Hennepin County Crime Statistics Minnesota

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Hennepin County Crime Statistics Minnesota state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 52,974 crimes in Hennepin County, Minnesota. With a population of 1,123,395, there was 1 crime for every 21.2 people in the county. Out of the 52,974 crimes reported, 46,191 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 6,783 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	59	5.25
Rape	452	40.24
Robbery	3,050	271.50
Assault	3,222	286.81
Burglary	9,989	889.18
Larceny	31,529	2806.58
Vehicle	4,641	413.12
Arson	32	2.8

The 2007 crime rate was 4,715.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,748.1 incidents). There were 603.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -12.1% change (from 683.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.6% from (4,064.4) the previous year to 4,111.7 per 100,000 people.

Hennepin County ranks #85 for violent crimes and #87 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,592 and #2,654 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	66	5.8	453	40.1	3,635	321.9	3,567	315.9
2005	51	4.5	638	56.4	3,655	323.4	3,521	311.5
2004	61	5.4	635	56.1	2,674	236.1	2,708	239.1
2003	59	5.2	623	55.0	2,567	226.4	2,610	230.2
2002	61	5.3	572	50.1	2,226	195.0	2,598	227.6
2001	53	4.7	656	58.0	2,405	212.7	2,482	219.5
2000	60	5.4	623	55.7	2,366	211.5	2,904	259.6
1999	53	4.9	681	63.4	2,519	234.6	3,014	280.7
1998	65	6.1	694	65.2	2,814	264.3	3,365	316.1
1997	67	6.2	803	74.3	3,773	349.3	3,570	330.5
1996	89	8.3	767	71.5	3,763	350.5	3,730	347.5
1995	107	10.1	838	78.9	4,056	381.8	3,671	345.6
1994	70	6.6	881	82.6	3,889	364.6	3,734	350.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	9,392	831.7	31,299	2771.7	5,169	457.7	37	3.3
2005	9,267	819.8	30,907	2734.3	5,547	490.7	36	3.2
2004	8,401	741.6	29,627	2615.5	5,201	459.1	44	3.9
2003	8,103	714.8	31,122	2745.3	5,076	447.8	50	4.4
2002	8,015	702.2	33,628	2946.3	5,051	442.5	45	3.9
2001	7,383	653.0	34,969	3093.0	6,156	544.5	44	3.9
2000	7,652	684.1	35,705	3192.0	5,454	487.6	47	4.2
1999	9,256	861.9	37,688	3509.5	5,626	523.9	42	3.9
1998	10,543	990.4	40,393	3794.4	6,420	603.1	54	5.1
1997	12,555	1162.4	44,566	4126.2	8,035	743.9	48	4.4
1996	11,989	1116.8	43,819	4082.0	7,672	714.7	19	1.8
1995	12,117	1140.7	44,282	4168.6	6,476	609.6	24	2.3
1994	13,086	1226.8	43,785	4104.8	6,023	564.7	22	2.1

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