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Decatur County Crime Statistics Georgia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,427 crimes in Decatur County, Georgia. With a population of 28,718, there was 1 crime for every 20.1 people in the county. Out of the 1,427 crimes reported, 1,243 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 184 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	11	38.30
Robbery	34	118.39
Assault	139	484.02
Burglary	276	961.07
Larceny	916	3189.64
Vehicle	51	177.59
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,969.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,987.0 incidents). There were 640.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -7.5% change (from 673.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.4% from (4,313.2) the previous year to 4,328.3 per 100,000 people.

Decatur County ranks #141 for violent crimes and #133 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,638 and #2,702 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.

Decatur County Criminal Records
Decatur County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	6.8	7	23.7	36	121.9	154	521.4
2005	1	3.4	5	17.0	28	95.2	146	496.5
2004	1	3.5	9	31.4	25	87.2	89	310.3
2003	3	10.5	13	45.4	30	104.7	70	244.3
2002	2	6.8	16	54.2	34	115.1	63	213.3
2001	1	3.5	8	27.7	36	124.5	54	186.7
2000	0	0.0	8	28.3	20	70.8	118	417.8
1999	3	10.9	9	32.7	35	127.0	142	515.4
1998	1	3.7	16	58.9	40	147.2	141	519.0
1997	3	10.8	7	25.2	47	168.9	209	751.3
1996	3	11.0	7	25.6	37	135.4	230	841.7
1995	1	3.7	5	18.7	36	134.5	104	388.6
1994	6	22.2	6	22.2	44	163.1	125	463.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	312	1056.3	925	3131.7	37	125.3	0	0.0
2005	226	768.6	983	3343.2	43	146.2	0	0.0
2004	274	955.3	1,102	3842.1	44	153.4	0	0.0
2003	299	1043.5	968	3378.4	47	164.0	0	0.0
2002	266	900.8	895	3030.9	38	128.7	0	0.0
2001	259	895.5	822	2842.2	53	183.3	0	0.0
2000	262	927.8	879	3112.6	51	180.6	0	0.0
1999	369	1339.3	1,036	3760.2	61	221.4	0	0.0
1998	377	1387.6	973	3581.3	60	220.8	0	0.0
1997	356	1279.7	1,067	3835.5	67	240.8	0	0.0
1996	343	1255.2	1,041	3809.6	78	285.4	0	0.0
1995	326	1218.1	1,061	3964.4	60	224.2	0	0.0
1994	303	1123.3	1,016	3766.7	52	192.8	0	0.0

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