Dare County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Dare County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,620 crimes in Dare County, North Carolina. With a population of 34,930, there was 1 crime for every 21.6 people in the county. Out of the 1,620 crimes reported, 1,540 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 80 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	2.86
Rape	8	22.90
Robbery	8	22.90
Assault	63	180.36
Burglary	413	1182.36
Larceny	1,081	3094.76
Vehicle	46	131.69
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,637.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,034.8 incidents). There were 229.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -23.1% change (from 300.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.9% from (4,734.1) the previous year to 4,408.8 per 100,000 people.

Dare County ranks #31 for violent crimes and #81 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,519 and #2,723 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.

Dare County Criminal Records
Dare County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	15	43.4	12	34.7	77	222.7
2005	1	2.9	12	35.2	10	29.3	85	249.4
2004	1	3.0	17	50.5	7	20.8	63	187.3
2003	1	3.1	14	43.2	4	12.3	81	249.7
2002	2	6.5	16	51.7	8	25.8	73	235.7
2001	0	0.0	8	26.2	13	42.7	51	167.3
2000	1	3.3	15	50.1	9	30.0	35	116.8
1999	5	17.0	18	61.3	7	23.8	55	187.4
1998	1	3.5	18	63.5	5	17.6	46	162.4
1997	1	3.8	13	49.3	6	22.8	36	136.6
1996	0	0.0	5	19.2	7	26.9	35	134.7
1995	4	15.7	5	19.6	10	39.1	51	199.7
1994	0	0.0	8	32.6	9	36.7	33	134.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	435	1258.0	1,151	3328.6	51	147.5	0	0.0
2005	507	1487.9	1,188	3486.4	41	120.3	0	0.0
2004	468	1391.0	1,049	3117.9	57	169.4	1	3.0
2003	498	1535.0	1,084	3341.3	59	181.9	0	0.0
2002	551	1778.8	1,446	4668.1	73	235.7	1	3.2
2001	599	1965.4	1,305	4281.9	46	150.9	0	0.0
2000	652	2175.7	1,164	3884.3	56	186.9	0	0.0
1999	547	1863.6	1,063	3621.6	37	126.1	0	0.0
1998	578	2040.3	1,078	3805.3	55	194.1	1	3.5
1997	571	2166.8	1,122	4257.7	51	193.5	0	0.0
1996	629	2419.9	1,210	4655.1	41	157.7	1	3.8
1995	717	2807.0	1,379	5398.7	41	160.5	0	0.0
1994	684	2788.0	1,354	5518.9	45	183.4	0	0.0

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