Rowan County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Rowan County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,902 crimes in Rowan County, North Carolina. With a population of 129,215, there was 1 crime for every 26.4 people in the county. Out of the 4,902 crimes reported, 4,378 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 524 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	3.10
Rape	29	22.44
Robbery	184	142.40
Assault	307	237.59
Burglary	1,281	991.37
Larceny	2,781	2152.23
Vehicle	314	243.01
Arson	2	1.5

The 2007 crime rate was 3,793.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,029.9 incidents). There were 405.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.8% change (from 404.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -6.2% from (3,625.7) the previous year to 3,388.2 per 100,000 people.

Rowan County ranks #73 for violent crimes and #61 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,244 and #2,407 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	6	4.7	31	24.1	183	142.2	300	233.2
2005	7	5.5	45	35.3	132	103.6	318	249.5
2004	3	2.4	31	24.4	144	113.4	271	213.5
2003	6	4.8	33	26.3	119	94.7	275	218.9
2002	8	6.4	43	34.3	124	98.9	243	193.8
2001	8	6.5	28	22.7	136	110.2	292	236.7
2000	8	6.6	42	34.6	108	89.0	319	262.9
1999	10	7.9	34	26.7	88	69.2	272	213.8
1998	9	7.2	31	24.7	116	92.4	315	250.9
1997	15	12.2	42	34.1	102	82.9	295	239.8
1996	6	4.9	43	35.4	95	78.3	281	231.6
1995	6	5.0	25	21.0	83	69.6	394	330.5
1994	12	10.2	26	22.2	102	86.9	342	291.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,285	998.7	2,998	2330.1	379	294.6	3	2.3
2005	1,178	924.3	2,989	2345.3	315	247.2	3	2.4
2004	1,118	880.6	3,008	2369.3	272	214.2	3	2.4
2003	971	772.9	2,605	2073.6	256	203.8	4	3.2
2002	965	769.5	2,464	1964.9	225	179.4	4	3.2
2001	1,155	936.1	2,605	2111.3	236	191.3	5	4.1
2000	1,043	859.7	2,680	2209.0	269	221.7	4	3.3
1999	888	697.9	2,429	1909.0	226	177.6	4	3.1
1998	1,154	919.2	2,640	2102.9	241	192.0	3	2.4
1997	1,240	1007.9	2,654	2157.3	207	168.3	4	3.3
1996	1,100	906.6	2,751	2267.2	231	190.4	2	1.6
1995	1,134	951.2	2,477	2077.6	203	170.3	4	3.4
1994	1,499	1277.4	2,658	2265.0	256	218.2	3	2.6

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