Lea County Crime Statistics New Mexico

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Lea County Crime Statistics New Mexico state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,383 crimes in Lea County, New Mexico. With a population of 57,456, there was 1 crime for every 17.0 people in the county. Out of the 3,383 crimes reported, 2,894 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 489 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	8.70
Rape	41	71.36
Robbery	44	76.58
Assault	399	694.44
Burglary	813	1415.00
Larceny	1,915	3332.99
Vehicle	165	287.18
Arson	1	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 5,888.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,025.4 incidents). There were 851.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -15.7% change (from 1,008.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.3% from (5,016.5) the previous year to 5,036.9 per 100,000 people.

Lea County ranks #28 for violent crimes and #28 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,763 and #2,825 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.

Lea County Criminal Records
Lea County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	6	10.4	48	83.5	54	93.9	472	821.0
2005	5	8.8	35	61.4	24	42.1	360	631.9
2004	4	7.1	39	69.2	31	55.0	378	670.8
2003	4	7.1	51	90.7	37	65.8	354	629.4
2002	5	8.8	35	61.8	31	54.8	400	706.6
2001	4	7.2	38	68.1	34	60.9	332	594.8
2000	6	10.8	21	37.8	14	25.2	278	500.8
1999	8	14.2	37	65.9	26	46.3	344	612.3
1998	5	8.8	25	44.2	26	45.9	329	581.1
1997	3	5.0	32	53.6	46	77.0	291	487.2
1996	3	5.1	33	55.8	41	69.3	316	534.3
1995	3	5.2	22	37.8	40	68.8	470	807.9
1994	3	5.1	35	59.1	32	54.0	452	763.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	726	1262.8	2,038	3545.0	119	207.0	1	1.7
2005	664	1165.5	2,628	4612.8	120	210.6	0	0.0
2004	604	1071.8	2,087	3703.4	95	168.6	0	0.0
2003	684	1216.2	1,991	3540.1	87	154.7	0	0.0
2002	768	1356.7	1,999	3531.2	87	153.7	0	0.0
2001	520	931.6	1,623	2907.6	84	150.5	0	0.0
2000	411	740.4	1,246	2244.6	49	88.3	0	0.0
1999	393	699.5	1,273	2265.7	66	117.5	0	0.0
1998	560	989.1	1,606	2836.7	84	148.4	0	0.0
1997	678	1135.1	1,968	3294.9	93	155.7	0	0.0
1996	769	1300.2	1,743	2947.0	52	87.9	1	1.7
1995	786	1351.0	1,892	3252.0	57	98.0	1	1.7
1994	727	1227.4	1,981	3344.5	78	131.7	0	0.0

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