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Baltimore City County Crime Statistics Maryland state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 40,874 crimes in Baltimore City County, Maryland. With a population of 624,237, there was 1 crime for every 15.3 people in the county. Out of the 40,874 crimes reported, 30,631 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 10,243 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	282	45.18
Rape	146	23.39
Robbery	3,927	629.09
Assault	5,888	943.23
Burglary	7,436	1191.21
Larceny	17,283	2768.66
Vehicle	5,870	940.35
Arson	42	6.7

The 2007 crime rate was 6,547.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,889.4 incidents). There were 1,640.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -5.9% change (from 1,708.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -7.3% from (5,181.3) the previous year to 4,907.0 per 100,000 people.

Baltimore City County ranks #24 for violent crimes and #23 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,853 and #2,804 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	276	43.3	141	22.1	4,260	668.2	6,213	974.5
2005	269	42.0	162	25.3	3,936	613.9	6,953	1084.5
2004	276	43.5	182	28.7	4,085	644.0	7,216	1137.7
2003	270	41.9	208	32.3	4,363	676.9	6,406	993.9
2002	253	37.7	179	26.7	4,765	710.1	8,690	1295.0
2001	256	38.7	300	45.4	5,760	871.6	8,532	1291.1
2000	261	40.1	366	56.2	6,633	1018.7	8,795	1350.7
1999	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	3.7	25	3.8
1998	315	47.6	470	71.0	7,716	1165.1	7,618	1150.3
1997	313	43.5	480	66.7	8,665	1204.2	8,091	1124.4
1996	334	46.6	643	89.7	10,426	1455.2	8,236	1149.6
1995	322	45.2	684	96.0	11,398	1600.4	9,209	1293.0
1994	322	43.6	639	86.4	11,303	1529.1	8,773	1186.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	7,667	1202.6	19,009	2981.5	6,314	990.3	44	6.9
2005	7,388	1152.4	20,342	3173.0	6,287	980.7	43	6.7
2004	8,022	1264.7	22,118	3487.1	6,829	1076.7	43	6.8
2003	7,855	1218.7	23,540	3652.1	7,027	1090.2	48	7.4
2002	8,818	1314.1	27,563	4107.6	6,747	1005.5	37	5.5
2001	10,968	1659.7	30,775	4657.1	8,594	1300.5	45	6.8
2000	10,758	1652.1	32,549	4998.7	8,090	1242.4	52	8.0
1999	82	12.6	1,276	196.1	129	19.8	0	0.0
1998	13,293	2007.2	37,341	5638.5	7,520	1135.5	53	8.0
1997	12,866	1788.0	39,908	5546.0	8,981	1248.1	41	5.7
1996	14,899	2079.6	41,879	5845.4	11,303	1577.6	44	6.1
1995	16,717	2347.2	47,122	6616.3	11,335	1591.5	94	13.2
1994	16,032	2168.9	43,966	5947.9	13,700	1853.4	62	8.4

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