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Burke County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,464 crimes in Burke County, North Carolina. With a population of 89,664, there was 1 crime for every 36.4 people in the county. Out of the 2,464 crimes reported, 2,267 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 197 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	5.58
Rape	12	13.38
Robbery	36	40.15
Assault	144	160.60
Burglary	709	790.73
Larceny	1,404	1565.85
Vehicle	154	171.75
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,748.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A 5.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,596.3 incidents). There were 219.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -1.5% change (from 222.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 6.3% from (2,373.7) the previous year to 2,528.3 per 100,000 people.

Burke County ranks #29 for violent crimes and #30 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,464 and #1,928 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.

Burke County Criminal Records
Burke County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	2.2	18	20.0	29	32.3	151	168.1
2005	6	6.7	11	12.3	27	30.1	142	158.5
2004	0	0.0	16	17.8	43	47.9	104	115.9
2003	4	4.5	21	23.5	55	61.6	97	108.7
2002	2	2.2	11	12.1	31	34.1	93	102.2
2001	4	4.5	11	12.3	43	48.0	140	156.3
2000	0	0.0	10	11.4	22	25.0	95	107.9
1999	3	3.6	29	34.8	38	45.6	254	305.1
1998	9	10.9	19	23.0	31	37.6	244	296.0
1997	5	6.1	19	23.1	31	37.7	251	305.4
1996	5	6.2	16	19.7	42	51.8	108	133.2
1995	8	10.0	14	17.6	43	54.0	177	222.2
1994	3	3.8	18	22.7	28	35.3	164	206.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	787	876.2	1,219	1357.2	125	139.2	1	1.1
2005	865	965.4	1,422	1587.1	176	196.4	1	1.1
2004	742	826.9	1,359	1514.5	118	131.5	0	0.0
2003	759	850.3	1,491	1670.4	140	156.8	0	0.0
2002	709	779.0	1,509	1658.0	119	130.8	0	0.0
2001	709	791.8	1,701	1899.5	137	153.0	0	0.0
2000	661	750.7	1,655	1879.6	119	135.2	0	0.0
1999	700	840.9	1,502	1804.3	159	191.0	2	2.4
1998	768	931.6	1,573	1908.0	143	173.5	1	1.2
1997	665	809.0	1,585	1928.2	144	175.2	1	1.2
1996	677	835.1	1,483	1829.2	143	176.4	1	1.2
1995	750	941.5	1,683	2112.8	156	195.8	0	0.0
1994	712	896.8	1,498	1886.8	118	148.6	0	0.0

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