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Mercer County Crime Statistics Kentucky state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 292 crimes in Mercer County, Kentucky. With a population of 22,026, there was 1 crime for every 75.4 people in the county. Out of the 292 crimes reported, 269 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 23 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	4	18.16
Robbery	8	36.32
Assault	11	49.94
Burglary	93	422.23
Larceny	149	676.47
Vehicle	27	122.58
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,325.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A 9.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,212.2 incidents). There were 104.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -30.3% change (from 151.5 incidents). Property crimes changed 16.5% from (1,060.7) the previous year to 1,221.3 per 100,000 people.

Mercer County ranks #73 for violent crimes and #68 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #690 and #724 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.

Mercer County Criminal Records
Mercer County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	4.6	9	41.3	4	18.4	19	87.2
2005	1	4.6	5	23.1	9	41.6	28	129.4
2004	0	0.0	4	18.6	4	18.6	27	125.3
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	1	5.0	5	25.0	4	20.0	11	55.1
1994	1	5.0	3	15.1	3	15.1	64	321.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	101	463.7	105	482.1	25	114.8	0	0.0
2005	109	503.8	129	596.3	17	78.6	0	0.0
2004	111	514.9	139	644.8	22	102.1	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	77	385.7	143	716.3	14	70.1	0	0.0
1994	76	382.2	154	774.4	15	75.4	0	0.0

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