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Cobb County Crime Statistics Georgia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 21,799 crimes in Cobb County, Georgia. With a population of 689,448, there was 1 crime for every 31.6 people in the county. Out of the 21,799 crimes reported, 19,417 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,382 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	37	5.37
Rape	129	18.71
Robbery	1,096	158.97
Assault	1,120	162.45
Burglary	4,602	667.49
Larceny	12,366	1793.61
Vehicle	2,444	354.49
Arson	5	0.7

The 2007 crime rate was 3,161.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,259.8 incidents). There were 345.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.3% change (from 336.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.1% from (2,923.3) the previous year to 2,816.3 per 100,000 people.

Cobb County ranks #93 for violent crimes and #96 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,051 and #2,116 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	27	3.9	136	19.8	966	141.0	1,177	171.8
2005	37	5.5	144	21.4	825	122.7	1,018	151.4
2004	20	3.0	155	23.4	718	108.5	930	140.5
2003	35	5.3	140	21.2	657	99.4	887	134.2
2002	15	2.4	138	21.7	682	107.3	854	134.4
2001	24	3.9	142	22.8	714	114.7	844	135.6
2000	24	3.9	124	20.4	614	101.0	771	126.8
1999	13	2.3	117	20.3	537	93.1	749	129.8
1998	16	2.8	128	22.8	662	117.7	750	133.3
1997	13	2.4	144	26.7	694	128.5	1,043	193.1
1996	11	2.1	140	26.4	591	111.4	1,095	206.4
1995	22	4.2	147	28.3	613	118.0	1,101	212.0
1994	16	3.2	176	35.3	627	125.7	961	192.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	4,469	652.1	13,048	1904.0	2,511	366.4	5	0.7
2005	4,082	607.3	13,946	2074.8	2,615	389.0	6	0.9
2004	3,958	597.9	12,649	1910.7	2,517	380.2	4	0.6
2003	3,960	599.0	12,613	1907.9	2,383	360.5	8	1.2
2002	3,889	611.8	13,173	2072.4	2,154	338.9	0	0.0
2001	3,669	589.4	12,892	2070.9	2,362	379.4	1	0.2
2000	3,636	598.1	13,073	2150.6	2,294	377.4	4	0.7
1999	3,451	598.1	12,598	2183.3	2,405	416.8	1	0.2
1998	3,777	671.4	13,985	2486.0	2,449	435.3	10	1.8
1997	4,152	768.9	16,188	2997.7	2,496	462.2	4	0.7
1996	4,228	797.1	18,184	3428.2	2,821	531.8	6	1.1
1995	3,951	760.6	18,394	3541.0	2,691	518.0	6	1.2
1994	4,186	839.4	17,352	3479.6	2,290	459.2	8	1.6

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