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Hancock County Crime Statistics Mississippi state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 955 crimes in Hancock County, Mississippi. With a population of 40,863, there was 1 crime for every 42.8 people in the county. Out of the 955 crimes reported, 907 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 48 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	2.45
Rape	3	7.34
Robbery	8	19.58
Assault	36	88.10
Burglary	175	428.26
Larceny	689	1686.12
Vehicle	43	105.23
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,337.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 130.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,014.1 incidents). There were 117.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 118.2% change (from 47.3 incidents). Property crimes changed 101.6% from (966.9) the previous year to 2,219.6 per 100,000 people.

Hancock County ranks #17 for violent crimes and #43 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #777 and #1,666 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.

Hancock County Criminal Records
Hancock County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	4	8.6	11	23.6	7	15.0
2005	0	0.0	3	6.5	4	8.7	20	43.3
2004	0	0.0	3	6.6	10	22.0	9	19.8
2003	2	4.5	1	2.2	12	26.8	13	29.0
2002	0	0.0	2	4.6	12	27.7	13	30.0
2001	4	9.3	3	6.9	8	18.5	8	18.5
2000	0	0.0	8	18.6	8	18.6	20	46.5
1999	4	9.9	2	4.9	10	24.6	27	66.6
1998	3	7.6	7	17.7	35	88.5	48	121.3
1997	1	2.7	6	16.0	13	34.7	15	40.1
1996	1	2.7	1	2.7	10	26.9	18	48.3
1995	0	0.0	8	21.6	10	27.0	11	29.7
1994	0	0.0	3	8.8	6	17.7	24	70.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	103	221.3	319	685.4	28	60.2	0	0.0
2005	132	285.6	645	1395.5	56	121.2	0	0.0
2004	110	241.8	698	1534.6	40	87.9	0	0.0
2003	123	274.4	624	1392.2	33	73.6	0	0.0
2002	85	196.0	549	1265.6	29	66.9	0	0.0
2001	134	310.4	697	1614.6	36	83.4	0	0.0
2000	104	242.0	762	1773.5	52	121.0	0	0.0
1999	146	359.9	651	1604.7	57	140.5	0	0.0
1998	313	791.1	562	1420.5	105	265.4	0	0.0
1997	158	422.0	570	1522.4	45	120.2	0	0.0
1996	216	580.1	664	1783.2	32	85.9	0	0.0
1995	104	281.2	609	1646.9	50	135.2	0	0.0
1994	112	329.6	583	1715.7	45	132.4	0	0.0

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