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Rensselaer County Crime Statistics New York state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,540 crimes in Rensselaer County, New York. With a population of 155,251, there was 1 crime for every 34.2 people in the county. Out of the 4,540 crimes reported, 4,045 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 495 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	1.93
Rape	38	24.48
Robbery	153	98.55
Assault	301	193.88
Burglary	938	604.18
Larceny	2,873	1850.55
Vehicle	233	150.08
Arson	1	0.6

The 2007 crime rate was 2,924.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,996.1 incidents). There were 318.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -12.1% change (from 361.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.4% from (2,634.5) the previous year to 2,605.5 per 100,000 people.

Rensselaer County ranks #49 for violent crimes and #53 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,960 and #1,980 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.

Rensselaer County Criminal Records
Rensselaer County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	1.3	43	27.6	141	90.6	377	242.2
2005	4	2.6	45	29.2	93	60.3	356	230.7
2004	2	1.3	48	31.1	113	73.2	325	210.6
2003	2	1.3	55	35.8	108	70.3	364	237.0
2002	7	4.5	47	30.5	153	99.4	340	220.8
2001	1	0.7	39	25.5	135	88.3	307	200.9
2000	2	1.3	37	24.3	108	70.8	346	226.8
1999	0	0.0	12	7.8	15	9.8	141	92.2
1998	2	1.3	23	14.9	53	34.3	206	133.2
1997	11	7.0	50	32.0	169	108.3	304	194.8
1996	2	1.3	50	32.0	179	114.4	272	173.8
1995	2	1.3	35	22.4	161	103.2	265	169.8
1994	6	3.8	43	27.4	132	84.2	302	192.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,024	657.8	2,841	1825.0	235	151.0	1	0.6
2005	971	629.3	2,739	1775.1	286	185.4	2	1.3
2004	975	631.9	2,584	1674.6	271	175.6	1	0.6
2003	937	610.2	2,932	1909.4	244	158.9	2	1.3
2002	1,010	655.9	3,086	2004.0	310	201.3	2	1.3
2001	906	592.9	3,169	2073.7	257	168.2	3	2.0
2000	1,057	692.9	3,230	2117.5	227	148.8	2	1.3
1999	501	327.7	1,594	1042.7	71	46.4	1	0.7
1998	770	497.8	2,867	1853.4	162	104.7	2	1.3
1997	1,175	752.9	3,559	2280.6	220	141.0	5	3.2
1996	1,434	916.4	3,816	2438.7	291	186.0	4	2.6
1995	1,399	896.5	3,440	2204.3	261	167.2	4	2.6
1994	1,273	811.6	3,379	2154.2	270	172.1	3	1.9

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