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Jefferson County Crime Statistics Louisiana state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 22,471 crimes in Jefferson County, Louisiana. With a population of 430,195, there was 1 crime for every 19.1 people in the county. Out of the 22,471 crimes reported, 19,238 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 3,233 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	58	13.48
Rape	101	23.48
Robbery	821	190.84
Assault	2,253	523.72
Burglary	4,555	1058.82
Larceny	12,351	2871.02
Vehicle	2,311	537.20
Arson	21	4.9

The 2007 crime rate was 5,223.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 7.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,878.7 incidents). There were 751.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 1.5% change (from 741.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 8.3% from (4,136.9) the previous year to 4,471.9 per 100,000 people.

Jefferson County ranks #47 for violent crimes and #54 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,715 and #2,734 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.

Jefferson County Criminal Records
Jefferson County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	77	17.9	109	25.4	725	168.9	2,273	529.6
2005	46	10.1	147	32.4	869	191.3	1,695	373.0
2004	52	11.4	215	47.3	872	191.9	1,902	418.6
2003	48	10.6	170	37.4	849	186.9	1,790	394.1
2002	42	9.2	147	32.2	840	183.9	1,820	398.4
2001	35	7.7	127	27.9	945	207.6	1,856	407.8
2000	38	8.3	139	30.5	962	211.2	2,158	473.8
1999	33	7.3	141	31.2	943	209.0	2,183	483.8
1998	38	8.4	152	33.6	889	196.2	2,374	524.1
1997	39	8.5	164	35.6	1,207	262.1	2,550	553.8
1996	37	8.0	172	37.4	1,411	306.5	2,674	580.8
1995	40	8.7	205	44.6	1,527	332.4	2,811	611.8
1994	55	11.9	211	45.7	1,569	339.9	2,886	625.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	4,550	1060.1	10,933	2547.2	2,254	525.1	19	4.4
2005	4,212	927.0	13,561	2984.5	2,779	611.6	18	4.0
2004	4,029	886.6	14,948	3289.5	2,958	650.9	17	3.7
2003	4,042	890.0	14,559	3205.6	2,725	600.0	18	4.0
2002	3,587	785.1	15,325	3354.4	2,489	544.8	25	5.5
2001	4,190	920.7	17,029	3741.8	2,995	658.1	24	5.3
2000	4,395	964.9	17,304	3799.2	3,281	720.4	28	6.1
1999	4,787	1060.8	18,818	4170.2	3,616	801.3	27	6.0
1998	4,891	1079.7	19,013	4197.1	3,814	841.9	26	5.7
1997	5,024	1091.0	20,789	4514.5	4,339	942.2	18	3.9
1996	5,861	1273.0	22,743	4939.9	4,435	963.3	20	4.3
1995	5,901	1284.4	22,911	4986.7	4,497	978.8	20	4.4
1994	6,335	1372.4	23,870	5171.3	4,700	1018.2	18	3.9

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