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Houghton County Crime Statistics Michigan state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 677 crimes in Houghton County, Michigan. With a population of 35,097, there was 1 crime for every 51.8 people in the county. Out of the 677 crimes reported, 612 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 65 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	17	48.44
Robbery	1	2.85
Assault	47	133.91
Burglary	119	339.06
Larceny	473	1347.69
Vehicle	20	56.98
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,928.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,869.9 incidents). There were 185.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 20.4% change (from 151.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.0% from (1,718.3) the previous year to 1,743.7 per 100,000 people.

Houghton County ranks #36 for violent crimes and #26 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,254 and #1,210 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.

Houghton County Criminal Records
Houghton County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	9	25.3	2	5.6	43	120.7
2005	0	0.0	12	33.7	2	5.6	13	36.5
2004	0	0.0	19	52.2	2	5.5	30	82.5
2003	0	0.0	12	33.3	1	2.8	22	61.1
2002	1	2.7	10	27.5	1	2.7	20	54.9
2001	0	0.0	13	35.9	0	0.0	20	55.2
2000	0	0.0	11	30.5	1	2.8	22	61.1
1999	1	2.8	13	36.2	0	0.0	16	44.6
1998	0	0.0	13	36.1	1	2.8	20	55.6
1997	1	2.7	14	37.4	2	5.3	16	42.7
1996	1	2.7	19	51.7	1	2.7	30	81.6
1995	4	10.9	11	30.1	0	0.0	24	65.6
1994	0	0.0	11	30.5	0	0.0	28	77.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	119	334.1	471	1322.4	22	61.8	0	0.0
2005	114	320.3	487	1368.1	33	92.7	0	0.0
2004	85	233.7	434	1193.4	27	74.2	0	0.0
2003	82	227.9	458	1272.6	37	102.8	1	2.8
2002	76	208.7	502	1378.3	33	90.6	0	0.0
2001	104	287.2	418	1154.5	48	132.6	1	2.8
2000	86	238.8	406	1127.3	30	83.3	1	2.8
1999	75	209.0	413	1150.8	39	108.7	0	0.0
1998	82	228.0	428	1189.9	30	83.4	1	2.8
1997	84	224.4	421	1124.7	30	80.1	1	2.7
1996	85	231.3	458	1246.5	25	68.0	0	0.0
1995	75	205.1	347	948.7	26	71.1	1	2.7
1994	113	313.4	412	1142.6	19	52.7	0	0.0

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