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San Diego County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 103,535 crimes in San Diego County, California. With a population of 2,935,792, there was 1 crime for every 28.4 people in the county. Out of the 103,535 crimes reported, 89,863 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 13,672 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	107	3.64
Rape	705	24.01
Robbery	4,388	149.47
Assault	8,472	288.58
Burglary	16,720	569.52
Larceny	48,672	1657.88
Vehicle	24,428	832.08
Arson	43	1.5

The 2007 crime rate was 3,526.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,614.3 incidents). There were 465.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.7% change (from 458.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.8% from (3,155.5) the previous year to 3,060.9 per 100,000 people.

San Diego County ranks #35 for violent crimes and #39 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,380 and #2,250 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	126	4.3	777	26.3	4,313	145.7	8,362	282.5
2005	98	3.3	814	27.6	3,941	133.5	8,996	304.8
2004	127	4.3	797	26.9	3,588	121.0	9,374	316.2
2003	130	4.4	856	29.1	3,375	114.9	9,646	328.4
2002	87	3.0	798	27.4	3,342	114.6	9,801	336.0
2001	92	3.2	831	29.0	3,430	119.7	10,239	357.2
2000	97	3.4	801	28.5	3,347	118.9	9,501	337.7
1999	106	3.8	811	28.7	3,468	122.9	9,915	351.4
1998	87	3.2	779	28.3	4,227	153.4	11,501	417.3
1997	125	4.6	882	32.6	4,788	177.2	12,211	451.9
1996	166	6.2	815	30.5	5,466	204.8	12,507	468.5
1995	198	7.5	724	27.4	5,892	222.7	14,205	537.0
1994	205	7.7	869	32.8	6,881	260.0	15,406	582.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	17,855	603.2	51,454	1738.4	24,045	812.4	46	1.6
2005	17,666	598.6	54,207	1836.8	25,750	872.5	52	1.8
2004	17,547	591.9	55,671	1877.8	24,172	815.3	51	1.7
2003	18,893	643.2	54,278	1848.0	23,465	798.9	55	1.9
2002	18,199	623.8	53,252	1825.4	19,884	681.6	55	1.9
2001	16,725	583.5	51,320	1790.6	19,422	677.6	50	1.7
2000	15,777	560.7	47,850	1700.5	17,035	605.4	45	1.6
1999	15,230	539.8	51,081	1810.5	17,106	606.3	54	1.9
1998	18,378	666.8	55,251	2004.5	18,685	677.9	71	2.6
1997	20,428	756.0	61,460	2274.5	19,463	720.3	51	1.9
1996	21,871	819.3	62,014	2323.0	20,595	771.5	62	2.3
1995	25,832	976.5	62,862	2376.4	23,401	884.6	62	2.3
1994	30,048	1135.5	70,610	2668.4	28,760	1086.9	62	2.3

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