Cape Girardeau County Crime Statistics Missouri

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Cape Girardeau County Crime Statistics Missouri state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,524 crimes in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. With a population of 72,304, there was 1 crime for every 20.5 people in the county. Out of the 3,524 crimes reported, 3,167 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 357 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	4.15
Rape	16	22.13
Robbery	37	51.17
Assault	301	416.30
Burglary	480	663.86
Larceny	2,617	3619.44
Vehicle	69	95.43
Arson	1	1.4

The 2007 crime rate was 4,873.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 20.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,056.9 incidents). There were 493.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.9% change (from 484.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 23.7% from (3,572.8) the previous year to 4,380.1 per 100,000 people.

Cape Girardeau County ranks #101 for violent crimes and #106 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,432 and #2,717 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	1	1.4	14	19.5	37	51.6	295	411.5
2005	0	0.0	19	26.7	36	50.5	232	325.4
2004	1	1.4	18	25.5	48	68.1	244	346.1
2003	1	1.4	16	22.9	40	57.2	136	194.6
2002	2	2.9	20	28.7	48	68.9	116	166.6
2001	0	0.0	14	20.3	39	56.4	153	221.4
2000	2	2.9	26	37.8	42	61.1	94	136.8
1999	1	1.5	16	24.0	38	57.0	52	78.0
1998	3	4.5	14	21.1	46	69.2	53	79.7
1997	0	0.0	13	19.7	60	90.9	58	87.9
1996	4	6.1	17	26.0	51	77.9	77	117.6
1995	3	4.6	19	29.2	59	90.7	191	293.5
1994	4	6.2	14	21.7	38	59.0	105	163.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	403	562.2	2,075	2894.8	82	114.4	1	1.4
2005	460	645.2	2,180	3057.8	66	92.6	2	2.8
2004	455	645.5	2,297	3258.6	106	150.4	0	0.0
2003	397	567.9	2,110	3018.5	77	110.2	0	0.0
2002	358	514.1	2,282	3276.7	75	107.7	0	0.0
2001	426	616.3	2,624	3796.5	65	94.0	0	0.0
2000	378	550.3	2,538	3694.7	79	115.0	0	0.0
1999	437	655.4	2,515	3771.9	148	222.0	0	0.0
1998	430	647.0	2,202	3313.2	76	114.4	1	1.5
1997	468	708.9	2,448	3708.0	132	199.9	0	0.0
1996	645	984.8	2,614	3991.1	119	181.7	0	0.0
1995	415	637.8	2,387	3668.4	119	182.9	0	0.0
1994	389	604.3	2,168	3367.7	121	188.0	1	1.6

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