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Washoe County Crime Statistics Nevada state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 17,192 crimes in Washoe County, Nevada. With a population of 404,242, there was 1 crime for every 23.5 people in the county. Out of the 17,192 crimes reported, 15,106 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,086 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	22	5.44
Rape	132	32.65
Robbery	666	164.75
Assault	1,266	313.18
Burglary	3,277	810.65
Larceny	10,158	2512.85
Vehicle	1,665	411.88
Arson	6	1.5

The 2007 crime rate was 4,252.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,555.7 incidents). There were 516.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.5% change (from 515.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -7.2% from (4,040.7) the previous year to 3,736.9 per 100,000 people.

Washoe County ranks #11 for violent crimes and #16 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,471 and #2,540 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	30	7.4	141	35.0	671	166.5	1,233	306.0
2005	14	3.6	176	44.7	539	136.9	1,388	352.5
2004	14	3.6	161	41.7	568	147.0	1,302	337.0
2003	21	5.6	144	38.5	626	167.6	1,156	309.4
2002	12	3.2	188	50.9	573	155.2	1,272	344.5
2001	11	3.1	179	50.0	516	144.2	1,069	298.8
2000	12	3.5	172	50.7	471	138.7	746	219.7
1999	21	6.5	166	51.1	443	136.4	830	255.5
1998	18	5.7	176	55.2	486	152.6	746	234.2
1997	23	7.1	145	44.5	618	189.8	730	224.2
1996	13	4.2	173	55.6	609	195.6	910	292.3
1995	21	7.1	138	46.4	542	182.4	1,005	338.3
1994	28	9.6	180	61.5	617	210.7	863	294.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,604	894.5	10,350	2568.8	2,318	575.3	8	2.0
2005	3,228	819.7	10,772	2735.4	2,236	567.8	4	1.0
2004	3,043	787.6	10,512	2720.9	2,207	571.3	7	1.8
2003	3,387	906.6	11,412	3054.6	2,194	587.3	6	1.6
2002	2,429	657.8	11,383	3082.7	1,620	438.7	7	1.9
2001	2,451	685.0	10,962	3063.7	1,402	391.8	5	1.4
2000	2,874	846.6	9,932	2925.6	1,128	332.3	10	2.9
1999	2,574	792.4	9,792	3014.3	1,042	320.8	4	1.2
1998	2,853	895.6	10,240	3214.5	1,057	331.8	3	0.9
1997	3,012	924.9	11,059	3396.0	1,165	357.7	3	0.9
1996	3,007	966.0	11,169	3588.1	1,145	367.8	3	1.0
1995	3,230	1087.1	11,399	3836.6	1,274	428.8	9	3.0
1994	3,469	1184.5	11,295	3856.8	1,236	422.0	6	2.0

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