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Washington County Crime Statistics Mississippi state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,882 crimes in Washington County, Mississippi. With a population of 57,305, there was 1 crime for every 19.9 people in the county. Out of the 2,882 crimes reported, 2,710 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 172 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	9	15.71
Rape	28	48.86
Robbery	80	139.60
Assault	55	95.98
Burglary	838	1462.35
Larceny	1,722	3004.97
Vehicle	147	256.52
Arson	3	5.2

The 2007 crime rate was 5,029.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -10.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,628.2 incidents). There were 300.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -34.1% change (from 442.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.4% from (5,185.9) the previous year to 4,729.1 per 100,000 people.

Washington County ranks #46 for violent crimes and #60 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,887 and #2,778 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	8	13.6	27	45.8	79	133.9	147	249.1
2005	7	11.7	53	88.4	101	168.5	120	200.2
2004	10	16.4	31	51.0	102	167.8	180	296.1
2003	14	22.8	22	35.8	149	242.2	218	354.4
2002	17	26.7	58	91.2	168	264.2	198	311.4
2001	7	11.1	49	77.4	172	271.8	203	320.8
2000	21	33.3	78	123.9	172	273.1	276	438.3
1999	13	19.8	92	140.1	177	269.6	370	563.5
1998	16	24.1	78	117.6	159	239.8	217	327.2
1997	18	26.4	68	99.6	219	320.7	182	266.5
1996	13	19.1	77	113.4	170	250.3	318	468.3
1995	18	26.7	88	130.5	138	204.6	356	527.9
1994	13	19.1	93	136.6	127	186.6	275	404.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,152	1952.3	1,744	2955.6	156	264.4	8	13.6
2005	1,195	1993.7	2,169	3618.7	187	312.0	9	15.0
2004	879	1445.7	2,448	4026.4	253	416.1	5	8.2
2003	1,202	1953.9	2,908	4727.1	194	315.4	5	8.1
2002	1,667	2622.0	3,180	5001.7	239	375.9	3	4.7
2001	1,332	2105.2	2,947	4657.6	192	303.4	4	6.3
2000	1,523	2418.3	3,493	5546.5	283	449.4	6	9.5
1999	1,605	2444.6	3,620	5513.6	311	473.7	5	7.6
1998	1,502	2264.8	3,467	5227.8	297	447.8	0	0.0
1997	1,784	2612.7	3,111	4556.1	170	249.0	5	7.3
1996	1,739	2560.8	3,591	5288.0	208	306.3	7	10.3
1995	1,337	1982.6	3,581	5310.2	190	281.7	5	7.4
1994	1,748	2568.2	3,780	5553.7	300	440.8	5	7.3

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