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Morris County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 6,497 crimes in Morris County, New Jersey. With a population of 490,976, there was 1 crime for every 75.6 people in the county. Out of the 6,497 crimes reported, 6,030 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 467 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	0.20
Rape	37	7.54
Robbery	151	30.76
Assault	278	56.62
Burglary	1,037	211.21
Larceny	4,732	963.79
Vehicle	258	52.55
Arson	3	0.6

The 2007 crime rate was 1,323.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,410.1 incidents). There were 95.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.6% change (from 92.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -6.8% from (1,317.4) the previous year to 1,228.2 per 100,000 people.

Morris County ranks #4 for violent crimes and #3 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #619 and #727 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.

Morris County Criminal Records
Morris County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	0.2	28	5.7	131	26.7	295	60.1
2005	2	0.4	31	6.3	137	28.0	321	65.6
2004	4	0.8	36	7.4	132	27.1	343	70.5
2003	4	0.8	37	7.7	137	28.5	334	69.4
2002	9	1.9	46	9.6	128	26.7	375	78.1
2001	1	0.2	38	8.0	147	31.0	336	70.9
2000	4	0.9	35	7.4	151	32.1	369	78.5
1999	6	1.3	38	8.2	118	25.6	349	75.6
1998	3	0.7	61	13.3	134	29.3	348	76.0
1997	2	0.4	60	13.4	107	24.0	378	84.6
1996	2	0.5	78	17.6	155	35.0	354	79.9
1995	4	0.9	50	11.3	139	31.5	360	81.7
1994	5	1.2	66	15.3	157	36.3	390	90.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,210	246.5	4,827	983.2	429	87.4	2	0.4
2005	1,361	278.2	4,770	975.0	353	72.2	3	0.6
2004	1,176	241.7	5,090	1046.2	415	85.3	3	0.6
2003	1,238	257.2	4,873	1012.2	468	97.2	4	0.8
2002	1,196	249.1	4,834	1007.0	575	119.8	3	0.6
2001	1,223	257.9	5,472	1154.1	610	128.7	3	0.6
2000	1,237	263.1	5,590	1188.8	515	109.5	4	0.9
1999	1,287	278.9	5,573	1207.6	534	115.7	3	0.7
1998	1,291	282.1	5,651	1234.8	586	128.0	3	0.7
1997	1,544	345.7	5,985	1339.9	607	135.9	4	0.9
1996	1,452	327.7	6,531	1474.0	649	146.5	4	0.9
1995	1,445	327.9	7,227	1639.8	670	152.0	3	0.7
1994	1,542	356.4	6,813	1574.5	666	153.9	3	0.7

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