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Barnstable County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 6,999 crimes in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. With a population of 225,323, there was 1 crime for every 32.2 people in the county. Out of the 6,999 crimes reported, 6,039 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 960 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	0.89
Rape	62	27.52
Robbery	72	31.95
Assault	824	365.70
Burglary	2,105	934.21
Larceny	3,637	1614.13
Vehicle	293	130.04
Arson	4	1.8

The 2007 crime rate was 3,106.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A 0.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,082.4 incidents). There were 426.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -6.9% change (from 452.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.8% from (2,630.0) the previous year to 2,680.2 per 100,000 people.

Barnstable County ranks #10 for violent crimes and #10 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,293 and #2,026 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.

Barnstable County Criminal Records
Barnstable County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	4	1.8	65	28.5	85	37.3	877	384.9
2005	3	1.3	74	32.4	72	31.6	935	410.0
2004	7	3.1	58	25.3	82	35.8	870	380.0
2003	2	0.9	112	49.0	56	24.5	967	422.7
2002	9	4.0	53	23.6	69	30.7	822	365.4
2001	3	1.3	50	22.4	53	23.7	736	329.6
2000	3	1.3	58	26.1	46	20.7	1,070	481.5
1999	0	0.0	54	25.8	41	19.6	1,205	575.5
1998	3	1.5	36	17.5	53	25.7	1,204	584.2
1997	1	0.5	54	27.2	53	26.7	1,167	587.5
1996	3	1.5	57	28.8	53	26.8	1,278	646.1
1995	4	2.0	43	21.8	55	27.9	1,325	671.8
1994	3	1.6	49	25.7	66	34.6	1,178	618.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,183	958.0	3,483	1528.5	323	141.7	4	1.8
2005	1,856	813.9	3,170	1390.0	313	137.3	4	1.8
2004	1,719	750.8	3,366	1470.2	297	129.7	5	2.2
2003	1,669	729.5	3,327	1454.3	277	121.1	4	1.7
2002	1,468	652.5	3,733	1659.2	288	128.0	5	2.2
2001	1,397	625.7	3,599	1611.8	316	141.5	4	1.8
2000	1,390	625.5	3,908	1758.5	281	126.4	2	0.9
1999	1,250	597.0	4,026	1922.9	317	151.4	0	0.0
1998	1,567	760.3	4,171	2023.8	377	182.9	0	0.0
1997	1,803	907.6	4,523	2276.8	373	187.8	4	2.0
1996	2,223	1123.8	4,372	2210.1	349	176.4	7	3.5
1995	1,924	975.5	3,634	1842.4	321	162.7	7	3.5
1994	2,016	1058.3	3,771	1979.5	344	180.6	4	2.1

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