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Lee County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,267 crimes in Lee County, North Carolina. With a population of 58,678, there was 1 crime for every 25.9 people in the county. Out of the 2,267 crimes reported, 2,109 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 158 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	6	10.23
Rape	11	18.75
Robbery	68	115.89
Assault	73	124.41
Burglary	705	1201.47
Larceny	1,249	2128.57
Vehicle	154	262.45
Arson	1	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 3,863.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -12.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,407.2 incidents). There were 269.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 1.9% change (from 272.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -10.2% from (4,134.4) the previous year to 3,594.2 per 100,000 people.

Lee County ranks #41 for violent crimes and #69 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,754 and #2,496 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.

Lee County Criminal Records
Lee County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	5.3	16	28.2	75	132.0	61	107.4
2005	6	12.0	14	28.0	68	136.1	76	152.1
2004	3	6.0	13	26.0	75	150.2	115	230.4
2003	5	10.0	23	46.0	101	201.8	96	191.9
2002	7	13.8	17	33.5	90	177.5	107	211.1
2001	3	6.0	16	32.1	70	140.4	109	218.6
2000	2	4.1	15	30.6	67	136.6	97	197.8
1999	5	10.0	16	32.0	74	148.0	132	263.9
1998	5	10.2	11	22.3	83	168.6	117	237.7
1997	3	6.4	11	23.4	73	155.1	137	291.0
1996	2	4.3	11	23.7	70	150.8	162	348.9
1995	12	26.3	9	19.7	72	157.8	170	372.7
1994	6	13.4	18	40.3	79	177.1	146	327.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	693	1219.7	1,473	2592.6	181	318.6	2	3.5
2005	593	1186.5	1,443	2887.2	171	342.1	1	2.0
2004	749	1500.4	1,473	2950.7	165	330.5	2	4.0
2003	828	1654.7	1,924	3845.0	153	305.8	2	4.0
2002	928	1830.7	2,100	4142.8	193	380.7	2	3.9
2001	903	1810.6	2,138	4286.8	126	252.6	1	2.0
2000	685	1396.8	1,476	3009.8	151	307.9	1	2.0
1999	849	1697.7	1,997	3993.2	184	367.9	1	2.0
1998	905	1838.4	2,105	4276.0	207	420.5	2	4.1
1997	839	1782.3	2,057	4369.7	146	310.1	2	4.2
1996	672	1447.4	2,430	5233.8	147	316.6	2	4.3
1995	693	1519.1	2,370	5195.2	160	350.7	1	2.2
1994	716	1604.9	2,043	4579.3	133	298.1	1	2.2

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