Polk County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Polk County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 370 crimes in Polk County, North Carolina. With a population of 19,552, there was 1 crime for every 52.8 people in the county. Out of the 370 crimes reported, 356 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 14 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	2	10.23
Robbery	3	15.34
Assault	9	46.03
Burglary	94	480.77
Larceny	247	1263.30
Vehicle	15	76.72
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,892.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,992.2 incidents). There were 71.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -44.0% change (from 128.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -2.2% from (1,864.2) the previous year to 1,820.8 per 100,000 people.

Polk County ranks #4 for violent crimes and #14 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #413 and #1,292 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.

Polk County Criminal Records
Polk County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	5.1	3	15.4	2	10.2	19	97.3
2005	2	10.3	2	10.3	3	15.5	20	103.4
2004	1	5.2	4	20.9	8	41.8	28	146.4
2003	0	0.0	3	15.8	10	52.5	24	126.0
2002	1	5.3	2	10.6	1	5.3	21	110.8
2001	0	0.0	1	5.4	3	16.1	19	101.9
2000	0	0.0	1	5.5	4	21.8	27	147.3
1999	0	0.0	1	5.9	2	11.7	5	29.3
1998	0	0.0	1	6.0	5	29.8	25	148.9
1997	0	0.0	1	6.2	3	18.5	41	252.2
1996	0	0.0	5	31.2	4	24.9	21	131.0
1995	0	0.0	1	6.3	5	31.7	27	171.4
1994	3	19.5	2	13.0	3	19.5	26	168.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	108	553.1	240	1229.1	16	81.9	0	0.0
2005	107	553.2	194	1003.0	30	155.1	0	0.0
2004	137	716.2	186	972.3	35	183.0	0	0.0
2003	127	666.8	254	1333.6	27	141.8	0	0.0
2002	100	527.8	213	1124.3	35	184.7	0	0.0
2001	65	348.7	195	1046.1	15	80.5	0	0.0
2000	101	551.1	147	802.1	15	81.8	0	0.0
1999	23	134.8	43	251.9	6	35.2	0	0.0
1998	191	1137.3	186	1107.5	26	154.8	0	0.0
1997	131	805.9	198	1218.1	25	153.8	0	0.0
1996	109	679.8	198	1235.0	22	137.2	0	0.0
1995	144	914.1	194	1231.4	20	127.0	0	0.0
1994	132	857.5	169	1097.9	12	78.0	0	0.0

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