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Lancaster County Crime Statistics Nebraska state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 13,837 crimes in Lancaster County, Nebraska. With a population of 269,187, there was 1 crime for every 19.5 people in the county. Out of the 13,837 crimes reported, 12,486 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,351 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	7	2.60
Rape	115	42.72
Robbery	174	64.64
Assault	1,055	391.92
Burglary	2,039	757.47
Larceny	10,004	3716.38
Vehicle	443	164.57
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 5,140.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,394.5 incidents). There were 501.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 5.8% change (from 479.6 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.6% from (4,914.9) the previous year to 4,638.4 per 100,000 people.

Lancaster County ranks #70 for violent crimes and #83 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,449 and #2,761 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	5	1.9	105	39.4	163	61.2	1,004	377.1
2005	4	1.5	125	47.5	228	86.6	1,041	395.4
2004	7	2.7	141	53.8	199	75.9	915	349.0
2003	5	1.9	98	37.8	157	60.6	877	338.6
2002	6	2.4	102	40.3	185	73.1	1,009	399.0
2001	6	2.4	89	35.5	156	62.3	1,068	426.2
2000	3	1.2	99	39.6	150	59.9	976	389.9
1999	9	3.8	91	38.5	168	71.2	982	416.0
1998	9	3.8	100	42.7	174	74.3	904	386.1
1997	7	3.0	100	43.4	153	66.4	907	393.5
1996	4	1.7	87	37.9	145	63.1	1,001	435.6
1995	2	0.9	81	35.6	126	55.3	1,158	508.6
1994	2	0.9	114	51.2	182	81.8	1,015	456.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,070	777.5	10,564	3967.7	452	169.8	0	0.0
2005	2,065	784.3	10,997	4177.0	447	169.8	2	0.8
2004	2,119	808.2	11,543	4402.6	466	177.7	2	0.8
2003	2,160	833.9	11,686	4511.6	504	194.6	1	0.4
2002	2,209	873.4	11,886	4699.7	559	221.0	3	1.2
2001	2,148	857.2	12,076	4819.2	601	239.8	3	1.2
2000	2,151	859.4	11,328	4525.9	550	219.7	4	1.6
1999	2,073	878.2	10,636	4505.7	548	232.1	5	2.1
1998	2,180	931.0	11,466	4896.6	521	222.5	4	1.7
1997	1,982	860.0	11,686	5070.4	575	249.5	4	1.7
1996	2,029	883.0	11,766	5120.6	541	235.4	6	2.6
1995	2,064	906.5	11,844	5201.7	491	215.6	11	4.8
1994	2,210	992.8	11,427	5133.5	570	256.1	11	4.9

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