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Santa Clara County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 49,949 crimes in Santa Clara County, California. With a population of 1,724,407, there was 1 crime for every 34.5 people in the county. Out of the 49,949 crimes reported, 44,369 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 5,580 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	46	2.67
Rape	367	21.28
Robbery	1,602	92.90
Assault	3,565	206.74
Burglary	7,900	458.13
Larceny	27,631	1602.35
Vehicle	8,781	509.22
Arson	57	3.3

The 2007 crime rate was 2,896.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,052.2 incidents). There were 323.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.6% change (from 317.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.4% from (2,735.0) the previous year to 2,573.0 per 100,000 people.

Santa Clara County ranks #18 for violent crimes and #31 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,979 and #1,967 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	38	2.2	330	19.2	1,523	88.8	3,548	207.0
2005	43	2.5	406	23.9	1,312	77.3	3,589	211.6
2004	37	2.2	454	26.7	1,169	68.9	3,430	202.0
2003	48	2.8	455	26.7	1,227	72.1	3,597	211.4
2002	37	2.1	543	31.1	1,298	74.4	4,354	249.6
2001	34	2.0	476	27.8	1,140	66.5	6,174	360.2
2000	34	2.0	488	29.0	1,054	62.6	5,650	335.8
1999	37	2.2	494	29.7	1,139	68.4	5,775	346.8
1998	44	2.7	538	33.0	1,426	87.5	6,070	372.6
1997	62	3.9	539	33.7	1,438	89.9	7,268	454.6
1996	48	3.0	544	34.4	1,774	112.3	6,599	417.8
1995	56	3.6	569	36.4	2,000	127.8	7,092	453.1
1994	56	3.6	562	36.1	1,868	120.1	6,550	421.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	8,706	507.8	28,091	1638.6	10,023	584.7	67	3.9
2005	8,014	472.4	29,066	1713.4	7,915	466.6	54	3.2
2004	7,103	418.4	30,140	1775.3	6,714	395.5	42	2.5
2003	6,550	385.0	29,720	1747.0	5,497	323.1	40	2.4
2002	6,094	349.3	28,793	1650.6	5,028	288.2	42	2.4
2001	6,144	358.5	29,015	1693.0	4,607	268.8	64	3.7
2000	5,962	354.3	27,270	1620.7	4,049	240.6	56	3.3
1999	5,788	347.6	30,574	1836.0	4,441	266.7	47	2.8
1998	7,822	480.2	34,792	2135.9	4,879	299.5	60	3.7
1997	8,763	548.1	36,575	2287.8	5,878	367.7	29	1.8
1996	8,925	565.1	40,105	2539.3	5,711	361.6	86	5.4
1995	10,224	653.3	40,195	2568.3	6,537	417.7	73	4.7
1994	10,902	701.1	41,419	2663.5	7,046	453.1	71	4.6

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