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Harrison County Crime Statistics Mississippi state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 8,198 crimes in Harrison County, Mississippi. With a population of 172,188, there was 1 crime for every 21.0 people in the county. Out of the 8,198 crimes reported, 7,829 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 369 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	7	4.07
Rape	38	22.07
Robbery	188	109.18
Assault	136	78.98
Burglary	1,896	1101.12
Larceny	5,301	3078.61
Vehicle	630	365.88
Arson	2	1.2

The 2007 crime rate was 4,761.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 10.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,307.9 incidents). There were 214.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -2.4% change (from 195.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.4% from (4,112.2) the previous year to 4,546.8 per 100,000 people.

Harrison County ranks #34 for violent crimes and #58 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,423 and #2,749 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.

Harrison County Criminal Records
Harrison County Jails
Harrison County Courts

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	19	9.8	46	23.8	171	88.6	142	73.5
2005	19	9.8	124	64.1	249	128.6	320	165.3
2004	11	5.8	101	52.9	314	164.4	232	121.4
2003	17	8.9	91	47.5	291	151.9	239	124.8
2002	19	9.9	88	46.0	315	164.6	319	166.7
2001	19	10.0	80	42.0	291	152.8	225	118.1
2000	8	4.2	112	59.1	334	176.2	232	122.4
1999	8	4.5	120	67.0	276	154.1	292	163.1
1998	20	11.3	86	48.6	330	186.5	318	179.7
1997	8	4.4	65	36.0	360	199.4	359	198.8
1996	10	5.6	62	34.5	324	180.4	337	187.7
1995	11	6.2	63	35.3	174	97.6	193	108.2
1994	12	6.9	107	61.8	225	130.0	355	205.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,036	1054.3	5,176	2680.3	726	376.0	3	1.6
2005	2,659	1373.5	6,505	3360.1	707	365.2	5	2.6
2004	2,917	1526.9	7,612	3984.5	628	328.7	5	2.6
2003	2,973	1551.9	7,957	4153.6	837	436.9	5	2.6
2002	2,758	1440.9	8,109	4236.5	923	482.2	7	3.7
2001	2,528	1327.1	8,836	4638.5	780	409.5	5	2.6
2000	2,474	1304.8	9,315	4912.9	806	425.1	7	3.7
1999	2,429	1356.6	9,028	5042.2	871	486.5	7	3.9
1998	2,636	1489.6	8,297	4688.6	731	413.1	4	2.3
1997	2,036	1127.7	8,365	4633.2	730	404.3	4	2.2
1996	2,167	1206.9	7,985	4447.0	701	390.4	5	2.8
1995	1,567	878.8	4,674	2621.4	432	242.3	7	3.9
1994	1,947	1124.7	5,117	2955.9	490	283.1	6	3.5

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