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Franklin County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,336 crimes in Franklin County, Massachusetts. With a population of 72,320, there was 1 crime for every 54.1 people in the county. Out of the 1,336 crimes reported, 1,090 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 246 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	6.91
Rape	20	27.65
Robbery	16	22.12
Assault	205	283.46
Burglary	389	537.89
Larceny	638	882.19
Vehicle	62	85.73
Arson	1	1.4

The 2007 crime rate was 1,847.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -9.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,031.1 incidents). There were 340.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -5.0% change (from 355.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -10.6% from (1,675.2) the previous year to 1,507.2 per 100,000 people.

Franklin County ranks #5 for violent crimes and #2 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,024 and #988 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.

Franklin County Criminal Records
Franklin County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	23	31.6	19	26.1	217	298.2
2005	2	2.8	30	41.6	12	16.7	283	392.9
2004	2	2.8	17	23.6	20	27.8	312	433.2
2003	1	1.4	26	36.2	31	43.2	206	287.0
2002	2	2.8	27	37.3	23	31.8	357	492.9
2001	0	0.0	24	33.4	10	13.9	352	489.7
2000	0	0.0	27	37.7	6	8.4	492	687.8
1999	2	2.8	13	18.3	13	18.3	549	774.1
1998	0	0.0	19	26.5	14	19.5	834	1163.5
1997	1	1.4	31	43.3	15	21.0	685	956.9
1996	0	0.0	35	49.1	10	14.0	586	821.9
1995	2	2.8	25	35.2	26	36.6	507	713.2
1994	2	2.8	28	39.6	14	19.8	517	730.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	482	662.4	642	882.2	94	129.2	1	1.4
2005	493	684.4	603	837.1	84	116.6	1	1.4
2004	520	722.1	611	848.4	90	125.0	1	1.4
2003	337	469.5	561	781.5	70	97.5	1	1.4
2002	418	577.2	705	973.5	80	110.5	1	1.4
2001	342	475.8	708	985.0	75	104.3	1	1.4
2000	464	648.6	851	1189.6	78	109.0	1	1.4
1999	463	652.9	889	1253.5	92	129.7	1	1.4
1998	573	799.4	1,069	1491.4	88	122.8	1	1.4
1997	555	775.3	1,209	1688.8	118	164.8	1	1.4
1996	528	740.6	1,119	1569.5	83	116.4	2	2.8
1995	426	599.2	1,002	1409.5	79	111.1	0	0.0
1994	370	523.0	1,027	1451.7	70	98.9	0	0.0

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