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Ottawa County Crime Statistics Michigan state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,306 crimes in Ottawa County, Michigan. With a population of 266,538, there was 1 crime for every 50.2 people in the county. Out of the 5,306 crimes reported, 4,847 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 459 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	0.38
Rape	148	55.53
Robbery	37	13.88
Assault	273	102.42
Burglary	1,000	375.18
Larceny	3,754	1408.43
Vehicle	90	33.77
Arson	3	1.1

The 2007 crime rate was 1,990.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,147.6 incidents). There were 172.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -13.1% change (from 201.4 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.0% from (1,946.2) the previous year to 1,818.5 per 100,000 people.

Ottawa County ranks #30 for violent crimes and #30 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,167 and #1,290 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.

Ottawa County Criminal Records
Ottawa County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	161	61.4	50	19.1	317	120.9
2005	2	0.8	199	76.5	38	14.6	252	96.9
2004	2	0.8	176	68.3	31	12.0	266	103.3
2003	1	0.4	167	65.8	25	9.8	282	111.0
2002	1	0.4	122	49.1	22	8.9	264	106.3
2001	2	0.8	118	47.8	36	14.6	309	125.2
2000	2	0.8	110	44.8	29	11.8	268	109.2
1999	2	0.9	101	43.5	28	12.1	336	144.7
1998	1	0.4	100	44.0	36	15.8	367	161.6
1997	2	0.9	85	39.2	26	12.0	302	139.3
1996	1	0.5	85	39.9	33	15.5	242	113.7
1995	0	0.0	70	33.0	19	9.0	119	56.2
1994	5	2.5	127	62.3	28	13.7	255	125.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,039	396.3	3,840	1464.8	220	83.9	3	1.1
2005	1,010	388.5	3,597	1383.5	209	80.4	4	1.5
2004	1,014	393.6	3,775	1465.3	210	81.5	4	1.6
2003	969	381.5	3,777	1487.1	279	109.8	4	1.6
2002	1,145	461.2	3,617	1456.8	264	106.3	3	1.2
2001	1,031	417.7	3,916	1586.6	211	85.5	3	1.2
2000	852	347.0	3,997	1628.0	228	92.9	4	1.6
1999	892	384.2	4,105	1768.2	270	116.3	5	2.2
1998	1,045	460.1	4,152	1828.0	278	122.4	2	0.9
1997	1,067	492.2	4,253	1961.8	249	114.9	4	1.8
1996	894	420.1	4,569	2147.0	232	109.0	4	1.9
1995	576	271.9	3,454	1630.7	146	68.9	4	1.9
1994	772	378.6	4,606	2258.8	220	107.9	4	2.0

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