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Letcher County Crime Statistics Kentucky state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 166 crimes in Letcher County, Kentucky. With a population of 24,474, there was 1 crime for every 147.4 people in the county. Out of the 166 crimes reported, 156 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 10 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	3	12.26
Robbery	1	4.09
Assault	6	24.52
Burglary	61	249.24
Larceny	82	335.05
Vehicle	13	53.12
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 678.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A 27.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (532.0 incidents). There were 40.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 11.1% change (from 36.5 incidents). Property crimes changed 27.9% from (495.4) the previous year to 637.4 per 100,000 people.

Letcher County ranks #22 for violent crimes and #37 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #176 and #312 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.

Letcher County Criminal Records
Letcher County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	4.1	2	8.1	2	8.1	4	16.2
2005	0	0.0	3	12.1	3	12.1	10	40.3
2004	1	4.0	2	8.0	1	4.0	10	40.0
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	1	3.7	8	29.4	3	11.0	14	51.4
1994	1	3.6	4	14.5	0	0.0	34	123.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	47	190.9	66	268.0	9	36.5	0	0.0
2005	60	241.5	82	330.1	9	36.2	0	0.0
2004	58	231.9	104	415.8	23	92.0	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	67	246.1	77	282.9	22	80.8	1	3.7
1994	49	177.8	76	275.7	18	65.3	0	0.0

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