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Santa Cruz County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 10,113 crimes in Santa Cruz County, California. With a population of 246,931, there was 1 crime for every 24.4 people in the county. Out of the 10,113 crimes reported, 8,874 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,239 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	6	2.43
Rape	80	32.40
Robbery	275	111.37
Assault	878	355.56
Burglary	1,602	648.76
Larceny	6,547	2651.35
Vehicle	717	290.36
Arson	8	3.2

The 2007 crime rate was 4,095.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,377.3 incidents). There were 501.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 14.4% change (from 429.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -10.8% from (3,947.4) the previous year to 3,593.7 per 100,000 people.

Santa Cruz County ranks #40 for violent crimes and #46 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,448 and #2,493 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.

Santa Cruz County Criminal Records
Santa Cruz County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	16	6.4	96	38.1	227	90.1	744	295.3
2005	5	2.0	112	44.4	232	92.0	806	319.5
2004	5	2.0	124	48.7	205	80.6	864	339.5
2003	13	5.1	102	39.8	264	102.9	889	346.6
2002	6	2.3	109	41.1	238	89.8	746	281.5
2001	13	5.0	114	43.8	212	81.4	872	334.9
2000	8	3.1	102	39.9	171	66.9	905	354.1
1999	4	1.6	67	27.2	165	66.9	829	336.2
1998	9	3.7	58	23.8	188	77.2	1,139	467.8
1997	4	1.7	72	29.8	250	103.6	1,287	533.5
1996	10	4.2	71	29.8	276	115.8	1,417	594.6
1995	8	3.4	77	32.6	286	121.1	1,386	586.9
1994	6	2.6	84	35.7	305	129.8	1,282	545.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,961	778.4	7,118	2825.6	857	340.2	8	3.2
2005	1,940	768.9	7,256	2876.0	1,059	419.7	4	1.6
2004	1,697	666.8	6,849	2691.3	851	334.4	5	2.0
2003	1,814	707.3	7,356	2868.1	695	271.0	5	1.9
2002	1,676	632.5	6,844	2582.7	517	195.1	7	2.6
2001	1,543	592.7	6,830	2623.4	561	215.5	5	1.9
2000	1,471	575.5	5,513	2156.9	520	203.4	4	1.6
1999	1,597	647.7	5,517	2237.6	441	178.9	8	3.2
1998	1,629	669.1	6,422	2637.8	540	221.8	14	5.8
1997	1,931	800.5	7,894	3272.5	752	311.7	9	3.7
1996	2,170	910.6	8,596	3607.1	784	329.0	7	2.9
1995	2,306	976.5	8,874	3757.8	726	307.4	9	3.8
1994	2,636	1121.7	9,923	4222.6	680	289.4	9	3.8

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