Otero County Crime Statistics New Mexico

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Otero County Crime Statistics New Mexico state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,864 crimes in Otero County, New Mexico. With a population of 62,777, there was 1 crime for every 33.7 people in the county. Out of the 1,864 crimes reported, 1,509 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 355 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	4.78
Rape	51	81.24
Robbery	8	12.74
Assault	293	466.73
Burglary	326	519.30
Larceny	1,106	1761.79
Vehicle	77	122.66
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,969.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A 32.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,236.0 incidents). There were 565.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 34.5% change (from 409.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 28.3% from (1,826.0) the previous year to 2,403.7 per 100,000 people.

Otero County ranks #22 for violent crimes and #15 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,548 and #1,817 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.

Otero County Criminal Records
Otero County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	1.6	26	40.4	12	18.6	225	349.4
2005	0	0.0	27	42.1	10	15.6	125	195.0
2004	4	6.3	10	15.8	11	17.4	135	213.2
2003	3	4.8	6	9.6	9	14.5	104	167.1
2002	1	1.6	23	36.2	7	11.0	85	133.8
2001	1	1.6	31	49.5	8	12.8	170	271.4
2000	3	4.8	39	62.6	20	32.1	184	295.4
1999	0	0.0	24	43.9	12	21.9	87	159.0
1998	4	7.1	31	55.4	8	14.3	84	150.0
1997	2	3.5	36	63.4	13	22.9	90	158.5
1996	2	3.6	23	40.9	19	33.8	114	202.7
1995	2	3.6	20	36.2	15	27.1	93	168.1
1994	3	5.5	9	16.6	11	20.3	102	188.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	256	397.5	872	1354.0	48	74.5	0	0.0
2005	248	386.8	1,032	1609.6	51	79.5	0	0.0
2004	256	404.3	994	1569.7	53	83.7	1	1.6
2003	217	348.7	889	1428.7	51	82.0	0	0.0
2002	155	244.0	967	1522.1	55	86.6	0	0.0
2001	183	292.1	1,084	1730.4	27	43.1	0	0.0
2000	303	486.4	1,059	1699.9	36	57.8	0	0.0
1999	142	259.5	945	1726.9	33	60.3	0	0.0
1998	287	512.6	1,177	2102.3	36	64.3	0	0.0
1997	231	406.7	1,234	2172.6	52	91.6	0	0.0
1996	213	378.7	1,294	2300.8	65	115.6	0	0.0
1995	281	507.9	1,004	1814.8	61	110.3	0	0.0
1994	241	444.5	1,089	2008.4	46	84.8	0	0.0

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