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Chatham County Crime Statistics Georgia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 13,330 crimes in Chatham County, Georgia. With a population of 242,683, there was 1 crime for every 18.2 people in the county. Out of the 13,330 crimes reported, 11,756 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,574 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	28	11.54
Rape	91	37.50
Robbery	815	335.83
Assault	640	263.72
Burglary	2,604	1073.00
Larceny	7,834	3228.08
Vehicle	1,309	539.39
Arson	9	3.7

The 2007 crime rate was 5,492.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,609.9 incidents). There were 648.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -1.5% change (from 649.4 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.7% from (4,960.4) the previous year to 4,844.2 per 100,000 people.

Chatham County ranks #142 for violent crimes and #140 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,642 and #2,791 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	31	12.6	84	34.1	799	324.7	684	278.0
2005	33	13.5	91	37.1	749	305.6	841	343.1
2004	28	11.7	84	35.1	756	316.1	792	331.1
2003	36	15.2	68	28.7	704	296.9	723	304.9
2002	40	16.5	76	31.3	798	328.9	862	355.3
2001	37	15.6	94	39.6	952	400.6	976	410.7
2000	45	19.4	104	44.8	895	385.7	914	393.9
1999	42	18.3	98	42.6	733	318.9	1,024	445.5
1998	35	15.2	87	37.7	643	278.8	827	358.6
1997	30	12.6	86	36.0	702	293.8	830	347.3
1996	25	10.7	92	39.2	976	415.8	866	369.0
1995	37	16.1	108	47.0	919	399.8	799	347.6
1994	32	13.8	115	49.7	958	414.0	812	350.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,421	983.9	8,389	3409.2	1,389	564.5	7	2.8
2005	2,916	1189.8	9,008	3675.4	1,656	675.7	5	2.0
2004	2,900	1212.4	9,361	3913.6	1,632	682.3	5	2.1
2003	3,265	1377.1	9,017	3803.1	1,730	729.7	2	0.8
2002	3,095	1275.5	9,845	4057.4	1,954	805.3	6	2.5
2001	2,945	1239.2	10,321	4343.0	1,800	757.4	10	4.2
2000	2,631	1133.8	9,024	3888.9	2,348	1011.9	6	2.6
1999	2,879	1252.5	10,007	4353.7	1,651	718.3	7	3.0
1998	2,740	1188.0	10,632	4609.7	1,579	684.6	6	2.6
1997	3,143	1315.3	10,443	4370.2	1,508	631.1	8	3.3
1996	3,197	1362.1	12,160	5180.7	1,447	616.5	10	4.3
1995	2,849	1239.4	11,080	4820.1	1,377	599.0	8	3.5
1994	3,028	1308.6	10,793	4664.4	1,774	766.7	6	2.6

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