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Cook County Crime Statistics Illinois state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 160,220 crimes in Cook County, Illinois. With a population of 5,228,439, there was 1 crime for every 32.6 people in the county. Out of the 160,220 crimes reported, 126,877 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 33,343 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	443	8.47
Rape	0	0.00
Robbery	15,444	295.38
Assault	17,456	333.87
Burglary	24,852	475.32
Larceny	83,308	1593.36
Vehicle	18,647	356.65
Arson	70	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 3,064.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,084.6 incidents). There were 637.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -1.3% change (from 637.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.2% from (2,447.6) the previous year to 2,426.7 per 100,000 people.

Cook County ranks #5 for violent crimes and #5 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,634 and #1,838 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	468	8.8	0	0.0	15,863	299.1	17,445	329.0
2005	448	8.4	0	0.0	15,964	300.1	17,943	337.3
2004	448	8.4	0	0.0	15,912	297.6	18,746	350.6
2003	598	11.1	0	0.0	17,302	322.2	19,784	368.5
2002	648	11.9	0	0.0	18,532	341.7	24,842	458.0
2001	666	12.4	0	0.0	18,433	343.1	25,533	475.2
2000	631	11.8	0	0.0	19,345	361.9	26,545	496.6
1999	642	12.4	0	0.0	20,461	393.8	32,803	631.3
1998	703	13.8	0	0.0	23,117	452.6	36,110	707.0
1997	757	14.6	0	0.0	25,289	488.7	36,519	705.7
1996	789	15.3	0	0.0	26,860	521.3	37,097	719.9
1995	824	16.0	0	0.0	30,086	584.7	39,205	762.0
1994	980	18.9	0	0.0	35,066	677.8	41,933	810.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	24,153	455.5	83,737	1579.1	21,828	411.6	71	1.3
2005	25,314	475.9	83,373	1567.4	22,496	422.9	68	1.3
2004	24,428	456.9	93,375	1746.5	22,799	426.4	78	1.5
2003	25,064	466.8	96,779	1802.5	22,779	424.3	94	1.8
2002	25,552	471.1	96,380	1777.0	25,245	465.5	102	1.9
2001	25,966	483.3	97,496	1814.6	27,694	515.5	100	1.9
2000	28,327	529.9	106,127	1985.3	29,727	556.1	106	2.0
1999	30,319	583.5	111,632	2148.5	31,524	606.7	132	2.5
1998	36,009	705.0	121,537	2379.5	31,826	623.1	128	2.5
1997	40,632	785.2	119,609	2311.5	33,607	649.5	154	3.0
1996	40,475	785.5	119,492	2318.9	34,091	661.6	156	3.0
1995	40,239	782.1	121,487	2361.1	36,197	703.5	124	2.4
1994	51,673	998.7	150,501	2908.9	44,093	852.2	183	3.5

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