,478	2903.4	12,384	910.8	64	4.7
1994	24,250	1850.1	39,372	3003.7	12,920	985.7	69	5.3

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