Middlesex County Crime Statistics New Jersey

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Middlesex County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 17,012 crimes in Middlesex County, New Jersey. With a population of 783,486, there was 1 crime for every 46.1 people in the county. Out of the 17,012 crimes reported, 15,477 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,535 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	10	1.28
Rape	73	9.32
Robbery	663	84.62
Assault	789	100.70
Burglary	2,793	356.48
Larceny	11,351	1448.78
Vehicle	1,323	168.86
Arson	10	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 2,171.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,253.7 incidents). There were 195.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -11.0% change (from 218.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.8% from (2,035.5) the previous year to 1,975.4 per 100,000 people.

Middlesex County ranks #9 for violent crimes and #10 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,319 and #1,445 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.

Middlesex County Criminal Records
Middlesex County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	18	2.3	85	10.8	644	81.5	977	123.7
2005	13	1.7	92	11.7	644	81.8	920	116.9
2004	17	2.2	83	10.6	598	76.0	962	122.3
2003	22	2.8	96	12.3	671	86.0	1,124	144.1
2002	13	1.7	101	13.2	655	85.5	989	129.1
2001	11	1.5	68	9.0	595	78.7	1,151	152.2
2000	12	1.6	94	12.5	591	78.8	1,134	151.2
1999	12	1.7	89	12.4	615	85.6	1,102	153.3
1998	21	2.9	86	12.1	652	91.4	1,147	160.7
1997	12	1.7	86	12.2	768	108.8	1,170	165.7
1996	7	1.0	73	10.4	831	118.7	1,145	163.5
1995	13	1.9	96	13.8	860	123.5	1,254	180.1
1994	13	1.9	84	12.1	735	106.2	1,317	190.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,110	393.6	11,480	1452.9	1,484	187.8	9	1.1
2005	2,976	378.2	11,408	1449.9	1,558	198.0	10	1.3
2004	2,972	377.9	11,482	1460.0	1,531	194.7	12	1.5
2003	3,570	457.8	12,495	1602.1	2,098	269.0	11	1.4
2002	3,389	442.5	12,492	1631.1	2,233	291.6	11	1.4
2001	3,230	427.0	12,268	1621.9	2,162	285.8	15	2.0
2000	3,231	430.7	12,874	1716.2	1,921	256.1	12	1.6
1999	3,322	462.2	12,839	1786.5	1,931	268.7	11	1.5
1998	3,765	527.6	13,917	1950.3	2,321	325.3	14	2.0
1997	4,140	586.5	15,070	2134.8	2,426	343.7	14	2.0
1996	4,239	605.4	14,871	2123.8	2,546	363.6	16	2.3
1995	4,569	656.0	16,271	2336.2	2,377	341.3	17	2.4
1994	5,433	785.4	16,415	2372.9	2,914	421.2	14	2.0

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