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Lee County Crime Statistics Florida state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 25,964 crimes in Lee County, Florida. With a population of 587,220, there was 1 crime for every 22.6 people in the county. Out of the 25,964 crimes reported, 22,635 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 3,329 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	47	8.00
Rape	177	30.14
Robbery	988	168.25
Assault	2,117	360.51
Burglary	6,501	1107.08
Larceny	13,983	2381.22
Vehicle	2,138	364.09
Arson	13	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 4,421.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 5.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,190.5 incidents). There were 566.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 5.4% change (from 569.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 12.9% from (3,620.6) the previous year to 3,854.6 per 100,000 people.

Lee County ranks #33 for violent crimes and #49 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,551 and #2,585 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	48	8.7	196	35.4	866	156.3	2,047	369.5
2005	33	6.3	187	35.6	823	156.5	1,943	369.5
2004	31	6.2	175	34.8	757	150.5	1,945	386.6
2003	27	5.6	129	26.6	651	134.4	1,790	369.6
2002	42	9.1	165	35.8	794	172.2	1,976	428.6
2001	20	4.4	136	30.1	801	177.1	1,986	439.1
2000	16	3.6	163	37.0	821	186.2	1,600	362.9
1999	24	6.0	175	44.0	762	191.4	1,672	420.1
1998	31	7.9	224	56.9	632	160.4	1,533	389.1
1997	25	6.5	214	55.5	711	184.2	1,437	372.4
1996	9	2.4	57	15.0	405	106.8	883	232.9
1995	16	4.3	227	60.9	632	169.4	1,554	416.6
1994	28	7.7	203	55.7	611	167.7	1,714	470.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	5,736	1035.5	11,998	2165.9	2,309	416.8	13	2.3
2005	4,875	927.0	11,341	2156.5	2,363	449.3	16	3.0
2004	4,618	917.8	11,432	2272.1	2,209	439.0	17	3.4
2003	4,702	970.8	10,715	2212.3	1,956	403.8	18	3.7
2002	4,773	1035.3	11,453	2484.1	2,312	501.5	14	3.0
2001	4,600	1017.0	11,740	2595.6	2,418	534.6	14	3.1
2000	4,282	971.2	11,570	2624.2	2,880	653.2	19	4.3
1999	4,456	1119.5	11,092	2786.7	2,467	619.8	16	4.0
1998	4,540	1152.2	10,940	2776.6	2,857	725.1	9	2.3
1997	4,585	1188.2	12,055	3123.9	2,749	712.4	1	0.3
1996	1,355	357.3	3,308	872.3	1,057	278.7	0	0.0
1995	4,228	1133.4	11,561	3099.1	2,175	583.0	3	0.8
1994	4,744	1302.2	11,541	3167.8	2,331	639.8	4	1.1

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