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Hancock County Crime Statistics Maine state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 961 crimes in Hancock County, Maine. With a population of 53,631, there was 1 crime for every 55.8 people in the county. Out of the 961 crimes reported, 929 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 32 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	1.86
Rape	10	18.65
Robbery	2	3.73
Assault	19	35.43
Burglary	157	292.74
Larceny	734	1368.61
Vehicle	38	70.85
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,791.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,863.5 incidents). There were 59.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 6.7% change (from 55.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.2% from (1,807.6) the previous year to 1,732.2 per 100,000 people.

Hancock County ranks #3 for violent crimes and #4 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #320 and #1,196 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.

Hancock County Criminal Records
Hancock County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	1.9	1	1.9	0	0.0	28	52.2
2005	0	0.0	3	5.6	2	3.7	31	57.7
2004	1	1.9	0	0.0	4	7.5	33	62.0
2003	0	0.0	5	9.5	4	7.6	34	64.4
2002	0	0.0	8	15.2	4	7.6	31	59.0
2001	4	7.7	4	7.7	5	9.6	55	105.2
2000	1	1.9	4	7.7	5	9.7	37	71.4
1999	1	2.0	3	6.0	3	6.0	29	57.7
1998	1	2.0	2	4.0	2	4.0	48	96.5
1997	0	0.0	5	10.2	1	2.0	48	98.1
1996	3	6.1	12	24.5	2	4.1	43	87.8
1995	4	8.2	6	12.3	2	4.1	49	100.3
1994	1	2.1	16	33.3	1	2.1	24	49.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	166	309.3	755	1406.9	49	91.3	0	0.0
2005	245	456.0	812	1511.3	55	102.4	0	0.0
2004	238	446.9	875	1642.9	55	103.3	0	0.0
2003	284	537.7	857	1622.6	46	87.1	0	0.0
2002	238	452.6	803	1527.1	57	108.4	0	0.0
2001	198	378.8	852	1630.1	57	109.1	0	0.0
2000	233	449.9	877	1693.3	45	86.9	0	0.0
1999	321	638.4	916	1821.6	59	117.3	0	0.0
1998	275	553.1	919	1848.4	43	86.5	0	0.0
1997	268	548.0	862	1762.5	45	92.0	0	0.0
1996	286	584.3	853	1742.6	48	98.1	0	0.0
1995	245	501.3	869	1778.1	45	92.1	0	0.0
1994	213	442.7	784	1629.6	50	103.9	0	0.0

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