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San Mateo County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 17,683 crimes in San Mateo County, California. With a population of 699,640, there was 1 crime for every 39.6 people in the county. Out of the 17,683 crimes reported, 15,554 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,129 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	13	1.86
Rape	144	20.58
Robbery	700	100.05
Assault	1,272	181.81
Burglary	2,547	364.04
Larceny	10,774	1539.93
Vehicle	2,219	317.16
Arson	14	2.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,527.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -10.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,833.2 incidents). There were 304.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -3.0% change (from 310.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -12.6% from (2,522.4) the previous year to 2,223.1 per 100,000 people.

San Mateo County ranks #16 for violent crimes and #21 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,908 and #1,670 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.

San Mateo County Criminal Records
San Mateo County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	21	3.0	155	22.0	716	101.4	1,302	184.4
2005	30	4.3	155	22.0	715	101.6	1,551	220.4
2004	26	3.7	156	22.1	686	97.2	1,301	184.4
2003	20	2.8	168	23.6	648	91.2	1,265	178.0
2002	21	2.9	154	21.0	681	92.9	1,227	167.4
2001	19	2.6	176	24.4	689	95.7	1,334	185.2
2000	10	1.4	148	20.9	599	84.7	1,234	174.5
1999	18	2.5	160	22.5	502	70.6	1,253	176.2
1998	23	3.3	133	18.9	682	97.1	1,523	216.8
1997	28	4.0	140	20.2	773	111.3	1,353	194.9
1996	12	1.7	123	17.9	904	131.8	1,603	233.7
1995	35	5.1	151	22.2	936	137.7	1,686	248.1
1994	26	3.9	146	21.6	1,007	149.2	2,191	324.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,969	420.6	12,074	1710.4	2,749	389.4	14	2.0
2005	3,335	473.8	12,561	1784.6	2,732	388.1	15	2.1
2004	2,935	416.0	13,442	1905.3	2,949	418.0	14	2.0
2003	2,918	410.7	12,626	1776.9	2,316	325.9	13	1.8
2002	2,645	360.8	12,143	1656.3	2,178	297.1	10	1.4
2001	2,928	406.5	11,786	1636.3	2,216	307.6	13	1.8
2000	2,407	340.4	11,977	1693.7	2,225	314.6	10	1.4
1999	2,530	355.8	12,821	1803.2	1,941	273.0	11	1.5
1998	3,189	453.9	13,879	1975.4	2,331	331.8	27	3.8
1997	3,030	436.5	14,848	2138.8	2,557	368.3	12	1.7
1996	3,070	447.6	16,184	2359.7	2,629	383.3	14	2.0
1995	4,073	599.3	16,247	2390.6	2,739	403.0	14	2.1
1994	4,274	633.2	16,733	2478.9	2,928	433.8	13	1.9

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