Merrimack County Crime Statistics New Hampshire

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Merrimack County Crime Statistics New Hampshire state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,377 crimes in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. With a population of 148,666, there was 1 crime for every 62.5 people in the county. Out of the 2,377 crimes reported, 2,224 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 153 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	0.67
Rape	35	23.54
Robbery	30	20.18
Assault	87	58.52
Burglary	372	250.23
Larceny	1,755	1180.50
Vehicle	95	63.90
Arson	2	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 1,598.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 8.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,477.2 incidents). There were 102.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 23.4% change (from 84.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 8.3% from (1,393.1) the previous year to 1,496.0 per 100,000 people.

Merrimack County ranks #1 for violent crimes and #4 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #677 and #985 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	0	0.0	35	23.7	25	17.0	64	43.4
2005	1	0.7	42	28.6	21	14.3	67	45.7
2004	1	0.7	38	26.2	17	11.7	98	67.6
2003	0	0.0	39	27.3	17	11.9	58	40.7
2002	1	0.7	31	22.1	22	15.7	39	27.7
2001	0	0.0	10	7.2	1	0.7	16	11.5
2000	1	0.7	11	8.1	1	0.7	18	13.2
1999	1	0.8	41	31.8	2	1.5	13	10.1
1998	4	3.1	14	11.0	2	1.6	10	7.9
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1996	6	4.8	33	26.4	26	20.8	42	33.7
1995	0	0.0	33	26.8	22	17.8	51	41.4
1994	0	0.0	34	27.8	20	16.4	69	56.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	366	248.2	1,592	1079.8	94	63.8	2	1.4
2005	323	220.2	1,564	1066.0	115	78.4	2	1.4
2004	428	295.3	1,496	1032.2	134	92.5	2	1.4
2003	371	260.1	1,428	1001.1	122	85.5	3	2.1
2002	314	223.4	1,685	1198.8	85	60.5	0	0.0
2001	95	68.4	358	257.9	32	23.1	0	0.0
2000	117	85.9	264	193.8	38	27.9	0	0.0
1999	109	84.4	245	189.8	19	14.7	0	0.0
1998	99	77.8	400	314.4	31	24.4	0	0.0
1997	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1996	429	343.7	2,008	1608.8	126	101.0	3	2.4
1995	431	349.5	1,919	1556.2	108	87.6	2	1.6
1994	527	431.1	1,888	1544.5	99	81.0	4	3.3

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