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Jay County Crime Statistics Indiana state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 295 crimes in Jay County, Indiana. With a population of 21,702, there was 1 crime for every 73.6 people in the county. Out of the 295 crimes reported, 289 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 6 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	3	13.82
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	3	13.82
Burglary	26	119.80
Larceny	256	1179.61
Vehicle	7	32.26
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,359.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,315.5 incidents). There were 27.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 100.0% change (from 13.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 1.4% from (1,301.8) the previous year to 1,331.7 per 100,000 people.

Jay County ranks #16 for violent crimes and #44 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #92 and #822 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.

Jay County Criminal Records
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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.6	2	9.1
2005	0	0.0	1	4.6	2	9.1	3	13.7
2004	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	9.1
2003	0	0.0	1	4.6	0	0.0	3	13.7
2002	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	36.0
2001	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.5	10	45.3
2000	0	0.0	1	4.6	0	0.0	6	27.3
1999	1	4.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	9.1
1998	0	0.0	1	4.6	0	0.0	4	18.2
1997	0	0.0	2	9.0	0	0.0	18	80.6
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	9.0	56	251.6
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	55	248.7
1994	2	9.0	0	0.0	1	4.5	52	233.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	22	100.5	256	1169.3	7	32.0	0	0.0
2005	38	173.4	242	1104.2	5	22.8	0	0.0
2004	40	181.6	198	899.0	3	13.6	0	0.0
2003	11	50.2	203	926.9	5	22.8	0	0.0
2002	23	103.4	234	1052.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
2001	19	86.1	266	1204.9	2	9.1	0	0.0
2000	13	59.2	228	1038.6	4	18.2	0	0.0
1999	31	140.6	201	911.9	0	0.0	0	0.0
1998	32	145.7	243	1106.5	4	18.2	0	0.0
1997	37	165.6	188	841.5	16	71.6	0	0.0
1996	19	85.4	162	727.9	6	27.0	0	0.0
1995	18	81.4	156	705.5	7	31.7	0	0.0
1994	32	143.5	106	475.5	10	44.9	0	0.0

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