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Knox County Crime Statistics Maine state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 885 crimes in Knox County, Maine. With a population of 40,979, there was 1 crime for every 46.3 people in the county. Out of the 885 crimes reported, 855 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 30 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	6	14.64
Robbery	3	7.32
Assault	21	51.25
Burglary	126	307.47
Larceny	706	1722.83
Vehicle	23	56.13
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,159.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -8.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,370.2 incidents). There were 73.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.1% change (from 80.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -9.4% from (2,290.1) the previous year to 2,086.4 per 100,000 people.

Knox County ranks #5 for violent crimes and #7 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #429 and #1,552 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.

Knox County Criminal Records
Knox County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	11	26.7	2	4.9	20	48.5
2005	1	2.4	14	34.0	5	12.2	10	24.3
2004	0	0.0	8	19.6	1	2.5	25	61.3
2003	0	0.0	4	9.8	6	14.7	21	51.4
2002	0	0.0	3	7.5	6	14.9	9	22.4
2001	0	0.0	4	10.0	3	7.5	8	20.0
2000	1	2.5	13	32.8	2	5.0	10	25.2
1999	2	5.2	9	23.6	3	7.9	13	34.1
1998	0	0.0	9	23.9	5	13.3	17	45.2
1997	0	0.0	10	26.9	6	16.2	17	45.8
1996	0	0.0	3	8.1	2	5.4	15	40.4
1995	0	0.0	2	5.4	5	13.5	19	51.2
1994	1	2.7	13	35.3	3	8.1	21	56.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	160	388.2	748	1814.6	36	87.3	0	0.0
2005	144	350.0	764	1857.1	31	75.4	0	0.0
2004	128	314.0	797	1955.2	28	68.7	0	0.0
2003	127	311.1	790	1934.9	48	117.6	0	0.0
2002	176	437.5	809	2011.1	34	84.5	0	0.0
2001	161	402.7	725	1813.3	48	120.1	0	0.0
2000	115	290.3	559	1411.0	38	95.9	0	0.0
1999	147	385.7	585	1534.9	37	97.1	0	0.0
1998	93	247.3	601	1598.3	40	106.4	0	0.0
1997	134	360.9	726	1955.5	59	158.9	0	0.0
1996	168	452.1	849	2284.8	36	96.9	0	0.0
1995	163	439.3	821	2212.9	35	94.3	0	0.0
1994	225	610.2	784	2126.0	36	97.6	1	2.7

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