Penobscot County Crime Statistics Maine

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Penobscot County Crime Statistics Maine state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,873 crimes in Penobscot County, Maine. With a population of 146,242, there was 1 crime for every 30.0 people in the county. Out of the 4,873 crimes reported, 4,783 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 90 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	2.05
Rape	14	9.57
Robbery	34	23.25
Assault	39	26.67
Burglary	775	529.94
Larceny	3,869	2645.61
Vehicle	135	92.31
Arson	4	2.7

The 2007 crime rate was 3,332.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,222.8 incidents). There were 61.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -18.9% change (from 75.5 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.3% from (3,147.4) the previous year to 3,270.6 per 100,000 people.

Penobscot County ranks #4 for violent crimes and #16 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #340 and #2,367 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	3	2.0	14	9.5	33	22.4	61	41.5
2005	0	0.0	15	10.1	33	22.2	75	50.4
2004	1	0.7	20	13.5	29	19.6	55	37.1
2003	3	2.0	15	10.2	29	19.7	61	41.4
2002	0	0.0	24	16.3	26	17.7	57	38.7
2001	5	3.4	37	25.3	28	19.1	69	47.2
2000	5	3.5	29	20.0	30	20.7	90	62.1
1999	4	2.8	16	11.2	30	20.9	85	59.3
1998	0	0.0	23	16.0	34	23.7	92	64.1
1997	2	1.4	41	27.9	24	16.4	120	81.8
1996	2	1.4	32	21.8	18	12.3	88	59.9
1995	2	1.4	21	14.3	26	17.7	78	53.2
1994	3	2.0	30	20.4	26	17.7	65	44.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	784	533.1	3,699	2515.0	143	97.2	3	2.0
2005	780	524.6	3,326	2237.1	138	92.8	3	2.0
2004	929	626.5	3,561	2401.6	140	94.4	5	3.4
2003	845	573.7	3,445	2339.0	153	103.9	3	2.0
2002	719	488.7	3,136	2131.3	150	101.9	3	2.0
2001	774	529.2	3,561	2434.8	204	139.5	2	1.4
2000	739	509.9	3,170	2187.4	167	115.2	3	2.1
1999	656	457.7	2,982	2080.5	167	116.5	2	1.4
1998	884	615.9	3,550	2473.3	231	160.9	2	1.4
1997	981	668.6	3,662	2496.0	172	117.2	2	1.4
1996	988	672.8	3,791	2581.7	199	135.5	3	2.0
1995	618	421.5	3,041	2074.2	128	87.3	2	1.4
1994	682	464.4	3,309	2253.4	179	121.9	2	1.4

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