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Knox County Crime Statistics Kentucky state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 482 crimes in Knox County, Kentucky. With a population of 30,761, there was 1 crime for every 63.8 people in the county. Out of the 482 crimes reported, 456 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 26 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	3.25
Rape	4	13.00
Robbery	3	9.75
Assault	18	58.52
Burglary	160	520.14
Larceny	241	783.46
Vehicle	55	178.80
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,566.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 56.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (999.6 incidents). There were 84.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 73.3% change (from 49.3 incidents). Property crimes changed 57.8% from (950.3) the previous year to 1,482.4 per 100,000 people.

Knox County ranks #64 for violent crimes and #82 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #526 and #965 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.

Knox County Criminal Records
Knox County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	4	13.2	3	9.9	8	26.3
2005	1	3.3	5	16.5	2	6.6	12	39.7
2004	1	3.3	4	13.3	5	16.6	10	33.3
2003	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2002	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2001	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2000	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1999	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1995	3	10.0	7	23.3	4	13.3	23	76.5
1994	1	3.4	11	37.0	10	33.7	157	528.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	113	371.6	148	486.6	28	92.1	0	0.0
2005	104	343.8	163	538.9	25	82.6	0	0.0
2004	70	232.8	151	502.2	39	129.7	0	0.0
2003	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2002	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2001	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
2000	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1999	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1995	155	515.4	202	671.7	92	305.9	0	0.0
1994	175	588.9	203	683.1	51	171.6	0	0.0

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