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Suffolk County Crime Statistics New York state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 31,043 crimes in Suffolk County, New York. With a population of 1,472,242, there was 1 crime for every 47.4 people in the county. Out of the 31,043 crimes reported, 28,400 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,643 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	30	2.04
Rape	111	7.54
Robbery	951	64.60
Assault	1,551	105.35
Burglary	4,058	275.63
Larceny	22,047	1497.51
Vehicle	2,264	153.78
Arson	31	2.1

The 2007 crime rate was 2,108.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,204.9 incidents). There were 179.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -14.7% change (from 209.6 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.8% from (1,995.3) the previous year to 1,929.0 per 100,000 people.

Suffolk County ranks #24 for violent crimes and #34 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,216 and #1,389 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	38	2.6	110	7.4	1,142	77.2	1,810	122.4
2005	31	2.1	101	6.8	1,165	78.8	1,811	122.6
2004	28	1.9	131	8.9	958	65.1	1,733	117.8
2003	34	2.3	138	9.4	1,028	70.4	1,713	117.2
2002	19	1.3	168	11.7	980	68.4	1,912	133.4
2001	3	0.2	16	1.1	44	3.1	377	26.5
2000	3	0.2	13	0.9	49	3.5	405	28.5
1999	2	0.1	17	1.2	71	5.2	398	29.0
1998	34	2.5	61	4.5	879	64.4	1,474	107.9
1997	33	2.5	50	3.7	965	71.7	1,432	106.4
1996	44	3.3	49	3.6	1,070	79.3	1,389	103.0
1995	24	1.8	46	3.4	996	74.0	1,336	99.3
1994	69	5.1	54	4.0	1,421	105.8	1,871	139.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	4,178	282.5	22,820	1543.1	2,482	167.8	28	1.9
2005	4,307	291.5	22,357	1513.1	2,382	161.2	25	1.7
2004	4,323	293.9	22,119	1503.8	2,766	188.1	36	2.4
2003	4,910	336.0	23,303	1594.9	3,010	206.0	41	2.8
2002	5,044	352.0	24,740	1726.6	3,098	216.2	0	0.0
2001	665	46.8	2,985	209.9	116	8.2	0	0.0
2000	597	42.1	3,298	232.4	131	9.2	1	0.1
1999	1,072	78.1	4,612	335.9	161	11.7	2	0.1
1998	6,245	457.3	27,750	2032.3	3,138	229.8	80	5.9
1997	7,654	568.9	31,254	2323.2	3,481	258.8	100	7.4
1996	7,425	550.5	31,360	2324.9	3,817	283.0	92	6.8
1995	7,172	533.1	29,356	2182.2	4,087	303.8	100	7.4
1994	10,407	775.1	32,379	2411.6	5,983	445.6	118	8.8

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