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Essex County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 17,935 crimes in Essex County, Massachusetts. With a population of 737,494, there was 1 crime for every 41.1 people in the county. Out of the 17,935 crimes reported, 15,202 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,733 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	16	2.17
Rape	153	20.75
Robbery	530	71.86
Assault	2,034	275.80
Burglary	3,960	536.95
Larceny	9,718	1317.71
Vehicle	1,520	206.10
Arson	4	0.5

The 2007 crime rate was 2,431.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,534.0 incidents). There were 370.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -3.8% change (from 382.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.9% from (2,151.5) the previous year to 2,061.3 per 100,000 people.

Essex County ranks #6 for violent crimes and #9 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,144 and #1,530 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	14	1.9	141	19.0	720	96.9	1,966	264.7
2005	9	1.2	108	14.7	669	90.8	2,147	291.3
2004	12	1.6	128	17.4	507	68.9	1,944	264.2
2003	11	1.5	145	19.7	547	74.3	2,147	291.6
2002	8	1.1	125	17.1	514	70.2	2,189	298.9
2001	11	1.5	178	24.5	487	67.0	2,446	336.5
2000	13	1.8	126	17.4	444	61.4	2,659	367.6
1999	12	1.7	150	21.4	506	72.1	2,365	336.9
1998	14	2.0	127	18.3	552	79.5	3,230	465.0
1997	12	1.7	150	21.8	588	85.6	3,074	447.6
1996	12	1.8	128	18.7	692	101.2	2,927	428.0
1995	18	2.6	118	17.3	871	127.7	2,839	416.4
1994	27	4.0	126	18.7	1,017	150.6	2,642	391.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	4,347	585.3	9,677	1302.9	1,952	262.8	4	0.5
2005	3,966	538.2	9,474	1285.6	1,909	259.0	4	0.5
2004	3,648	495.7	9,623	1307.6	2,029	275.7	3	0.4
2003	3,358	456.1	10,342	1404.7	3,144	427.0	2	0.3
2002	3,369	460.0	10,128	1382.9	3,740	510.7	3	0.4
2001	3,558	489.5	10,597	1457.9	4,325	595.0	3	0.4
2000	3,503	484.2	10,235	1414.8	4,461	616.7	2	0.3
1999	3,863	550.3	11,171	1591.3	4,372	622.8	3	0.4
1998	4,693	675.6	11,060	1592.1	4,720	679.5	2	0.3
1997	4,392	639.5	11,039	1607.4	4,478	652.1	42	6.1
1996	5,296	774.4	12,763	1866.3	5,169	755.9	24	3.5
1995	5,873	861.3	14,345	2103.8	5,687	834.1	38	5.6
1994	7,245	1072.8	14,466	2142.1	7,117	1053.9	44	6.5

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