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Ventura County Crime Statistics California state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 19,427 crimes in Ventura County, California. With a population of 799,872, there was 1 crime for every 41.2 people in the county. Out of the 19,427 crimes reported, 17,307 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,120 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	17	2.13
Rape	140	17.50
Robbery	821	102.64
Assault	1,142	142.77
Burglary	3,436	429.57
Larceny	12,226	1528.49
Vehicle	1,629	203.66
Arson	16	2.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,428.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,349.8 incidents). There were 265.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.7% change (from 276.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.9% from (2,072.9) the previous year to 2,163.7 per 100,000 people.

Ventura County ranks #9 for violent crimes and #18 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,728 and #1,615 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	29	3.6	128	15.9	802	99.8	1,265	157.5
2005	32	4.0	146	18.2	729	90.8	1,176	146.5
2004	33	4.1	101	12.6	621	77.6	1,143	142.8
2003	42	5.3	129	16.3	645	81.4	1,213	153.1
2002	21	2.7	131	16.8	632	80.9	1,237	158.4
2001	19	2.5	127	16.6	704	91.8	1,158	150.9
2000	24	3.2	156	20.7	665	88.3	1,267	168.2
1999	19	2.6	129	17.4	654	88.1	1,341	180.6
1998	24	3.3	151	20.5	777	105.7	1,374	187.0
1997	25	3.5	183	25.4	862	119.5	1,513	209.7
1996	33	4.6	148	20.8	874	122.6	1,847	259.1
1995	26	3.7	171	24.2	833	117.9	2,019	285.9
1994	28	4.0	141	20.2	831	119.0	2,313	331.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,516	437.7	11,355	1413.6	1,764	219.6	16	2.0
2005	3,773	469.9	10,966	1365.6	1,988	247.6	17	2.1
2004	3,641	455.0	11,496	1436.5	2,389	298.5	17	2.1
2003	3,479	439.2	11,170	1410.1	1,720	217.1	19	2.4
2002	3,267	418.4	10,854	1390.0	1,552	198.8	15	1.9
2001	3,210	418.4	10,418	1357.9	1,389	181.0	15	2.0
2000	3,430	455.4	10,711	1422.1	1,259	167.2	14	1.9
1999	3,653	491.9	10,145	1366.0	1,410	189.9	19	2.6
1998	4,388	597.1	11,393	1550.2	1,864	253.6	32	4.4
1997	4,673	647.7	12,663	1755.2	2,111	292.6	18	2.5
1996	4,563	640.2	13,400	1880.1	2,313	324.5	24	3.4
1995	5,144	728.3	14,465	2048.1	2,533	358.6	16	2.3
1994	5,836	835.6	14,070	2014.4	2,725	390.1	21	3.0

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