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Cumberland County Crime Statistics Maine state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 7,887 crimes in Cumberland County, Maine. With a population of 273,627, there was 1 crime for every 34.7 people in the county. Out of the 7,887 crimes reported, 7,439 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 448 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	1.10
Rape	74	27.04
Robbery	146	53.36
Assault	225	82.23
Burglary	1,522	556.23
Larceny	5,550	2028.31
Vehicle	363	132.66
Arson	4	1.5

The 2007 crime rate was 2,882.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -8.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,150.3 incidents). There were 163.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.3% change (from 170.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -9.2% from (2,980.0) the previous year to 2,718.7 per 100,000 people.

Cumberland County ranks #14 for violent crimes and #14 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,098 and #2,050 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.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	1.8	71	25.8	207	75.3	185	67.3
2005	6	2.2	65	23.7	143	52.1	231	84.2
2004	3	1.1	74	27.1	118	43.2	208	76.1
2003	2	0.7	92	33.9	129	47.5	184	67.8
2002	4	1.5	101	37.5	94	34.9	174	64.5
2001	3	1.1	90	33.6	103	38.4	189	70.5
2000	2	0.8	99	37.3	88	33.1	169	63.6
1999	4	1.6	50	19.6	83	32.5	172	67.4
1998	7	2.8	72	28.6	106	42.1	273	108.4
1997	6	2.4	86	34.6	126	50.7	327	131.7
1996	2	0.8	88	35.4	139	56.0	389	156.6
1995	4	1.6	91	36.7	141	56.9	402	162.1
1994	7	2.9	78	31.8	132	53.9	429	175.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,579	574.3	6,196	2253.4	414	150.6	5	1.8
2005	1,454	529.9	5,781	2106.9	393	143.2	2	0.7
2004	1,361	498.0	5,703	2086.6	370	135.4	4	1.5
2003	1,539	567.0	5,887	2168.9	374	137.8	6	2.2
2002	1,556	577.0	6,221	2306.8	339	125.7	6	2.2
2001	1,383	515.9	5,926	2210.7	315	117.5	5	1.9
2000	1,371	516.2	5,892	2218.3	229	86.2	3	1.1
1999	1,420	556.1	6,234	2441.5	245	96.0	9	3.5
1998	1,935	768.5	6,728	2672.0	316	125.5	6	2.4
1997	1,818	732.2	7,273	2929.2	427	172.0	15	6.0
1996	2,090	841.3	7,500	3018.9	465	187.2	13	5.2
1995	2,275	917.4	8,102	3267.3	508	204.9	12	4.8
1994	2,155	879.8	7,719	3151.5	488	199.2	10	4.1

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