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Kennebec County Crime Statistics Maine state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,275 crimes in Kennebec County, Maine. With a population of 120,630, there was 1 crime for every 36.8 people in the county. Out of the 3,275 crimes reported, 3,119 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 156 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	1.66
Rape	55	45.59
Robbery	26	21.55
Assault	73	60.52
Burglary	683	566.19
Larceny	2,356	1953.08
Vehicle	78	64.66
Arson	2	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 2,714.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,620.0 incidents). There were 129.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.3% change (from 124.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.3% from (2,495.2) the previous year to 2,585.6 per 100,000 people.

Kennebec County ranks #11 for violent crimes and #12 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #848 and #1,972 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.

Kennebec County Criminal Records
Kennebec County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	0.8	54	44.6	23	19.0	73	60.3
2005	1	0.8	37	30.6	16	13.2	65	53.7
2004	1	0.8	31	25.7	23	19.0	46	38.1
2003	1	0.8	33	27.7	11	9.2	45	37.7
2002	0	0.0	42	35.3	35	29.4	62	52.1
2001	2	1.7	35	29.6	16	13.5	35	29.6
2000	1	0.9	28	23.9	20	17.1	50	42.7
1999	0	0.0	31	26.7	6	5.2	94	81.0
1998	3	2.6	19	16.4	14	12.1	68	58.6
1997	1	0.9	19	16.2	17	14.5	41	34.9
1996	6	5.1	23	19.6	26	22.1	97	82.5
1995	0	0.0	22	18.7	23	19.6	74	63.1
1994	4	3.4	41	34.9	19	16.2	50	42.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	637	526.5	2,255	1863.8	125	103.3	2	1.7
2005	647	534.6	2,527	2087.8	97	80.1	0	0.0
2004	609	504.4	2,384	1974.5	101	83.7	2	1.7
2003	623	522.3	2,299	1927.5	123	103.1	1	0.8
2002	565	475.2	2,345	1972.1	116	97.6	1	0.8
2001	606	512.7	2,244	1898.6	138	116.8	2	1.7
2000	487	415.8	2,061	1759.8	111	94.8	2	1.7
1999	750	646.4	2,502	2156.5	146	125.8	1	0.9
1998	692	596.2	2,302	1983.3	117	100.8	4	3.4
1997	676	575.6	2,589	2204.6	148	126.0	0	0.0
1996	831	707.0	2,865	2437.6	191	162.5	2	1.7
1995	827	704.7	2,438	2077.5	159	135.5	1	0.9
1994	883	751.4	2,612	2222.8	165	140.4	1	0.9

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