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Albany County Crime Statistics New York state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 10,586 crimes in Albany County, New York. With a population of 297,154, there was 1 crime for every 28.1 people in the county. Out of the 10,586 crimes reported, 9,122 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,464 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	1.68
Rape	75	25.24
Robbery	437	147.06
Assault	947	318.69
Burglary	1,586	533.73
Larceny	7,106	2391.35
Vehicle	427	143.70
Arson	3	1.0

The 2007 crime rate was 3,562.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -10.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,988.8 incidents). There were 492.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.3% change (from 513.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -12.0% from (3,475.7) the previous year to 3,069.8 per 100,000 people.

Albany County ranks #56 for violent crimes and #60 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,430 and #2,254 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.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	1.7	69	23.1	454	152.2	1,002	336.0
2005	12	4.0	95	31.8	511	171.0	995	332.9
2004	13	4.4	76	25.5	480	160.8	857	287.2
2003	10	3.4	49	16.5	434	146.3	900	303.4
2002	11	3.7	79	26.6	537	180.6	1,049	352.8
2001	7	2.4	82	27.8	531	179.9	1,022	346.3
2000	16	5.4	79	26.8	486	165.0	775	263.1
1999	13	4.4	75	25.6	434	148.2	620	211.7
1998	3	1.0	102	34.6	483	163.8	745	252.6
1997	10	3.4	121	41.6	487	167.5	765	263.1
1996	11	3.8	64	22.0	557	191.1	776	266.2
1995	10	3.4	76	26.1	637	219.1	918	315.7
1994	14	4.8	102	34.7	644	219.2	1,006	342.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,736	582.1	8,181	2743.4	443	148.6	5	1.7
2005	2,042	683.3	7,886	2638.7	570	190.7	5	1.7
2004	1,972	660.8	8,353	2799.1	672	225.2	7	2.3
2003	2,042	688.3	7,623	2569.5	620	209.0	8	2.7
2002	2,113	710.5	7,814	2627.6	756	254.2	8	2.7
2001	2,425	821.7	8,879	3008.7	773	261.9	5	1.7
2000	2,476	840.6	9,550	3242.1	634	215.2	6	2.0
1999	2,838	968.8	9,496	3241.7	648	221.2	7	2.4
1998	2,802	950.1	9,037	3064.1	568	192.6	7	2.4
1997	2,632	905.2	8,706	2994.2	589	202.6	8	2.8
1996	2,911	998.5	8,645	2965.3	712	244.2	5	1.7
1995	3,124	1074.4	10,913	3753.3	902	310.2	5	1.7
1994	3,404	1158.4	10,694	3639.4	799	271.9	8	2.7

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