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Nassau County Crime Statistics New York state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 19,983 crimes in Nassau County, New York. With a population of 1,320,440, there was 1 crime for every 66.1 people in the county. Out of the 19,983 crimes reported, 17,660 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,323 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	24	1.82
Rape	94	7.12
Robbery	1,055	79.90
Assault	1,150	87.09
Burglary	2,421	183.35
Larceny	13,652	1033.90
Vehicle	1,586	120.11
Arson	1	0.1

The 2007 crime rate was 1,513.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,588.3 incidents). There were 175.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.9% change (from 192.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.3% from (1,395.4) the previous year to 1,337.4 per 100,000 people.

Nassau County ranks #23 for violent crimes and #12 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,189 and #828 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.

Nassau County Criminal Records
Nassau County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	21	1.6	90	6.7	1,266	94.7	1,202	89.9
2005	24	1.8	109	8.1	1,190	88.7	1,243	92.7
2004	23	1.7	109	8.1	1,040	77.5	1,334	99.4
2003	23	1.7	119	8.8	1,107	82.2	1,327	98.5
2002	25	1.9	116	8.6	1,109	82.3	1,418	105.2
2001	15	1.1	33	2.5	340	25.4	517	38.7
2000	6	0.4	29	2.2	357	26.8	500	37.5
1999	8	0.6	33	2.5	472	36.2	544	41.7
1998	21	1.6	90	6.9	992	75.9	1,239	94.8
1997	26	2.0	124	9.5	1,192	91.8	1,188	91.5
1996	21	1.6	106	8.1	1,322	101.5	1,809	138.9
1995	30	2.3	120	9.2	1,388	106.9	1,650	127.0
1994	26	2.0	117	9.0	1,491	114.1	1,503	115.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,800	209.5	14,265	1067.2	1,585	118.6	2	0.1
2005	2,801	208.8	13,433	1001.3	2,007	149.6	15	1.1
2004	2,888	215.2	14,621	1089.5	2,377	177.1	1	0.1
2003	3,263	242.2	14,296	1061.2	2,656	197.2	1	0.1
2002	2,803	208.0	14,667	1088.6	2,838	210.6	2	0.1
2001	690	51.6	2,893	216.4	907	67.8	2	0.1
2000	684	51.3	2,950	221.0	968	72.5	1	0.1
1999	766	58.8	3,567	273.6	967	74.2	2	0.2
1998	3,437	263.1	17,284	1323.0	4,201	321.6	2	0.2
1997	3,690	284.1	18,727	1441.8	4,823	371.3	27	2.1
1996	4,371	335.6	19,812	1521.3	4,949	380.0	26	2.0
1995	4,797	369.3	19,865	1529.5	5,370	413.5	27	2.1
1994	5,224	399.9	19,766	1513.1	6,436	492.7	49	3.8

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