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Van Buren County Crime Statistics Michigan state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,535 crimes in Van Buren County, Michigan. With a population of 79,039, there was 1 crime for every 31.2 people in the county. Out of the 2,535 crimes reported, 2,262 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 273 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	5.06
Rape	67	84.77
Robbery	16	20.24
Assault	186	235.33
Burglary	550	695.86
Larceny	1,552	1963.59
Vehicle	158	199.90
Arson	2	2.5

The 2007 crime rate was 3,207.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,272.5 incidents). There were 345.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.4% change (from 335.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.0% from (2,936.7) the previous year to 2,861.9 per 100,000 people.

Van Buren County ranks #69 for violent crimes and #71 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,050 and #2,143 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.

Van Buren County Criminal Records
Van Buren County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	3.8	45	57.2	19	24.2	197	250.6
2005	3	3.8	55	70.0	14	17.8	199	253.1
2004	1	1.3	46	58.6	18	22.9	205	261.2
2003	3	3.9	44	56.8	17	21.9	217	280.1
2002	8	10.4	51	66.1	16	20.7	248	321.5
2001	3	3.9	47	61.3	21	27.4	226	294.8
2000	2	2.6	63	82.6	18	23.6	220	288.5
1999	6	7.9	60	78.9	22	28.9	231	303.8
1998	8	10.5	50	65.8	20	26.3	245	322.3
1997	4	5.3	56	73.7	17	22.4	184	242.1
1996	2	2.7	36	48.3	15	20.1	177	237.3
1995	6	8.1	38	51.2	24	32.3	233	313.8
1994	4	5.5	78	107.2	37	50.8	266	365.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	603	766.9	1,538	1956.1	166	211.1	2	2.5
2005	520	661.5	1,463	1861.0	139	176.8	3	3.8
2004	595	758.2	1,602	2041.5	269	342.8	2	2.5
2003	629	811.9	1,742	2248.6	152	196.2	2	2.6
2002	639	828.5	1,628	2110.7	182	236.0	1	1.3
2001	754	983.4	1,810	2360.7	203	264.8	3	3.9
2000	674	883.8	1,723	2259.3	166	217.7	4	5.2
1999	680	894.4	1,745	2295.3	167	219.7	5	6.6
1998	834	1097.1	1,687	2219.2	168	221.0	5	6.6
1997	772	1015.9	1,792	2358.2	169	222.4	4	5.3
1996	740	992.0	1,581	2119.4	118	158.2	2	2.7
1995	740	996.6	1,728	2327.1	228	307.1	3	4.0
1994	1,067	1465.8	1,984	2725.5	219	300.8	5	6.9

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