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Butler County Crime Statistics Missouri state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,095 crimes in Butler County, Missouri. With a population of 41,674, there was 1 crime for every 19.9 people in the county. Out of the 2,095 crimes reported, 1,946 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 149 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	2.40
Rape	4	9.60
Robbery	18	43.19
Assault	126	302.35
Burglary	340	815.86
Larceny	1,499	3596.97
Vehicle	106	254.36
Arson	1	2.4

The 2007 crime rate was 5,027.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 10.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,550.9 incidents). There were 357.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 20.2% change (from 297.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 9.9% from (4,253.1) the previous year to 4,669.6 per 100,000 people.

Butler County ranks #84 for violent crimes and #107 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,095 and #2,766 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.

Butler County Criminal Records
Butler County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	2.4	3	7.2	24	57.6	96	230.5
2005	9	21.8	6	14.5	35	84.7	95	229.9
2004	2	4.9	6	14.6	35	84.9	97	235.4
2003	1	2.4	10	24.4	28	68.3	69	168.3
2002	3	7.2	21	50.7	13	31.4	311	750.6
2001	1	2.4	11	26.8	13	31.6	231	561.8
2000	0	0.0	22	53.8	19	46.5	222	543.2
1999	0	0.0	39	95.6	30	73.6	331	811.6
1998	1	2.5	8	19.7	22	54.1	84	206.5
1997	5	12.2	6	14.6	22	53.5	95	230.9
1996	5	12.3	7	17.2	23	56.4	122	298.9
1995	0	0.0	6	14.8	20	49.3	56	138.1
1994	2	5.0	9	22.4	25	62.2	48	119.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	375	900.6	1,245	2989.9	150	360.2	1	2.4
2005	333	806.0	1,359	3289.4	139	336.4	1	2.4
2004	368	892.9	1,343	3258.7	90	218.4	1	2.4
2003	354	863.6	1,178	2873.7	73	178.1	0	0.0
2002	304	733.7	1,105	2667.0	71	171.4	1	2.4
2001	223	542.3	759	1845.9	45	109.4	1	2.4
2000	367	898.0	1,148	2809.1	78	190.9	1	2.4
1999	420	1029.8	1,190	2917.9	90	220.7	0	0.0
1998	285	700.5	830	2040.1	74	181.9	0	0.0
1997	343	833.7	1,032	2508.4	79	192.0	1	2.4
1996	428	1048.7	1,228	3008.8	72	176.4	1	2.5
1995	249	614.1	1,035	2552.5	55	135.6	1	2.5
1994	341	848.6	961	2391.6	78	194.1	2	5.0

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