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Lee County Crime Statistics Mississippi state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,248 crimes in Lee County, Mississippi. With a population of 78,551, there was 1 crime for every 34.9 people in the county. Out of the 2,248 crimes reported, 2,100 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 148 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	2.55
Rape	41	52.20
Robbery	24	30.55
Assault	81	103.12
Burglary	527	670.90
Larceny	1,407	1791.19
Vehicle	165	210.05
Arson	1	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 2,861.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -19.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,536.2 incidents). There were 188.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -15.4% change (from 227.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -17.6% from (3,309.1) the previous year to 2,673.4 per 100,000 people.

Lee County ranks #31 for violent crimes and #46 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,278 and #2,021 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	2	2.6	29	37.6	52	67.5	92	119.4
2005	1	1.3	46	59.7	56	72.6	119	154.3
2004	4	5.2	39	50.8	66	85.9	98	127.6
2003	1	1.3	22	28.9	35	46.0	125	164.4
2002	1	1.3	29	38.6	64	85.3	91	121.3
2001	4	5.4	25	33.5	83	111.1	144	192.8
2000	3	4.0	29	39.0	55	74.0	132	177.6
1999	2	2.7	25	34.0	70	95.2	177	240.8
1998	6	8.2	20	27.4	66	90.3	206	281.9
1997	3	4.2	24	33.8	71	99.9	175	246.3
1996	5	7.1	17	24.1	114	161.4	166	235.0
1995	1	1.4	15	21.4	99	141.1	120	171.0
1994	3	4.4	14	20.5	85	124.2	124	181.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	680	882.8	1,706	2214.7	161	209.0	2	2.6
2005	763	989.5	1,774	2300.6	173	224.4	2	2.6
2004	563	733.1	2,040	2656.3	213	277.3	1	1.3
2003	742	976.1	1,812	2383.7	186	244.7	1	1.3
2002	795	1059.5	1,734	2311.0	219	291.9	1	1.3
2001	1,123	1503.9	1,935	2591.2	228	305.3	1	1.3
2000	778	1046.7	2,089	2810.6	207	278.5	1	1.3
1999	777	1057.2	2,259	3073.8	184	250.4	1	1.4
1998	1,030	1409.4	2,503	3425.1	257	351.7	0	0.0
1997	1,000	1407.7	2,715	3821.8	283	398.4	2	2.8
1996	1,369	1937.7	2,541	3596.6	350	495.4	0	0.0
1995	554	789.6	2,042	2910.6	229	326.4	0	0.0
1994	502	733.5	1,868	2729.5	276	403.3	0	0.0

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