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Mecklenburg County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 62,990 crimes in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. With a population of 854,224, there was 1 crime for every 13.6 people in the county. Out of the 62,990 crimes reported, 55,434 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 7,556 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	79	9.25
Rape	294	34.42
Robbery	3,325	389.24
Assault	3,858	451.64
Burglary	13,722	1606.37
Larceny	35,404	4144.58
Vehicle	6,266	733.53
Arson	42	4.9

The 2007 crime rate was 7,373.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -3.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (7,649.1 incidents). There were 884.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -5.2% change (from 981.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.3% from (6,668.0) the previous year to 6,489.4 per 100,000 people.

Mecklenburg County ranks #97 for violent crimes and #95 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,775 and #2,918 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	86	10.6	377	46.4	3,374	415.4	4,132	508.7
2005	88	11.2	341	43.5	3,768	480.3	4,081	520.2
2004	64	8.4	331	43.3	2,847	372.5	4,251	556.2
2003	67	9.0	322	43.2	2,774	372.0	4,249	569.8
2002	67	9.3	308	42.8	2,958	411.5	4,433	616.7
2001	67	9.5	305	43.1	3,064	433.2	4,529	640.3
2000	78	11.2	320	46.0	2,697	387.8	4,582	658.9
1999	86	13.4	277	43.3	2,561	400.3	5,371	839.5
1998	66	10.6	341	54.7	2,435	390.8	5,954	955.5
1997	61	10.3	359	60.6	2,770	467.6	6,155	1039.0
1996	71	12.2	321	55.0	2,636	451.3	6,056	1036.9
1995	89	15.5	372	64.9	2,982	519.8	5,948	1036.9
1994	90	16.2	366	65.8	2,760	496.2	6,119	1100.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	14,694	1809.0	31,952	3933.7	7,477	920.5	39	4.8
2005	13,608	1734.7	29,893	3810.7	7,453	950.1	33	4.2
2004	12,627	1652.0	30,914	4044.5	7,000	915.8	37	4.8
2003	11,741	1574.5	29,198	3915.6	7,032	943.0	33	4.4
2002	10,996	1529.7	28,370	3946.6	4,781	665.1	48	6.7
2001	10,853	1534.5	29,898	4227.1	4,542	642.2	33	4.7
2000	10,144	1458.6	29,889	4297.8	4,656	669.5	33	4.7
1999	10,733	1677.6	32,545	5086.9	4,963	775.7	31	4.8
1998	11,106	1782.3	31,329	5027.8	4,016	644.5	30	4.8
1997	10,869	1834.7	30,908	5217.2	4,474	755.2	40	6.8
1996	10,607	1816.0	32,294	5529.1	4,275	731.9	45	7.7
1995	10,354	1805.0	31,198	5438.7	3,731	650.4	35	6.1
1994	10,743	1931.2	30,282	5443.7	3,243	583.0	43	7.7

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