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Polk County Crime Statistics Georgia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,969 crimes in Polk County, Georgia. With a population of 41,458, there was 1 crime for every 21.1 people in the county. Out of the 1,969 crimes reported, 1,806 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 163 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	7.24
Rape	5	12.06
Robbery	45	108.54
Assault	110	265.33
Burglary	558	1345.94
Larceny	1,095	2641.23
Vehicle	153	369.05
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,749.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 21.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,900.7 incidents). There were 393.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.1% change (from 407.3 incidents). Property crimes changed 23.9% from (3,493.4) the previous year to 4,356.2 per 100,000 people.

Polk County ranks #102 for violent crimes and #134 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,203 and #2,714 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.

Polk County Criminal Records
Polk County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	2.4	8	19.2	35	83.9	126	301.9
2005	0	0.0	13	31.5	42	101.6	113	273.4
2004	5	12.4	18	44.5	33	81.6	134	331.5
2003	4	10.0	14	35.0	30	75.0	100	250.1
2002	1	2.5	6	15.1	32	80.4	65	163.2
2001	3	7.7	6	15.4	21	53.8	75	192.3
2000	5	13.1	9	23.6	18	47.3	64	168.0
1999	1	2.7	8	21.6	21	56.8	70	189.2
1998	3	8.2	20	54.7	27	73.9	85	232.5
1997	1	2.7	14	38.1	39	106.2	86	234.2
1996	1	2.8	7	19.4	28	77.6	66	183.0
1995	4	11.3	5	14.2	26	73.6	114	322.8
1994	2	5.6	9	25.2	43	120.5	169	473.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	427	1023.1	891	2134.8	140	335.4	0	0.0
2005	371	897.6	1,137	2750.8	114	275.8	0	0.0
2004	454	1123.0	1,179	2916.4	111	274.6	0	0.0
2003	387	968.0	1,214	3036.6	84	210.1	0	0.0
2002	329	826.1	907	2277.5	79	198.4	0	0.0
2001	300	769.2	913	2340.8	141	361.5	0	0.0
2000	272	714.2	883	2318.5	154	404.4	0	0.0
1999	319	862.1	977	2640.4	123	332.4	0	0.0
1998	344	941.0	1,086	2970.7	141	385.7	0	0.0
1997	281	765.4	924	2516.8	116	316.0	0	0.0
1996	359	995.4	1,085	3008.5	110	305.0	0	0.0
1995	310	877.7	890	2519.7	75	212.3	0	0.0
1994	408	1142.9	911	2551.9	69	193.3	0	0.0

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