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Wicomico County Crime Statistics Maryland state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,824 crimes in Wicomico County, Maryland. With a population of 92,169, there was 1 crime for every 19.1 people in the county. Out of the 4,824 crimes reported, 4,014 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 810 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	5.42
Rape	42	45.57
Robbery	230	249.54
Assault	533	578.29
Burglary	1,070	1160.91
Larceny	2,751	2984.73
Vehicle	191	207.23
Arson	2	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 5,233.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -11.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,905.1 incidents). There were 878.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -13.0% change (from 1,027.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -9.2% from (4,878.1) the previous year to 4,355.0 per 100,000 people.

Wicomico County ranks #22 for violent crimes and #21 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,772 and #2,713 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	8	8.8	45	49.6	266	293.4	612	675.1
2005	4	4.5	34	38.0	211	235.9	674	753.4
2004	5	5.7	32	36.3	205	232.5	550	623.9
2003	1	1.1	32	36.7	172	197.4	518	594.6
2002	5	5.7	42	48.1	187	214.4	554	635.1
2001	3	3.5	41	47.7	166	193.2	808	940.6
2000	4	4.7	35	41.3	132	155.9	601	710.0
1999	4	5.0	42	52.5	158	197.7	436	545.4
1998	4	5.0	40	50.0	115	143.8	368	460.3
1997	7	8.8	29	36.3	118	147.8	374	468.4
1996	4	5.0	35	44.0	156	196.2	539	678.0
1995	4	5.1	47	59.5	192	242.9	509	644.0
1994	2	2.6	42	53.8	196	251.1	591	757.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,130	1246.6	3,030	3342.5	258	284.6	4	4.4
2005	1,080	1207.3	2,849	3184.7	205	229.2	4	4.5
2004	914	1036.8	2,718	3083.2	185	209.9	3	3.4
2003	958	1099.6	2,410	2766.3	144	165.3	3	3.4
2002	956	1096.0	2,458	2817.9	198	227.0	4	4.6
2001	932	1085.0	2,758	3210.7	232	270.1	3	3.5
2000	877	1036.1	2,620	3095.3	193	228.0	3	3.5
1999	868	1085.9	2,500	3127.5	218	272.7	5	6.3
1998	1,041	1302.0	2,449	3062.9	253	316.4	4	5.0
1997	986	1234.9	2,701	3382.8	244	305.6	4	5.0
1996	1,036	1303.1	3,348	4211.2	248	311.9	5	6.3
1995	1,157	1463.9	3,112	3937.5	222	280.9	5	6.3
1994	1,090	1396.6	3,166	4056.4	231	296.0	4	5.1

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