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El Paso County Crime Statistics Colorado state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 22,169 crimes in El Paso County, Colorado. With a population of 590,568, there was 1 crime for every 26.6 people in the county. Out of the 22,169 crimes reported, 19,283 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,886 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	28	4.74
Rape	361	61.13
Robbery	568	96.18
Assault	1,929	326.63
Burglary	3,867	654.79
Larceny	13,621	2306.42
Vehicle	1,781	301.57
Arson	14	2.4

The 2007 crime rate was 3,753.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -14.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,373.2 incidents). There were 488.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -10.8% change (from 561.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -12.2% from (3,811.8) the previous year to 3,265.2 per 100,000 people.

El Paso County ranks #55 for violent crimes and #53 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,422 and #2,365 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	18	3.1	322	55.9	663	115.0	2,233	387.5
2005	14	2.5	317	56.4	471	83.8	1,945	345.9
2004	17	3.1	341	61.3	376	67.5	1,749	314.2
2003	22	4.0	254	46.2	448	81.6	1,246	226.9
2002	39	7.2	258	47.6	515	95.1	1,472	271.8
2001	19	3.6	270	50.9	458	86.3	1,454	273.8
2000	19	3.7	237	45.8	451	87.2	1,294	250.3
1999	29	5.8	255	50.9	530	105.8	1,442	287.9
1998	10	2.0	294	60.0	551	112.5	1,434	292.9
1997	28	5.8	271	56.2	541	112.3	1,244	258.2
1996	20	4.2	264	55.8	479	101.2	1,186	250.7
1995	24	5.2	229	49.4	446	96.2	1,232	265.7
1994	19	4.3	248	55.8	426	95.9	1,181	265.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	4,368	757.9	15,361	2665.3	2,224	385.9	15	2.6
2005	4,556	810.2	16,802	2988.0	2,193	390.0	14	2.5
2004	4,592	824.9	16,959	3046.6	2,395	430.2	15	2.7
2003	4,063	739.8	15,627	2845.4	2,118	385.7	21	3.8
2002	4,723	872.0	15,111	2789.8	1,877	346.5	17	3.1
2001	3,719	700.4	14,618	2753.1	1,584	298.3	18	3.4
2000	3,877	749.9	14,138	2734.8	1,451	280.7	17	3.3
1999	3,527	704.1	14,605	2915.8	1,352	269.9	17	3.4
1998	4,291	876.3	16,166	3301.5	1,499	306.1	18	3.7
1997	4,425	918.4	16,921	3511.9	1,289	267.5	14	2.9
1996	4,187	884.9	16,422	3470.7	1,633	345.1	17	3.6
1995	4,239	914.0	17,970	3874.8	1,634	352.3	16	3.5
1994	3,840	864.1	17,524	3943.3	1,266	284.9	13	2.9

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