Sierra County Crime Statistics New Mexico

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Sierra County Crime Statistics New Mexico state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 387 crimes in Sierra County, New Mexico. With a population of 12,570, there was 1 crime for every 32.5 people in the county. Out of the 387 crimes reported, 343 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 44 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	7.96
Rape	5	39.78
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	38	302.31
Burglary	111	883.05
Larceny	215	1710.42
Vehicle	17	135.24
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 3,078.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,279.7 incidents). There were 350.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 10.0% change (from 308.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.1% from (2,971.7) the previous year to 2,728.7 per 100,000 people.

Sierra County ranks #10 for violent crimes and #19 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,071 and #2,054 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.

Sierra County Criminal Records
Sierra County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	3	23.1	4	30.8	33	254.1
2005	0	0.0	1	7.6	5	38.1	68	517.8
2004	0	0.0	4	30.0	5	37.5	44	330.2
2003	0	0.0	13	99.0	3	22.9	72	548.6
2002	0	0.0	2	14.8	1	7.4	8	59.1
2001	0	0.0	1	7.5	0	0.0	12	89.9
2000	1	7.5	4	30.1	1	7.5	17	128.1
1999	0	0.0	3	27.2	0	0.0	25	226.4
1998	1	9.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	290.0
1997	0	0.0	7	63.6	8	72.6	69	626.5
1996	0	0.0	4	36.7	3	27.5	73	669.4
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	111.8
1994	0	0.0	1	9.7	0	0.0	11	106.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	116	893.1	247	1901.6	23	177.1	0	0.0
2005	77	586.4	242	1842.8	24	182.8	0	0.0
2004	69	517.8	212	1590.9	29	217.6	0	0.0
2003	74	563.8	260	1981.0	20	152.4	0	0.0
2002	25	184.7	43	317.7	8	59.1	0	0.0
2001	26	194.8	65	487.1	9	67.4	0	0.0
2000	24	180.9	70	527.5	5	37.7	0	0.0
1999	25	226.4	77	697.3	3	27.2	0	0.0
1998	27	244.7	67	607.3	6	54.4	0	0.0
1997	138	1253.1	461	4186.0	14	127.1	0	0.0
1996	153	1402.9	368	3374.3	20	183.4	0	0.0
1995	31	288.9	57	531.3	1	9.3	0	0.0
1994	32	311.0	43	417.8	13	126.3	0	0.0

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