Rutherford County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Rutherford County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,508 crimes in Rutherford County, North Carolina. With a population of 64,648, there was 1 crime for every 25.8 people in the county. Out of the 2,508 crimes reported, 2,277 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 231 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	1.55
Rape	15	23.20
Robbery	42	64.97
Assault	173	267.60
Burglary	718	1110.63
Larceny	1,428	2208.89
Vehicle	129	199.54
Arson	2	3.1

The 2007 crime rate was 3,879.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 23.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,150.2 incidents). There were 357.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 7.4% change (from 330.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 24.2% from (2,819.7) the previous year to 3,522.2 per 100,000 people.

Rutherford County ranks #62 for violent crimes and #65 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,094 and #2,459 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.

Rutherford County Criminal Records
Rutherford County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	4.6	22	33.8	42	64.6	148	227.5
2005	7	10.8	13	20.1	46	71.2	117	181.0
2004	2	3.1	21	32.5	42	65.1	158	244.8
2003	2	3.1	15	23.5	25	39.1	86	134.5
2002	3	4.6	13	20.0	25	38.5	112	172.3
2001	3	4.7	12	18.8	45	70.3	129	201.7
2000	4	6.4	16	25.4	38	60.4	125	198.7
1999	3	4.9	8	13.0	20	32.4	105	170.2
1998	2	3.3	14	22.9	41	67.1	115	188.2
1997	6	9.7	11	17.8	24	38.8	122	197.3
1996	3	4.9	9	14.8	32	52.5	128	209.9
1995	5	8.3	13	21.7	32	53.4	119	198.6
1994	7	11.7	7	11.7	30	50.1	98	163.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	596	916.3	1,098	1688.1	138	212.2	2	3.1
2005	711	1100.2	1,243	1923.3	140	216.6	1	1.5
2004	757	1172.7	1,400	2168.8	172	266.4	2	3.1
2003	668	1044.6	1,067	1668.5	148	231.4	2	3.1
2002	660	1015.2	1,149	1767.3	104	160.0	0	0.0
2001	741	1158.4	1,376	2151.0	45	70.3	0	0.0
2000	679	1079.5	1,319	2097.0	28	44.5	0	0.0
1999	581	941.9	1,206	1955.2	67	108.6	2	3.2
1998	570	932.7	1,230	2012.7	82	134.2	2	3.3
1997	493	797.3	1,087	1757.8	88	142.3	1	1.6
1996	634	1039.5	1,177	1929.8	106	173.8	2	3.3
1995	569	949.5	1,211	2020.8	86	143.5	0	0.0
1994	547	912.7	1,123	1873.9	112	186.9	0	0.0

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