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Highlands County Crime Statistics Florida state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,303 crimes in Highlands County, Florida. With a population of 98,725, there was 1 crime for every 29.9 people in the county. Out of the 3,303 crimes reported, 2,884 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 419 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	6	6.08
Rape	25	25.32
Robbery	65	65.84
Assault	323	327.17
Burglary	1,107	1121.30
Larceny	1,616	1636.87
Vehicle	159	161.05
Arson	2	2.0

The 2007 crime rate was 3,345.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,464.2 incidents). There were 424.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.9% change (from 419.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.5% from (3,045.1) the previous year to 2,921.2 per 100,000 people.

Highlands County ranks #25 for violent crimes and #33 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,291 and #2,176 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.

Highlands County Criminal Records
Highlands County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	2.1	21	21.6	77	79.3	307	316.1
2005	3	3.2	30	31.5	63	66.2	285	299.3
2004	4	4.3	22	23.6	72	77.4	328	352.4
2003	4	4.4	44	48.0	66	72.1	284	310.1
2002	4	4.4	23	25.2	123	134.6	287	314.1
2001	4	4.5	14	15.6	103	114.9	251	280.0
2000	5	5.7	18	20.6	107	122.5	313	358.3
1999	3	3.9	30	39.4	79	103.7	275	360.9
1998	6	7.7	15	19.2	132	168.7	427	545.8
1997	6	7.8	40	51.9	141	182.8	402	521.2
1996	1	1.3	5	6.6	16	21.1	169	223.0
1995	5	6.7	24	32.2	97	130.1	449	602.1
1994	3	4.1	14	19.2	85	116.4	347	475.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,157	1191.5	1,659	1708.4	139	143.1	2	2.1
2005	795	834.8	1,703	1788.3	158	165.9	1	1.1
2004	928	997.1	1,735	1864.1	174	186.9	0	0.0
2003	1,000	1091.7	1,666	1818.8	167	182.3	1	1.1
2002	1,184	1296.0	2,063	2258.1	267	292.2	2	2.2
2001	1,031	1150.3	1,909	2129.9	199	222.0	2	2.2
2000	929	1063.3	1,754	2007.6	203	232.4	0	0.0
1999	1,394	1829.6	1,803	2366.4	153	200.8	1	1.3
1998	1,425	1821.6	2,268	2899.2	224	286.3	2	2.6
1997	1,362	1765.8	2,347	3042.8	240	311.2	0	0.0
1996	402	530.4	564	744.1	55	72.6	0	0.0
1995	1,268	1700.5	2,380	3191.7	257	344.7	1	1.3
1994	1,248	1709.4	2,168	2969.5	254	347.9	0	0.0

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