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Howard County Crime Statistics Indiana state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,552 crimes in Howard County, Indiana. With a population of 84,391, there was 1 crime for every 23.8 people in the county. Out of the 3,552 crimes reported, 3,288 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 264 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	1.18
Rape	22	26.07
Robbery	67	79.39
Assault	174	206.18
Burglary	630	746.53
Larceny	2,516	2981.36
Vehicle	142	168.26
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,209.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -10.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,698.4 incidents). There were 312.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.0% change (from 339.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.8% from (4,359.4) the previous year to 3,896.2 per 100,000 people.

Howard County ranks #86 for violent crimes and #85 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,943 and #2,593 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.

Howard County Criminal Records
Howard County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	5.8	27	31.6	70	81.8	188	219.8
2005	11	12.9	32	37.6	77	90.5	159	186.9
2004	5	5.9	28	32.8	54	63.2	172	201.3
2003	2	2.3	19	22.3	73	85.5	161	188.7
2002	4	4.6	24	27.9	49	56.9	268	311.4
2001	5	5.9	22	25.7	53	62.0	202	236.4
2000	5	5.9	16	18.8	51	60.0	203	238.9
1999	3	3.6	18	21.4	47	55.9	169	201.0
1998	1	1.2	19	22.6	28	33.3	161	191.5
1997	1	1.2	21	24.8	46	54.4	193	228.1
1996	3	3.6	19	22.5	37	43.9	183	217.1
1995	3	3.6	32	38.2	42	50.2	167	199.4
1994	1	1.2	28	33.4	51	60.8	307	366.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	918	1073.2	2,646	3093.3	165	192.9	0	0.0
2005	931	1094.2	2,644	3107.6	192	225.7	2	2.4
2004	633	740.7	2,660	3112.8	189	221.2	1	1.2
2003	700	820.2	2,794	3273.9	193	226.1	0	0.0
2002	695	807.6	2,559	2973.4	190	220.8	1	1.2
2001	582	681.2	2,570	3007.9	145	169.7	0	0.0
2000	494	581.4	2,387	2809.4	154	181.3	1	1.2
1999	570	678.0	2,304	2740.6	134	159.4	3	3.6
1998	650	773.0	2,496	2968.4	131	155.8	2	2.4
1997	578	683.1	2,351	2778.6	130	153.6	2	2.4
1996	512	607.5	2,309	2739.7	128	151.9	3	3.6
1995	438	523.1	2,367	2826.9	109	130.2	1	1.2
1994	572	682.2	2,131	2541.6	125	149.1	1	1.2

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