Plymouth County Crime Statistics Massachusetts

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Plymouth County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 11,189 crimes in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. With a population of 496,628, there was 1 crime for every 44.4 people in the county. Out of the 11,189 crimes reported, 9,189 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,000 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	13	2.62
Rape	96	19.33
Robbery	302	60.81
Assault	1,589	319.96
Burglary	2,199	442.79
Larceny	6,184	1245.20
Vehicle	800	161.09
Arson	6	1.2

The 2007 crime rate was 2,253.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -1.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,275.9 incidents). There were 402.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -11.7% change (from 457.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.0% from (1,818.8) the previous year to 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Plymouth County ranks #8 for violent crimes and #4 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,233 and #1,320 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	11	2.2	81	16.4	371	74.9	1,801	363.6
2005	10	2.0	104	21.3	292	59.7	1,601	327.2
2004	11	2.3	107	22.0	335	68.9	1,572	323.3
2003	12	2.5	105	21.6	352	72.4	1,510	310.6
2002	13	2.7	116	24.2	357	74.6	1,635	341.6
2001	6	1.3	111	23.4	269	56.6	1,695	356.8
2000	6	1.3	96	20.3	263	55.6	1,729	365.7
1999	12	2.6	100	21.3	273	58.1	1,653	351.9
1998	7	1.5	112	24.1	282	60.7	1,681	362.0
1997	6	1.3	106	23.3	332	72.9	1,693	371.8
1996	11	2.4	92	20.3	287	63.3	1,457	321.4
1995	7	1.5	81	17.9	368	81.4	1,508	333.6
1994	8	1.8	77	17.4	358	80.8	1,414	319.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,029	409.6	5,885	1188.0	1,092	220.4	4	0.8
2005	1,801	368.1	5,704	1165.8	1,107	226.2	4	0.8
2004	1,683	346.1	5,848	1202.7	1,398	287.5	5	1.0
2003	2,012	413.8	6,351	1306.3	1,606	330.3	5	1.0
2002	1,911	399.2	6,078	1269.7	1,705	356.2	5	1.0
2001	1,887	397.2	5,942	1250.8	1,802	379.3	4	0.8
2000	1,741	368.2	6,056	1280.8	1,511	319.6	3	0.6
1999	1,978	421.1	6,852	1458.7	1,477	314.4	2	0.4
1998	2,129	458.5	6,626	1426.9	1,556	335.1	1	0.2
1997	2,660	584.2	6,652	1461.0	1,754	385.2	16	3.5
1996	2,656	585.8	6,611	1458.1	1,652	364.4	15	3.3
1995	3,153	697.5	6,215	1374.8	1,816	401.7	28	6.2
1994	2,888	651.7	5,913	1334.3	1,819	410.5	22	5.0

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