Orange County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Orange County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,015 crimes in Orange County, North Carolina. With a population of 122,967, there was 1 crime for every 24.5 people in the county. Out of the 5,015 crimes reported, 4,690 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 325 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	4.07
Rape	25	20.33
Robbery	110	89.45
Assault	185	150.45
Burglary	1,385	1126.32
Larceny	3,097	2518.56
Vehicle	206	167.52
Arson	2	1.6

The 2007 crime rate was 4,078.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,101.8 incidents). There were 264.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -20.1% change (from 333.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.1% from (3,768.0) the previous year to 3,814.0 per 100,000 people.

Orange County ranks #39 for violent crimes and #72 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,721 and #2,567 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.

Orange County Criminal Records
Orange County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	2.5	32	26.2	135	110.7	237	194.3
2005	5	4.1	20	16.6	118	97.8	241	199.7
2004	4	3.3	22	18.1	141	116.3	235	193.8
2003	3	2.4	22	17.9	167	135.8	190	154.5
2002	7	5.7	14	11.3	142	115.0	239	193.6
2001	2	1.6	13	10.7	162	133.4	262	215.7
2000	5	4.2	22	18.4	124	103.8	235	196.8
1999	3	2.7	24	21.6	143	128.9	228	205.5
1998	4	3.7	28	25.6	152	138.7	229	209.0
1997	2	1.8	27	24.5	121	109.7	279	253.0
1996	5	4.6	18	16.6	120	110.3	227	208.7
1995	5	4.7	23	21.5	143	133.8	268	250.8
1994	4	3.9	28	27.3	143	139.5	304	296.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,142	936.5	3,256	2670.0	196	160.7	1	0.8
2005	1,042	863.5	3,020	2502.7	194	160.8	1	0.8
2004	1,300	1072.2	3,579	2951.9	208	171.6	0	0.0
2003	1,301	1057.7	3,662	2977.3	247	200.8	1	0.8
2002	1,165	943.7	3,822	3096.1	241	195.2	1	0.8
2001	1,403	1155.1	4,108	3382.1	301	247.8	2	1.6
2000	1,236	1034.9	3,589	3005.1	257	215.2	2	1.7
1999	1,307	1177.9	4,137	3728.3	305	274.9	2	1.8
1998	1,087	992.1	4,423	4036.8	328	299.4	1	0.9
1997	966	876.1	3,959	3590.7	269	244.0	1	0.9
1996	1,120	1029.9	4,106	3775.8	227	208.7	3	2.8
1995	1,283	1200.8	4,357	4077.8	264	247.1	3	2.8
1994	1,307	1274.9	4,820	4701.5	264	257.5	2	2.0

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