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Worcester County Crime Statistics Massachusetts state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 18,664 crimes in Worcester County, Massachusetts. With a population of 790,004, there was 1 crime for every 42.3 people in the county. Out of the 18,664 crimes reported, 15,318 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 3,346 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	18	2.28
Rape	216	27.34
Robbery	537	67.97
Assault	2,575	325.95
Burglary	3,758	475.69
Larceny	9,969	1261.89
Vehicle	1,580	200.00
Arson	11	1.4

The 2007 crime rate was 2,362.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 2.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,311.5 incidents). There were 423.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.6% change (from 445.2 incidents). Property crimes changed 4.2% from (1,866.3) the previous year to 1,939.0 per 100,000 people.

Worcester County ranks #9 for violent crimes and #6 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,287 and #1,403 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	10	1.3	306	38.8	597	75.8	2,595	329.3
2005	9	1.2	307	39.5	553	71.1	2,252	289.7
2004	14	1.8	280	36.1	643	83.0	2,087	269.4
2003	15	1.9	204	26.5	601	78.0	2,295	297.7
2002	17	2.2	216	28.4	540	71.0	2,574	338.6
2001	17	2.3	280	37.1	504	66.8	2,347	311.1
2000	8	1.1	302	40.2	472	62.9	3,423	455.8
1999	16	2.2	269	36.6	497	67.6	3,743	509.1
1998	11	1.5	287	39.4	560	76.8	3,931	539.2
1997	9	1.2	242	33.3	517	71.2	3,879	534.2
1996	10	1.4	234	32.4	586	81.0	3,338	461.7
1995	15	2.1	204	28.3	607	84.2	3,493	484.5
1994	18	2.5	194	27.2	909	127.4	3,058	428.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,529	447.9	9,493	1204.7	1,675	212.6	9	1.1
2005	3,414	439.2	8,840	1137.2	1,749	225.0	7	0.9
2004	3,713	479.4	9,590	1238.1	2,068	267.0	8	1.0
2003	3,986	517.0	10,426	1352.3	2,191	284.2	12	1.6
2002	3,625	476.8	10,731	1411.5	2,082	273.8	14	1.8
2001	3,347	443.6	10,539	1396.8	2,004	265.6	14	1.9
2000	3,530	470.1	11,806	1572.1	1,935	257.7	12	1.6
1999	4,143	563.5	12,720	1730.1	1,930	262.5	11	1.5
1998	4,141	568.1	12,636	1733.4	1,860	255.2	10	1.4
1997	4,961	683.2	12,737	1754.1	2,040	280.9	23	3.2
1996	5,021	694.4	11,907	1646.8	2,036	281.6	29	4.0
1995	5,826	808.1	12,464	1728.8	2,233	309.7	49	6.8
1994	6,717	941.1	11,762	1647.9	2,295	321.5	35	4.9

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