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Mesa County Crime Statistics Colorado state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,591 crimes in Mesa County, Colorado. With a population of 137,907, there was 1 crime for every 30.0 people in the county. Out of the 4,591 crimes reported, 4,118 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 473 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	1.45
Rape	52	37.71
Robbery	51	36.98
Assault	368	266.85
Burglary	719	521.37
Larceny	3,070	2226.14
Vehicle	324	234.94
Arson	5	3.6

The 2007 crime rate was 3,329.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -12.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,801.9 incidents). There were 343.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 27.8% change (from 279.6 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.6% from (3,522.3) the previous year to 2,986.1 per 100,000 people.

Mesa County ranks #46 for violent crimes and #47 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,036 and #2,208 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	6	4.5	43	32.5	48	36.3	273	206.3
2005	1	0.8	26	20.2	40	31.0	282	218.6
2004	3	2.4	50	39.7	28	22.2	266	211.0
2003	3	2.4	36	29.4	32	26.1	254	207.2
2002	1	0.8	25	20.5	22	18.1	180	147.8
2001	1	0.8	22	18.4	28	23.4	193	161.6
2000	6	5.2	29	24.9	20	17.2	189	162.6
1999	6	5.2	17	14.7	24	20.8	188	163.0
1998	5	4.4	22	19.5	46	40.7	296	262.2
1997	4	3.6	23	20.8	25	22.7	286	259.2
1996	7	6.5	37	34.1	56	51.7	239	220.6
1995	9	8.5	33	31.1	45	42.4	266	250.5
1994	4	3.9	36	34.8	48	46.4	173	167.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	852	643.9	3,378	2552.8	425	321.2	6	4.5
2005	998	773.5	3,847	2981.8	429	332.5	4	3.1
2004	961	762.3	3,620	2871.5	348	276.0	4	3.2
2003	848	691.6	3,597	2933.7	275	224.3	6	4.9
2002	672	551.7	2,814	2310.3	245	201.1	5	4.1
2001	800	670.0	3,818	3197.6	247	206.9	4	3.3
2000	705	606.4	3,560	3062.2	167	143.6	2	1.7
1999	655	568.0	3,082	2672.7	156	135.3	3	2.6
1998	907	803.4	3,727	3301.2	295	261.3	5	4.4
1997	816	739.5	3,524	3193.7	200	181.3	3	2.7
1996	830	766.0	3,723	3435.8	214	197.5	4	3.7
1995	1,580	1487.6	4,492	4229.4	239	225.0	5	4.7
1994	1,118	1081.5	3,963	3833.7	223	215.7	5	4.8

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