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Essex County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 29,615 crimes in Essex County, New Jersey. With a population of 782,665, there was 1 crime for every 26.4 people in the county. Out of the 29,615 crimes reported, 24,351 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 5,264 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	148	18.91
Rape	147	18.78
Robbery	2,529	323.13
Assault	2,440	311.76
Burglary	4,832	617.38
Larceny	12,329	1575.26
Vehicle	7,173	916.48
Arson	17	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 3,783.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -9.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,163.9 incidents). There were 672.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -13.5% change (from 768.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -9.4% from (3,395.4) the previous year to 3,111.3 per 100,000 people.

Essex County ranks #20 for violent crimes and #17 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,666 and #2,287 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	146	18.4	167	21.1	2,973	375.5	2,798	353.4
2005	147	18.4	174	21.8	3,162	396.0	3,015	377.6
2004	135	16.8	192	23.9	3,296	411.0	3,095	386.0
2003	141	17.6	212	26.4	3,372	420.0	3,231	402.5
2002	107	13.2	250	30.9	3,866	477.1	3,608	445.3
2001	125	15.6	225	28.1	4,094	511.6	3,788	473.4
2000	93	11.7	239	30.1	4,094	515.9	3,898	491.2
1999	107	14.2	245	32.6	4,519	600.5	4,125	548.2
1998	92	12.2	313	41.4	4,920	650.1	4,536	599.4
1997	91	11.7	329	42.2	5,463	700.0	5,465	700.3
1996	126	16.3	374	48.3	6,682	863.5	6,346	820.0
1995	144	18.7	396	51.5	8,873	1153.2	6,796	883.2
1994	128	16.4	402	51.4	9,016	1152.9	6,605	844.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	5,227	660.3	13,337	1684.7	8,288	1046.9	28	3.5
2005	5,679	711.3	14,400	1803.5	9,844	1232.9	27	3.4
2004	5,950	742.0	14,822	1848.4	10,729	1338.0	27	3.4
2003	6,405	797.9	15,871	1977.0	12,363	1540.0	37	4.6
2002	6,431	793.7	16,415	2026.0	12,054	1487.7	45	5.6
2001	7,252	906.2	16,737	2091.5	11,754	1468.8	57	7.1
2000	6,824	859.8	17,906	2256.2	10,209	1286.4	39	4.9
1999	7,550	1003.3	18,978	2522.0	10,345	1374.8	36	4.8
1998	8,789	1161.4	20,377	2692.6	9,770	1291.0	42	5.5
1997	9,948	1274.8	22,883	2932.3	12,308	1577.2	49	6.3
1996	11,768	1520.7	24,525	3169.1	14,502	1874.0	32	4.1
1995	13,850	1800.0	26,986	3507.2	16,065	2087.9	40	5.2
1994	12,891	1648.5	24,093	3081.0	16,864	2156.5	47	6.0

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