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Polk County Crime Statistics Iowa state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 19,019 crimes in Polk County, Iowa. With a population of 424,006, there was 1 crime for every 22.3 people in the county. Out of the 19,019 crimes reported, 17,121 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,898 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	8	1.89
Rape	240	56.60
Robbery	448	105.66
Assault	1,202	283.49
Burglary	2,952	696.22
Larceny	12,793	3017.17
Vehicle	1,365	321.93
Arson	11	2.6

The 2007 crime rate was 4,485.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -12.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,100.5 incidents). There were 447.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 12.8% change (from 408.4 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.4% from (4,692.1) the previous year to 4,037.9 per 100,000 people.

Polk County ranks #87 for violent crimes and #94 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,344 and #2,637 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
Polk County Courts

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	7	1.7	107	26.0	429	104.2	1,139	276.5
2005	7	1.7	141	35.0	328	81.3	1,081	268.0
2004	16	4.0	97	24.4	354	88.9	1,053	264.3
2003	11	2.8	135	34.2	337	85.5	660	167.4
2002	12	3.1	145	37.9	341	89.1	675	176.5
2001	11	2.9	111	29.2	355	93.2	566	148.7
2000	15	3.9	127	33.3	340	89.2	577	151.4
1999	17	4.7	120	33.3	308	85.5	625	173.5
1998	18	5.1	122	34.4	397	111.8	728	205.0
1997	12	3.4	105	30.1	429	123.1	722	207.1
1996	23	6.6	116	33.3	365	104.7	698	200.2
1995	20	5.8	148	42.6	362	104.2	823	237.0
1994	14	4.1	99	29.0	322	94.2	673	197.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,180	772.1	14,869	3610.0	1,266	307.4	11	2.7
2005	3,670	909.9	14,429	3577.5	1,458	361.5	9	2.2
2004	3,044	764.2	13,333	3347.1	1,384	347.4	8	2.0
2003	2,586	655.8	13,878	3519.6	1,216	308.4	10	2.5
2002	2,559	669.0	14,924	3901.7	1,376	359.7	10	2.6
2001	2,048	537.9	13,910	3653.5	1,363	358.0	10	2.6
2000	2,794	733.1	14,759	3872.3	1,282	336.4	10	2.6
1999	2,523	700.3	12,443	3453.6	1,125	312.3	12	3.3
1998	3,063	862.7	14,340	4038.9	1,397	393.5	12	3.4
1997	3,554	1019.5	16,733	4799.9	1,800	516.3	12	3.4
1996	2,774	795.7	15,688	4500.1	1,559	447.2	15	4.3
1995	3,021	869.9	16,597	4779.2	1,665	479.4	19	5.5
1994	2,549	746.0	14,519	4249.2	1,157	338.6	18	5.3

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