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San Luis Obispo County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 7,170 crimes in San Luis Obispo County, California. With a population of 256,373, there was 1 crime for every 35.8 people in the county. Out of the 7,170 crimes reported, 6,276 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 894 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	1.95
Rape	105	40.96
Robbery	92	35.89
Assault	692	269.92
Burglary	1,330	518.78
Larceny	4,516	1761.50
Vehicle	423	164.99
Arson	7	2.7

The 2007 crime rate was 2,796.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,892.0 incidents). There were 348.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 21.5% change (from 285.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -6.6% from (2,606.5) the previous year to 2,448.0 per 100,000 people.

San Luis Obispo County ranks #22 for violent crimes and #28 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,059 and #1,856 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	6	2.3	79	30.6	95	36.9	556	215.7
2005	4	1.6	76	29.7	90	35.1	590	230.2
2004	2	0.8	97	37.9	81	31.6	597	233.2
2003	7	2.7	79	30.9	61	23.8	491	191.7
2002	3	1.2	95	37.1	78	30.5	523	204.5
2001	7	2.8	102	40.6	67	26.7	567	225.7
2000	3	1.2	69	28.0	70	28.4	555	225.0
1999	4	1.7	84	35.3	57	24.0	514	216.1
1998	7	3.0	127	53.8	79	33.4	609	257.9
1997	5	2.2	106	46.2	90	39.2	707	307.9
1996	5	2.2	78	34.4	69	30.4	757	333.7
1995	8	3.6	66	29.4	87	38.7	1,385	616.0
1994	9	4.0	91	40.6	90	40.1	1,397	622.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,486	576.5	4,737	1837.6	488	189.3	8	3.1
2005	1,469	573.3	4,434	1730.3	524	204.5	6	2.3
2004	1,582	617.9	4,810	1878.6	483	188.6	8	3.1
2003	1,642	641.2	4,879	1905.4	494	192.9	9	3.5
2002	1,493	583.8	4,913	1921.1	498	194.7	6	2.3
2001	1,371	545.6	4,443	1768.3	428	170.3	13	5.2
2000	1,351	547.7	4,706	1907.7	402	163.0	12	4.9
1999	1,286	540.8	4,523	1902.0	339	142.6	15	6.3
1998	1,533	649.1	4,652	1969.7	350	148.2	40	16.9
1997	1,523	663.2	4,384	1909.0	319	138.9	9	3.9
1996	1,556	685.8	5,093	2244.8	288	126.9	12	5.3
1995	1,965	874.0	5,153	2291.9	366	162.8	16	7.1
1994	2,008	894.9	5,148	2294.3	451	201.0	12	5.3

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