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Douglas County Crime Statistics Colorado state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,132 crimes in Douglas County, Colorado. With a population of 280,618, there was 1 crime for every 67.9 people in the county. Out of the 4,132 crimes reported, 3,886 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 246 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	0.71
Rape	53	18.89
Robbery	37	13.19
Assault	154	54.88
Burglary	773	275.46
Larceny	2,952	1051.96
Vehicle	159	56.66
Arson	2	0.7

The 2007 crime rate was 1,472.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -20.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,846.9 incidents). There were 87.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -7.5% change (from 104.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -12.2% from (1,742.2) the previous year to 1,384.8 per 100,000 people.

Douglas County ranks #8 for violent crimes and #24 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #554 and #878 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.

Douglas County Criminal Records
Douglas County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	2.0	69	27.2	34	13.4	158	62.2
2005	2	0.8	70	29.0	37	15.3	184	76.3
2004	2	0.9	66	29.2	27	12.0	193	85.4
2003	4	1.9	59	27.7	30	14.1	144	67.6
2002	1	0.5	63	34.2	22	12.0	91	49.4
2001	6	3.3	32	17.7	20	11.1	121	67.1
2000	1	0.6	15	8.5	22	12.5	49	27.9
1999	3	2.1	17	11.8	14	9.7	67	46.6
1998	6	4.7	15	11.7	19	14.8	101	78.7
1997	0	0.0	15	16.0	15	16.0	131	140.0
1996	0	0.0	20	21.8	12	13.1	116	126.3
1995	0	0.0	3	3.3	8	8.9	68	75.5
1994	2	2.6	14	18.2	17	22.0	54	70.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	827	325.5	3,335	1312.8	259	102.0	5	2.0
2005	975	404.3	3,485	1445.0	318	131.9	5	2.1
2004	791	350.2	3,556	1574.3	291	128.8	4	1.8
2003	822	385.8	3,571	1675.9	380	178.3	4	1.9
2002	829	450.3	2,834	1539.5	255	138.5	3	1.6
2001	713	395.1	2,572	1425.2	175	97.0	2	1.1
2000	401	228.2	1,600	910.6	94	53.5	3	1.7
1999	489	340.0	1,517	1054.7	110	76.5	3	2.1
1998	534	416.1	2,126	1656.8	154	120.0	3	2.3
1997	542	579.4	1,981	2117.7	104	111.2	3	3.2
1996	437	475.7	1,699	1849.5	92	100.1	4	4.4
1995	418	464.2	1,492	1657.1	72	80.0	3	3.3
1994	434	562.8	1,431	1855.7	49	63.5	4	5.2

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