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Chatham County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,622 crimes in Chatham County, North Carolina. With a population of 61,977, there was 1 crime for every 38.2 people in the county. Out of the 1,622 crimes reported, 1,492 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 130 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	6.45
Rape	4	6.45
Robbery	29	46.79
Assault	93	150.06
Burglary	580	935.83
Larceny	817	1318.23
Vehicle	95	153.28
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,617.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,535.5 incidents). There were 209.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -24.9% change (from 293.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 12.7% from (2,242.5) the previous year to 2,407.3 per 100,000 people.

Chatham County ranks #28 for violent crimes and #25 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,402 and #1,820 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.

Chatham County Criminal Records
Chatham County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	3.4	13	22.0	27	45.7	131	221.9
2005	4	6.9	5	8.6	19	32.8	67	115.8
2004	6	10.7	12	21.4	23	41.0	77	137.4
2003	0	0.0	12	22.1	37	68.0	93	171.0
2002	2	3.9	17	33.4	30	58.9	74	145.2
2001	2	4.0	9	17.9	40	79.8	62	123.6
2000	3	6.1	12	24.3	21	42.6	79	160.1
1999	4	8.7	8	17.4	40	86.9	94	204.2
1998	5	11.0	6	13.2	36	79.0	104	228.1
1997	2	4.6	11	25.1	20	45.6	61	139.1
1996	9	20.8	9	20.8	37	85.6	82	189.6
1995	4	9.4	4	9.4	44	103.6	110	258.9
1994	3	7.2	14	33.6	23	55.3	129	310.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	479	811.3	731	1238.1	114	193.1	0	0.0
2005	365	630.6	762	1316.6	96	165.9	0	0.0
2004	443	790.6	835	1490.1	94	167.7	1	1.8
2003	536	985.5	1,097	2017.0	100	183.9	0	0.0
2002	594	1165.4	924	1812.8	120	235.4	0	0.0
2001	641	1278.2	923	1840.5	80	159.5	1	2.0
2000	466	944.7	846	1715.0	100	202.7	0	0.0
1999	561	1218.7	917	1992.0	119	258.5	1	2.2
1998	468	1026.5	820	1798.6	92	201.8	1	2.2
1997	476	1085.8	872	1989.1	88	200.7	1	2.3
1996	488	1128.6	896	2072.3	77	178.1	1	2.3
1995	550	1294.6	854	2010.2	70	164.8	0	0.0
1994	554	1331.2	839	2016.0	69	165.8	0	0.0

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