Cape May County Crime Statistics New Jersey

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Cape May County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,212 crimes in Cape May County, New Jersey. With a population of 97,291, there was 1 crime for every 18.7 people in the county. Out of the 5,212 crimes reported, 4,858 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 354 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	1.03
Rape	26	26.72
Robbery	105	107.92
Assault	222	228.18
Burglary	945	971.31
Larceny	3,782	3887.31
Vehicle	130	133.62
Arson	1	1.0

The 2007 crime rate was 5,357.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 5.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,080.4 incidents). There were 363.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 6.0% change (from 336.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.1% from (4,744.3) the previous year to 4,993.3 per 100,000 people.

Cape May County ranks #13 for violent crimes and #21 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,120 and #2,815 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.

Cape May County Criminal Records
Cape May County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	1.0	18	18.1	79	79.5	236	237.5
2005	2	2.0	14	13.9	77	76.3	219	216.9
2004	3	2.9	27	26.3	79	77.0	265	258.4
2003	2	1.9	22	21.4	74	72.1	242	235.9
2002	1	1.0	30	28.7	76	72.8	235	225.0
2001	3	2.9	30	29.1	84	81.4	216	209.3
2000	2	2.0	50	48.9	89	87.0	239	233.6
1999	1	1.0	37	37.6	72	73.2	228	231.7
1998	1	1.0	57	57.6	94	95.1	201	203.3
1997	2	2.0	33	33.1	94	94.4	272	273.1
1996	4	4.0	47	47.6	106	107.3	255	258.1
1995	2	2.0	61	62.1	143	145.5	218	221.8
1994	3	3.1	45	46.0	141	144.1	236	241.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	888	893.7	3,699	3722.8	125	125.8	2	2.0
2005	899	890.3	3,433	3399.7	154	152.5	1	1.0
2004	975	950.7	3,418	3332.7	155	151.1	3	2.9
2003	908	885.1	3,130	3051.2	147	143.3	2	1.9
2002	822	786.9	3,405	3259.4	138	132.1	2	1.9
2001	863	836.4	3,443	3337.0	146	141.5	1	1.0
2000	943	921.6	3,828	3741.0	167	163.2	2	2.0
1999	882	896.2	3,882	3944.6	136	138.2	1	1.0
1998	1,175	1188.3	4,101	4147.5	158	159.8	1	1.0
1997	1,212	1216.9	3,832	3847.6	153	153.6	2	2.0
1996	1,347	1363.4	4,353	4406.0	184	186.2	2	2.0
1995	1,418	1442.9	4,704	4786.7	169	172.0	3	3.1
1994	1,377	1406.9	4,838	4942.9	146	149.2	2	2.0

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