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De Kalb County Crime Statistics Georgia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 47,207 crimes in De Kalb County, Georgia. With a population of 697,095, there was 1 crime for every 14.8 people in the county. Out of the 47,207 crimes reported, 41,296 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 5,911 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	123	17.64
Rape	194	27.83
Robbery	3,284	471.10
Assault	2,310	331.38
Burglary	11,499	1649.56
Larceny	22,052	3163.41
Vehicle	7,724	1108.03
Arson	21	3.0

The 2007 crime rate was 6,772.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A 10.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,123.3 incidents). There were 847.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.4% change (from 882.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 18.1% from (5,240.6) the previous year to 5,924.0 per 100,000 people.

De Kalb County ranks #153 for violent crimes and #151 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,758 and #2,900 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	95	14.2	202	30.3	2,568	384.9	3,025	453.4
2005	86	13.0	154	23.2	2,355	355.4	2,164	326.6
2004	88	13.4	300	45.8	2,113	322.8	1,322	201.9
2003	95	14.5	202	30.8	2,406	366.6	1,452	221.3
2002	87	13.1	130	19.5	1,857	279.2	1,113	167.3
2001	84	12.9	121	18.6	2,142	328.8	1,069	164.1
2000	65	10.2	106	16.7	1,997	313.9	1,284	201.9
1999	49	8.6	201	35.2	2,089	366.3	1,325	232.3
1998	85	15.1	187	33.2	2,446	434.5	1,635	290.4
1997	74	12.9	251	43.7	3,077	535.3	2,107	366.6
1996	74	13.1	243	43.0	2,899	513.5	1,810	320.6
1995	76	13.7	231	41.8	2,496	451.4	1,948	352.3
1994	89	16.2	270	49.1	2,825	514.2	2,088	380.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	9,402	1409.1	18,097	2712.2	7,449	1116.4	19	2.8
2005	8,519	1285.7	18,568	2802.3	7,418	1119.5	13	2.0
2004	8,824	1347.9	16,339	2495.9	7,222	1103.2	14	2.1
2003	8,899	1356.1	24,120	3675.5	8,214	1251.7	21	3.2
2002	6,239	938.0	16,899	2540.7	5,443	818.3	20	3.0
2001	6,075	932.6	17,269	2650.9	5,106	783.8	17	2.6
2000	6,793	1067.9	21,054	3309.9	6,066	953.6	15	2.4
1999	8,151	1429.3	24,671	4326.2	7,306	1281.1	18	3.2
1998	9,314	1654.4	27,593	4901.2	7,951	1412.3	20	3.6
1997	11,437	1989.7	31,300	5445.3	9,794	1703.9	16	2.8
1996	10,728	1900.1	36,899	6535.4	9,311	1649.1	26	4.6
1995	9,704	1755.0	36,441	6590.5	8,524	1541.6	22	4.0
1994	11,353	2066.4	33,196	6042.1	7,884	1435.0	21	3.8

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