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Houston County Crime Statistics Georgia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,426 crimes in Houston County, Georgia. With a population of 130,441, there was 1 crime for every 24.0 people in the county. Out of the 5,426 crimes reported, 4,908 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 518 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	2.30
Rape	28	21.47
Robbery	140	107.33
Assault	347	266.02
Burglary	1,260	965.95
Larceny	3,367	2581.24
Vehicle	280	214.66
Arson	1	0.8

The 2007 crime rate was 4,159.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A 12.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,697.9 incidents). There were 397.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.6% change (from 387.2 incidents). Property crimes changed 13.7% from (3,310.7) the previous year to 3,762.6 per 100,000 people.

Houston County ranks #104 for violent crimes and #120 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,216 and #2,552 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.

Houston County Criminal Records
Houston County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	2.3	31	23.8	148	113.5	323	247.7
2005	2	1.6	19	14.9	126	99.0	274	215.2
2004	4	3.3	39	31.8	95	77.5	241	196.6
2003	7	5.9	28	23.6	102	86.0	192	161.9
2002	3	2.6	21	18.1	88	76.0	195	168.3
2001	4	3.5	17	15.0	122	107.5	287	253.0
2000	4	3.6	30	27.1	89	80.3	267	241.0
1999	7	6.5	29	26.9	90	83.5	328	304.2
1998	4	3.8	19	18.0	98	92.7	302	285.7
1997	4	3.8	43	41.2	127	121.7	372	356.5
1996	5	4.9	42	41.0	96	93.7	291	283.9
1995	4	4.0	52	51.8	118	117.6	486	484.2
1994	4	4.1	30	30.7	104	106.5	299	306.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	915	701.6	3,150	2415.2	251	192.4	2	1.5
2005	1,143	897.7	3,270	2568.2	310	243.5	1	0.8
2004	1,193	973.2	3,845	3136.7	348	283.9	1	0.8
2003	1,110	936.1	4,121	3475.3	309	260.6	1	0.8
2002	1,030	889.1	3,652	3152.5	298	257.2	0	0.0
2001	942	830.3	3,823	3369.6	264	232.7	1	0.9
2000	939	847.7	3,347	3021.6	288	260.0	2	1.8
1999	868	805.0	3,725	3454.5	343	318.1	0	0.0
1998	1,166	1103.1	4,069	3849.5	334	316.0	0	0.0
1997	1,183	1133.8	4,327	4147.1	358	343.1	0	0.0
1996	895	873.3	4,105	4005.5	278	271.3	0	0.0
1995	934	930.6	4,119	4103.9	285	284.0	0	0.0
1994	810	829.8	3,261	3340.8	222	227.4	0	0.0

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