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Sonoma County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 11,376 crimes in Sonoma County, California. With a population of 464,218, there was 1 crime for every 40.8 people in the county. Out of the 11,376 crimes reported, 9,402 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,974 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	8	1.72
Rape	153	32.96
Robbery	270	58.16
Assault	1,543	332.39
Burglary	2,154	464.01
Larceny	6,308	1358.84
Vehicle	932	200.77
Arson	8	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 2,450.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,603.9 incidents). There were 425.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -8.7% change (from 459.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -6.8% from (2,144.4) the previous year to 2,025.3 per 100,000 people.

Sonoma County ranks #30 for violent crimes and #11 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,292 and #1,498 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	11	2.3	173	36.8	300	63.7	1,679	356.7
2005	5	1.1	168	35.6	288	61.1	1,946	412.7
2004	17	3.6	214	45.3	272	57.6	1,739	368.3
2003	14	3.0	207	43.7	254	53.7	1,780	376.1
2002	16	3.4	188	39.5	295	62.0	972	204.4
2001	12	2.6	173	37.0	223	47.7	885	189.5
2000	11	2.4	167	36.4	239	52.1	939	204.7
1999	8	1.8	161	36.6	258	58.7	877	199.5
1998	11	2.5	173	39.9	346	79.7	1,019	234.8
1997	13	3.1	165	39.2	326	77.4	1,235	293.3
1996	17	4.1	173	41.6	326	78.4	1,346	323.5
1995	15	3.6	140	34.0	349	84.7	1,450	351.7
1994	18	4.4	143	35.1	319	78.2	1,547	379.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,209	469.3	6,903	1466.6	971	206.3	10	2.1
2005	2,340	496.2	8,417	1784.9	1,310	277.8	8	1.7
2004	2,552	540.6	9,169	1942.1	1,582	335.1	8	1.7
2003	2,950	623.3	9,635	2035.7	1,630	344.4	9	1.9
2002	3,106	653.3	9,983	2099.6	1,496	314.6	11	2.3
2001	2,875	615.5	9,868	2112.4	1,106	236.8	15	3.2
2000	2,679	584.2	8,548	1863.9	929	202.6	15	3.3
1999	2,442	555.4	9,185	2089.2	751	170.8	11	2.5
1998	3,394	782.2	11,194	2579.8	1,095	252.4	61	14.1
1997	3,984	946.1	12,172	2890.5	1,059	251.5	15	3.6
1996	3,520	846.1	11,208	2694.1	969	232.9	16	3.8
1995	4,188	1015.9	12,187	2956.2	1,210	293.5	18	4.4
1994	4,919	1205.8	12,267	3007.0	1,506	369.2	16	3.9

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