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Kent County Crime Statistics Michigan state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 23,883 crimes in Kent County, Michigan. With a population of 599,929, there was 1 crime for every 25.1 people in the county. Out of the 23,883 crimes reported, 20,973 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,910 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	23	3.83
Rape	225	37.50
Robbery	869	144.85
Assault	1,793	298.87
Burglary	4,910	818.43
Larceny	14,922	2487.29
Vehicle	1,124	187.36
Arson	17	2.8

The 2007 crime rate was 3,981.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,065.0 incidents). There were 485.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.3% change (from 477.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.8% from (3,587.2) the previous year to 3,495.9 per 100,000 people.

Kent County ranks #76 for violent crimes and #77 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,414 and #2,449 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	23	3.9	236	39.7	846	142.1	1,739	292.2
2005	14	2.4	223	37.5	874	147.0	1,844	310.2
2004	20	3.4	266	44.9	713	120.4	2,019	340.9
2003	20	3.4	256	43.4	701	118.9	2,079	352.6
2002	13	2.2	247	42.5	624	107.4	2,258	388.8
2001	15	2.6	232	40.2	680	117.8	2,025	350.7
2000	18	3.1	231	40.2	740	128.8	2,002	348.6
1999	17	3.1	201	36.7	711	129.8	2,013	367.5
1998	29	5.4	317	58.5	792	146.2	2,209	407.7
1997	27	5.0	130	24.3	669	125.0	2,087	389.8
1996	26	4.9	177	33.7	759	144.4	2,101	399.8
1995	31	5.9	221	42.3	739	141.3	2,120	405.3
1994	26	5.0	252	48.9	1,063	206.3	2,481	481.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	4,888	821.3	15,121	2540.6	1,322	222.1	19	3.2
2005	4,349	731.7	14,734	2478.9	1,254	211.0	21	3.5
2004	4,670	788.4	14,149	2388.7	1,279	215.9	18	3.0
2003	4,362	739.7	14,883	2523.9	1,296	219.8	18	3.1
2002	4,963	854.5	14,356	2471.7	1,346	231.7	17	2.9
2001	5,041	873.1	15,007	2599.2	1,361	235.7	12	2.1
2000	4,691	816.8	15,556	2708.5	1,502	261.5	19	3.3
1999	4,870	889.1	14,508	2648.7	1,761	321.5	11	2.0
1998	5,786	1067.9	15,298	2823.6	1,938	357.7	15	2.8
1997	4,883	912.1	14,498	2708.2	1,581	295.3	14	2.6
1996	4,858	924.5	15,111	2875.6	1,567	298.2	14	2.7
1995	4,646	888.3	14,267	2727.8	1,286	245.9	15	2.9
1994	5,365	1041.0	15,970	3098.9	1,675	325.0	19	3.7

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