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Erie County Crime Statistics New York state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 32,729 crimes in Erie County, New York. With a population of 914,121, there was 1 crime for every 27.9 people in the county. Out of the 32,729 crimes reported, 28,210 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 4,519 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	57	6.24
Rape	261	28.55
Robbery	1,816	198.66
Assault	2,385	260.91
Burglary	6,389	698.92
Larceny	19,041	2082.98
Vehicle	2,765	302.48
Arson	15	1.6

The 2007 crime rate was 3,580.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 2.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,487.4 incidents). There were 494.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.6% change (from 536.3 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.5% from (2,951.2) the previous year to 3,086.0 per 100,000 people.

Erie County ranks #57 for violent crimes and #61 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,434 and #2,266 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	81	8.7	263	28.2	1,976	211.9	2,680	287.4
2005	59	6.3	271	28.9	1,956	208.8	2,713	289.6
2004	57	6.0	297	31.5	1,684	178.7	2,655	281.8
2003	73	7.7	279	29.5	1,894	200.3	2,594	274.3
2002	44	4.6	264	27.5	1,872	195.3	2,451	255.7
2001	68	7.1	296	31.1	1,793	188.5	2,372	249.4
2000	40	4.2	229	24.1	1,766	186.0	2,450	258.1
1999	34	3.6	244	26.1	1,669	178.6	2,205	235.9
1998	45	4.8	254	26.9	2,012	212.8	2,221	234.9
1997	53	5.5	304	31.5	2,474	256.4	2,262	234.4
1996	61	6.3	360	37.2	2,951	305.0	2,173	224.6
1995	66	6.8	326	33.8	3,208	332.5	4,581	474.8
1994	96	9.9	337	34.6	3,636	373.1	4,660	478.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	6,663	714.6	18,240	1956.3	2,591	277.9	22	2.4
2005	6,117	652.9	19,563	2088.2	2,919	311.6	41	4.4
2004	5,621	596.5	19,375	2056.2	2,848	302.2	36	3.8
2003	5,964	630.6	20,384	2155.2	3,313	350.3	25	2.6
2002	5,698	594.5	18,907	1972.6	3,020	315.1	46	4.8
2001	5,765	606.1	20,329	2137.3	3,413	358.8	50	5.3
2000	6,140	646.7	20,486	2157.8	3,454	363.8	40	4.2
1999	6,688	715.5	20,890	2234.8	3,876	414.7	49	5.2
1998	7,794	824.3	22,950	2427.1	4,023	425.5	48	5.1
1997	8,832	915.4	24,900	2580.7	5,312	550.5	56	5.8
1996	9,311	962.4	25,314	2616.6	6,018	622.1	65	6.7
1995	10,285	1066.0	25,671	2660.6	5,808	602.0	68	7.0
1994	10,496	1077.0	26,043	2672.4	6,315	648.0	62	6.4

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