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Benton County Crime Statistics Minnesota state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 849 crimes in Benton County, Minnesota. With a population of 27,978, there was 1 crime for every 33.0 people in the county. Out of the 849 crimes reported, 803 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 46 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	0	0.00
Robbery	9	32.17
Assault	37	132.25
Burglary	121	432.48
Larceny	628	2244.62
Vehicle	54	193.01
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 3,034.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -12.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,477.1 incidents). There were 164.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 12.2% change (from 147.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -13.4% from (3,329.9) the previous year to 2,870.1 per 100,000 people.

Benton County ranks #76 for violent crimes and #78 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,104 and #2,150 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.

Benton County Criminal Records
Benton County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	39.5	30	107.8
2005	1	3.6	24	87.3	4	14.5	40	145.5
2004	0	0.0	24	84.7	9	31.8	37	130.6
2003	0	0.0	16	57.5	9	32.3	37	132.9
2002	0	0.0	20	75.9	6	22.8	27	102.5
2001	0	0.0	22	84.3	9	34.5	34	130.3
2000	1	3.9	22	85.2	3	11.6	38	147.1
1999	0	0.0	9	35.3	4	15.7	16	62.8
1998	0	0.0	15	57.7	10	38.5	27	103.9
1997	0	0.0	15	58.2	7	27.1	33	128.0
1996	1	3.9	14	54.6	12	46.8	23	89.7
1995	1	3.9	16	63.1	7	27.6	34	134.0
1994	0	0.0	20	80.3	5	20.1	26	104.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	137	492.1	718	2579.1	72	258.6	0	0.0
2005	164	596.5	740	2691.6	61	221.9	0	0.0
2004	145	512.0	787	2779.0	59	208.3	0	0.0
2003	131	470.6	806	2895.3	73	262.2	1	3.6
2002	143	542.7	807	3062.6	47	178.4	1	3.8
2001	109	417.6	711	2724.1	60	229.9	1	3.8
2000	110	426.0	492	1905.2	62	240.1	0	0.0
1999	131	514.5	568	2230.8	30	117.8	0	0.0
1998	208	800.4	673	2589.9	50	192.4	0	0.0
1997	171	663.1	762	2954.7	65	252.0	0	0.0
1996	165	643.6	738	2878.8	61	237.9	0	0.0
1995	221	871.0	794	3129.3	60	236.5	1	3.9
1994	170	682.6	654	2626.1	52	208.8	0	0.0

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