Bergen County Crime Statistics New Jersey

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Bergen County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 13,216 crimes in Bergen County, New Jersey. With a population of 900,034, there was 1 crime for every 68.1 people in the county. Out of the 13,216 crimes reported, 12,254 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 962 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	6	0.67
Rape	33	3.67
Robbery	327	36.33
Assault	596	66.22
Burglary	1,872	207.99
Larceny	9,618	1068.63
Vehicle	760	84.44
Arson	4	0.4

The 2007 crime rate was 1,468.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,517.4 incidents). There were 106.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.7% change (from 105.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.9% from (1,411.7) the previous year to 1,361.5 per 100,000 people.

Bergen County ranks #5 for violent crimes and #4 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #701 and #851 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.

Bergen County Criminal Records
Bergen County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	7	0.8	34	3.8	325	36.0	589	65.2
2005	7	0.8	46	5.1	374	41.3	603	66.6
2004	5	0.6	60	6.6	397	43.9	659	72.9
2003	10	1.1	55	6.1	387	43.0	675	75.0
2002	9	1.0	42	4.7	388	43.0	642	71.1
2001	10	1.1	47	5.3	393	44.1	726	81.4
2000	3	0.3	45	5.1	383	43.3	694	78.5
1999	9	1.0	52	6.0	389	45.2	686	79.6
1998	8	0.9	55	6.4	412	48.0	785	91.5
1997	13	1.5	78	9.1	411	47.9	821	95.7
1996	13	1.5	67	7.9	503	59.1	798	93.7
1995	10	1.2	71	8.4	448	52.9	878	103.7
1994	11	1.3	70	8.3	533	63.2	989	117.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,005	222.0	9,715	1075.6	1,025	113.5	6	0.7
2005	1,858	205.3	9,671	1068.6	1,139	125.9	5	0.6
2004	2,129	235.5	10,833	1198.5	1,232	136.3	6	0.7
2003	1,973	219.2	10,600	1177.6	1,428	158.6	6	0.7
2002	2,400	265.9	11,121	1232.1	1,612	178.6	8	0.9
2001	2,640	296.1	12,001	1346.2	1,725	193.5	5	0.6
2000	2,421	273.8	11,622	1314.5	1,411	159.6	10	1.1
1999	2,542	295.1	12,609	1463.6	1,784	207.1	7	0.8
1998	2,658	309.8	13,483	1571.6	1,923	224.2	8	0.9
1997	2,950	343.7	14,768	1720.8	2,148	250.3	13	1.5
1996	3,107	365.0	15,663	1839.9	2,762	324.4	10	1.2
1995	3,562	420.7	16,267	1921.1	2,792	329.7	11	1.3
1994	3,989	472.7	15,482	1834.6	3,198	379.0	10	1.2

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