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Atlantic County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 11,267 crimes in Atlantic County, New Jersey. With a population of 270,417, there was 1 crime for every 24.0 people in the county. Out of the 11,267 crimes reported, 9,708 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,559 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	16	5.92
Rape	65	24.04
Robbery	682	252.20
Assault	796	294.36
Burglary	2,020	746.99
Larceny	7,183	2656.27
Vehicle	499	184.53
Arson	6	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 4,166.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,024.0 incidents). There were 576.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 6.3% change (from 540.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.8% from (3,483.1) the previous year to 3,590.0 per 100,000 people.

Atlantic County ranks #17 for violent crimes and #19 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,561 and #2,491 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.

Atlantic County Criminal Records
Atlantic County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	30	11.1	82	30.2	596	219.7	759	279.8
2005	16	5.9	84	31.2	564	209.4	729	270.7
2004	11	4.1	86	32.4	552	208.1	762	287.3
2003	17	6.5	63	24.1	486	186.3	688	263.7
2002	11	4.3	61	23.7	520	201.7	774	300.2
2001	15	5.9	76	29.8	432	169.6	874	343.2
2000	16	6.3	59	23.4	455	180.2	595	235.6
1999	10	4.2	74	31.0	531	222.3	743	311.0
1998	24	10.1	89	37.3	563	236.2	770	323.0
1997	20	8.5	116	49.0	695	293.8	892	377.0
1996	15	6.4	122	52.0	685	291.9	1,018	433.8
1995	21	9.0	118	50.6	772	330.7	948	406.1
1994	16	6.9	92	39.7	788	339.8	1,074	463.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,001	737.8	6,963	2567.3	477	175.9	6	2.2
2005	1,822	676.6	8,482	3149.9	464	172.3	7	2.6
2004	1,826	688.4	8,475	3195.1	464	174.9	5	1.9
2003	1,925	737.9	8,723	3343.7	494	189.4	6	2.3
2002	1,811	702.4	9,030	3502.3	504	195.5	13	5.0
2001	1,854	728.0	10,196	4003.8	510	200.3	8	3.1
2000	1,869	740.0	10,600	4197.2	534	211.4	15	5.9
1999	2,343	980.8	11,894	4979.1	571	239.0	13	5.4
1998	2,717	1139.7	11,952	5013.6	659	276.4	16	6.7
1997	2,684	1134.5	13,763	5817.5	741	313.2	24	10.1
1996	2,609	1111.7	13,819	5888.4	792	337.5	25	10.7
1995	3,271	1401.3	13,947	5974.9	867	371.4	20	8.6
1994	2,742	1182.6	12,920	5572.1	792	341.6	18	7.8

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