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Suffolk County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 37,220 crimes in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. With a population of 688,008, there was 1 crime for every 18.5 people in the county. Out of the 37,220 crimes reported, 29,191 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 8,029 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	71	10.32
Rape	312	45.35
Robbery	2,661	386.77
Assault	4,985	724.56
Burglary	4,849	704.79
Larceny	20,471	2975.40
Vehicle	3,869	562.35
Arson	2	0.3

The 2007 crime rate was 5,409.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,863.8 incidents). There were 1,167.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -8.6% change (from 1,334.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.1% from (4,529.1) the previous year to 4,242.8 per 100,000 people.

Suffolk County ranks #13 for violent crimes and #13 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,827 and #2,685 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	75	11.4	323	49.1	3,157	479.5	5,232	794.7
2005	78	11.7	314	47.3	2,887	434.7	5,146	774.8
2004	67	9.9	315	46.4	2,856	420.7	4,916	724.1
2003	40	5.8	315	45.6	3,228	467.5	5,343	773.8
2002	65	9.3	429	61.4	2,945	421.7	5,295	758.2
2001	69	10.0	402	58.0	2,865	413.4	5,953	858.9
2000	43	6.2	357	51.8	2,627	380.8	5,329	772.5
1999	32	5.0	371	57.6	2,616	405.9	5,147	798.6
1998	38	5.9	378	58.5	2,429	375.8	5,219	807.4
1997	46	7.2	394	61.4	3,116	485.6	5,903	920.0
1996	64	10.0	452	70.8	3,948	618.1	6,359	995.5
1995	99	15.5	404	63.5	4,001	628.4	7,045	1106.5
1994	86	13.3	461	71.5	4,509	699.1	6,334	982.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	5,012	761.3	20,105	3053.8	4,699	713.7	2	0.3
2005	5,364	807.6	18,726	2819.4	5,330	802.5	1	0.2
2004	5,392	794.2	20,779	3060.6	6,244	919.7	2	0.3
2003	5,260	761.7	20,518	2971.3	7,283	1054.7	3	0.4
2002	4,640	664.4	21,067	3016.6	7,987	1143.7	2	0.3
2001	4,860	701.2	20,743	2992.8	9,026	1302.3	1	0.1
2000	4,587	665.0	19,995	2898.6	8,050	1167.0	0	0.0
1999	4,040	626.9	20,200	3134.3	7,644	1186.1	1	0.2
1998	4,290	663.6	19,900	3078.4	7,134	1103.6	0	0.0
1997	5,286	823.8	21,412	3337.1	8,767	1366.4	62	9.7
1996	6,228	975.0	25,168	3940.1	10,560	1653.2	66	10.3
1995	7,325	1150.5	29,075	4566.5	10,715	1682.9	64	10.1
1994	6,978	1082.0	26,483	4106.3	11,376	1763.9	0	0.0

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