Transylvania County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Transylvania County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 693 crimes in Transylvania County, North Carolina. With a population of 30,134, there was 1 crime for every 43.5 people in the county. Out of the 693 crimes reported, 620 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 73 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	13.27
Rape	7	23.23
Robbery	7	23.23
Assault	55	182.52
Burglary	198	657.07
Larceny	369	1224.53
Vehicle	53	175.88
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,299.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A 17.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,955.9 incidents). There were 242.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 7.4% change (from 225.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 18.5% from (1,730.8) the previous year to 2,057.5 per 100,000 people.

Transylvania County ranks #34 for violent crimes and #17 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,594 and #1,526 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.

Transylvania County Criminal Records
Transylvania County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	3	9.9	5	16.5	60	198.6
2005	0	0.0	3	10.0	3	10.0	42	139.9
2004	0	0.0	7	23.4	4	13.4	62	207.5
2003	2	6.7	0	0.0	5	16.8	38	127.5
2002	2	6.6	2	6.6	2	6.6	24	79.2
2001	0	0.0	1	3.4	7	23.5	47	157.5
2000	1	3.4	0	0.0	4	13.6	31	105.7
1999	0	0.0	13	45.0	4	13.9	90	311.7
1998	1	3.5	10	35.3	2	7.1	79	278.8
1997	1	3.5	8	28.3	6	21.2	87	307.3
1996	0	0.0	8	28.7	4	14.3	89	318.8
1995	1	3.6	8	29.2	4	14.6	79	288.0
1994	1	3.7	7	26.0	9	33.4	64	237.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	194	642.0	300	992.8	29	96.0	0	0.0
2005	173	576.4	306	1019.5	32	106.6	1	3.3
2004	205	686.2	373	1248.5	32	107.1	0	0.0
2003	206	691.1	367	1231.2	21	70.5	0	0.0
2002	141	465.0	326	1075.2	20	66.0	0	0.0
2001	177	593.3	327	1096.1	17	57.0	0	0.0
2000	188	640.9	375	1278.4	19	64.8	0	0.0
1999	185	640.7	365	1264.1	24	83.1	0	0.0
1998	229	808.2	473	1669.4	29	102.4	0	0.0
1997	156	551.1	442	1561.3	23	81.2	1	3.5
1996	203	727.1	347	1242.8	27	96.7	0	0.0
1995	229	834.7	278	1013.3	16	58.3	1	3.6
1994	177	657.7	256	951.3	23	85.5	0	0.0

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