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Norfolk County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 11,556 crimes in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. With a population of 655,002, there was 1 crime for every 56.7 people in the county. Out of the 11,556 crimes reported, 10,347 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,209 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	9	1.37
Rape	73	11.15
Robbery	253	38.63
Assault	874	133.43
Burglary	2,154	328.85
Larceny	7,532	1149.92
Vehicle	659	100.61
Arson	2	0.3

The 2007 crime rate was 1,764.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A 5.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,673.9 incidents). There were 184.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -3.1% change (from 189.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 6.0% from (1,484.1) the previous year to 1,579.7 per 100,000 people.

Norfolk County ranks #2 for violent crimes and #3 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,249 and #1,049 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.

Norfolk County Criminal Records
Norfolk County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	6	0.9	91	13.8	324	49.3	827	125.8
2005	3	0.5	88	13.5	267	41.0	886	135.9
2004	3	0.5	90	13.8	298	45.7	904	138.5
2003	4	0.6	91	13.8	335	51.0	1,030	156.8
2002	8	1.2	85	12.9	307	46.6	988	150.1
2001	2	0.3	100	15.3	255	39.0	867	132.7
2000	0	0.0	82	12.6	152	23.4	849	130.6
1999	4	0.6	78	12.1	175	27.1	863	133.7
1998	6	0.9	74	11.5	170	26.5	773	120.4
1997	10	1.6	82	12.8	188	29.4	677	105.9
1996	10	1.6	100	15.7	185	29.1	935	146.9
1995	4	0.6	77	12.1	234	36.9	1,098	173.0
1994	11	1.8	103	16.5	294	47.0	1,283	205.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,942	295.4	7,082	1077.1	731	111.2	3	0.5
2005	1,830	280.8	6,377	978.4	738	113.2	1	0.2
2004	1,989	304.8	6,710	1028.2	865	132.5	1	0.2
2003	1,600	243.5	6,664	1014.2	933	142.0	3	0.5
2002	1,863	283.0	7,672	1165.3	1,061	161.2	2	0.3
2001	1,790	274.0	7,528	1152.1	1,141	174.6	1	0.2
2000	1,693	260.3	7,152	1099.8	954	146.7	3	0.5
1999	1,926	298.3	8,221	1273.3	1,197	185.4	1	0.2
1998	2,235	348.0	7,794	1213.5	1,142	177.8	1	0.2
1997	2,327	364.0	8,014	1253.5	1,273	199.1	12	1.9
1996	2,597	407.9	8,562	1344.9	1,664	261.4	12	1.9
1995	2,944	463.8	8,744	1377.5	2,097	330.4	22	3.5
1994	3,174	507.1	8,519	1361.1	2,320	370.7	14	2.2

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