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Benton County Crime Statistics Iowa state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 219 crimes in Benton County, Iowa. With a population of 27,229, there was 1 crime for every 124.3 people in the county. Out of the 219 crimes reported, 198 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 21 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	5	18.36
Robbery	1	3.67
Assault	15	55.09
Burglary	48	176.28
Larceny	143	525.18
Vehicle	7	25.71
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 804.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A 23.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (652.1 incidents). There were 77.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 50.0% change (from 51.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 21.5% from (600.5) the previous year to 727.2 per 100,000 people.

Benton County ranks #35 for violent crimes and #28 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #462 and #363 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.

Benton 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	4	14.7	1	3.7	9	33.2
2005	0	0.0	1	3.7	0	0.0	14	52.3
2004	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	64.6
2003	0	0.0	1	3.8	1	3.8	19	72.6
2002	1	3.9	1	3.9	0	0.0	7	27.6
2001	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2000	2	7.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	11.9
1999	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3.9	2	7.8
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.0
1997	0	0.0	1	4.2	2	8.4	8	33.5
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.2	6	25.1
1995	0	0.0	1	4.2	0	0.0	5	21.0
1994	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	30.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	34	125.3	122	449.5	7	25.8	0	0.0
2005	30	112.2	85	317.8	3	11.2	0	0.0
2004	56	212.6	104	394.9	9	34.2	0	0.0
2003	57	217.9	189	722.4	13	49.7	0	0.0
2002	73	287.4	165	649.7	12	47.2	0	0.0
2001	31	122.6	78	308.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
2000	27	106.7	110	434.6	6	23.7	0	0.0
1999	29	113.8	115	451.3	4	15.7	0	0.0
1998	48	191.2	138	549.6	9	35.8	0	0.0
1997	71	297.4	138	578.1	18	75.4	0	0.0
1996	54	226.2	192	804.3	11	46.1	0	0.0
1995	106	445.6	204	857.5	11	46.2	0	0.0
1994	64	279.5	139	607.1	10	43.7	0	0.0

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