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Westchester County Crime Statistics New York state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 16,688 crimes in Westchester County, New York. With a population of 950,091, there was 1 crime for every 56.9 people in the county. Out of the 16,688 crimes reported, 14,223 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,465 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	22	2.32
Rape	90	9.47
Robbery	1,033	108.73
Assault	1,320	138.93
Burglary	2,332	245.45
Larceny	10,916	1148.94
Vehicle	969	101.99
Arson	6	0.6

The 2007 crime rate was 1,756.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,826.2 incidents). There were 259.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -10.3% change (from 291.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.8% from (1,534.9) the previous year to 1,497.0 per 100,000 people.

Westchester County ranks #42 for violent crimes and #17 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,697 and #986 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	20	2.1	81	8.6	1,359	144.1	1,288	136.5
2005	23	2.4	74	7.8	1,275	135.1	1,262	133.7
2004	28	3.0	105	11.1	1,170	124.2	1,298	137.8
2003	22	2.3	87	9.3	1,133	120.7	1,342	142.9
2002	33	3.5	74	7.9	1,048	112.4	1,397	149.8
2001	20	2.2	87	9.4	1,122	121.3	1,552	167.8
2000	29	3.1	95	10.3	979	106.0	1,452	157.2
1999	11	1.2	81	9.0	1,149	127.8	1,557	173.2
1998	28	3.1	104	11.6	1,323	147.3	1,604	178.6
1997	34	3.8	103	11.6	1,390	156.7	1,558	175.6
1996	42	4.7	105	11.8	1,524	171.3	1,539	173.0
1995	33	3.7	94	10.6	1,756	197.9	1,681	189.4
1994	29	3.3	125	14.3	1,806	206.8	1,642	188.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,155	228.4	11,234	1190.9	1,084	114.9	6	0.6
2005	2,038	215.9	10,781	1142.3	1,261	133.6	6	0.6
2004	2,300	244.1	12,191	1294.0	1,536	163.0	9	1.0
2003	2,575	274.3	12,326	1312.9	1,829	194.8	10	1.1
2002	2,676	287.0	12,228	1311.6	2,026	217.3	10	1.1
2001	2,774	299.8	13,692	1480.0	2,344	253.4	11	1.2
2000	2,755	298.3	13,040	1412.1	2,515	272.3	14	1.5
1999	2,830	314.8	14,688	1633.9	2,788	310.1	15	1.7
1998	3,466	385.9	16,347	1820.2	3,104	345.6	12	1.3
1997	4,425	498.7	16,837	1897.5	3,738	421.3	15	1.7
1996	4,496	505.3	17,635	1982.2	3,915	440.0	11	1.2
1995	4,509	508.2	18,469	2081.5	4,045	455.9	14	1.6
1994	5,011	573.8	17,636	2019.5	4,746	543.5	14	1.6

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