Somerset County Crime Statistics New Jersey

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Somerset County Crime Statistics New Jersey state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,820 crimes in Somerset County, New Jersey. With a population of 322,750, there was 1 crime for every 67.0 people in the county. Out of the 4,820 crimes reported, 4,590 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 230 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	6	1.86
Rape	22	6.82
Robbery	111	34.39
Assault	91	28.20
Burglary	825	255.62
Larceny	3,432	1063.36
Vehicle	331	102.56
Arson	2	0.6

The 2007 crime rate was 1,493.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,495.6 incidents). There were 71.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -22.0% change (from 92.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.2% from (1,403.4) the previous year to 1,422.2 per 100,000 people.

Somerset County ranks #3 for violent crimes and #6 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #408 and #911 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.

Somerset County Criminal Records
Somerset County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	4	1.2	24	7.5	144	45.0	123	38.4
2005	3	0.9	25	7.9	139	43.8	125	39.4
2004	14	4.5	24	7.6	143	45.6	133	42.4
2003	2	0.6	28	9.0	129	41.4	126	40.4
2002	1	0.3	21	6.9	125	41.2	138	45.4
2001	3	1.0	26	8.7	118	39.3	121	40.3
2000	3	1.0	34	11.4	142	47.7	123	41.3
1999	4	1.4	24	8.5	114	40.2	198	69.7
1998	8	2.9	20	7.2	135	48.4	235	84.2
1997	5	1.9	20	7.5	146	55.0	177	66.7
1996	3	1.1	24	9.1	163	61.9	133	50.5
1995	1	0.4	21	8.0	145	55.3	142	54.2
1994	4	1.6	20	7.9	131	51.8	220	86.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	923	288.3	3,256	1017.0	312	97.5	2	0.6
2005	810	255.2	3,442	1084.3	289	91.0	3	0.9
2004	755	240.6	3,347	1066.7	308	98.2	2	0.6
2003	947	303.9	3,582	1149.5	354	113.6	3	1.0
2002	965	317.7	3,682	1212.3	379	124.8	3	1.0
2001	1,017	339.0	3,610	1203.5	440	146.7	3	1.0
2000	895	300.9	3,652	1227.6	366	123.0	4	1.3
1999	942	331.8	4,016	1414.6	398	140.2	4	1.4
1998	1,060	380.0	4,308	1544.3	492	176.4	2	0.7
1997	1,184	445.8	4,860	1830.1	583	219.5	2	0.8
1996	1,182	448.7	4,949	1878.7	490	186.0	3	1.1
1995	1,466	559.5	5,155	1967.4	541	206.5	3	1.1
1994	1,419	560.7	5,087	2010.0	555	219.3	4	1.6

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