Berkshire County Crime Statistics Massachusetts

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Berkshire County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,186 crimes in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. With a population of 130,630, there was 1 crime for every 41.0 people in the county. Out of the 3,186 crimes reported, 2,678 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 508 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	0.77
Rape	57	43.63
Robbery	50	38.28
Assault	400	306.21
Burglary	904	692.03
Larceny	1,613	1234.79
Vehicle	160	122.48
Arson	1	0.8

The 2007 crime rate was 2,438.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,535.8 incidents). There were 388.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -12.0% change (from 434.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.9% from (2,100.9) the previous year to 2,050.1 per 100,000 people.

Berkshire County ranks #7 for violent crimes and #8 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,191 and #1,514 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.

Berkshire County Criminal Records
Berkshire County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	1.5	72	54.3	40	30.2	463	349.0
2005	3	2.3	54	40.9	49	37.1	523	395.9
2004	0	0.0	56	42.1	24	18.1	323	242.9
2003	4	3.0	49	36.7	55	41.2	576	431.2
2002	1	0.7	34	24.9	33	24.2	423	309.6
2001	2	1.5	49	36.1	39	28.8	253	186.6
2000	1	0.7	32	23.7	26	19.3	411	304.6
1999	0	0.0	28	21.0	27	20.2	310	232.0
1998	0	0.0	36	26.7	37	27.4	286	212.0
1997	0	0.0	29	21.0	30	21.8	325	235.6
1996	1	0.7	22	16.0	38	27.7	503	366.2
1995	0	0.0	32	23.4	37	27.0	662	483.4
1994	0	0.0	14	10.2	39	28.3	299	216.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	833	627.9	1,785	1345.5	168	126.6	1	0.8
2005	706	534.4	1,594	1206.5	142	107.5	2	1.5
2004	599	450.5	1,228	923.6	172	129.4	0	0.0
2003	580	434.2	1,466	1097.5	303	226.8	0	0.0
2002	579	423.8	1,605	1174.7	288	210.8	0	0.0
2001	622	458.7	1,873	1381.3	203	149.7	1	0.7
2000	720	533.5	1,606	1190.0	160	118.6	1	0.7
1999	699	523.0	1,866	1396.2	170	127.2	1	0.7
1998	741	549.4	1,820	1349.3	131	97.1	0	0.0
1997	746	540.9	1,876	1360.1	144	104.4	7	5.1
1996	781	568.6	1,751	1274.9	146	106.3	6	4.4
1995	700	511.1	1,501	1096.0	177	129.2	3	2.2
1994	749	543.1	1,692	1226.9	206	149.4	3	2.2

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