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Whitley County Crime Statistics Kentucky state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 577 crimes in Whitley County, Kentucky. With a population of 40,520, there was 1 crime for every 70.2 people in the county. Out of the 577 crimes reported, 531 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 46 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	2.47
Rape	8	19.74
Robbery	9	22.21
Assault	28	69.10
Burglary	139	343.04
Larceny	342	844.03
Vehicle	50	123.40
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,424.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A 19.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,190.5 incidents). There were 113.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 48.4% change (from 77.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 18.5% from (1,113.5) the previous year to 1,310.5 per 100,000 people.

Whitley County ranks #76 for violent crimes and #77 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #755 and #806 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.

Whitley County Criminal Records
Whitley County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	2.5	12	29.8	5	12.4	13	32.3
2005	1	2.5	6	15.1	5	12.6	24	60.5
2004	4	10.2	17	43.2	15	38.1	36	91.4
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	4	10.9	6	16.4	8	21.9	16	43.8
1994	2	5.6	8	22.3	11	30.6	107	297.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	129	320.6	288	715.8	31	77.0	0	0.0
2005	171	430.8	333	839.0	51	128.5	0	0.0
2004	255	647.7	431	1094.7	71	180.3	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	199	544.4	211	577.2	60	164.1	1	2.7
1994	181	503.6	199	553.7	63	175.3	3	8.3

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