Wake County Crime Statistics North Carolina

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Wake County Crime Statistics North Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 25,972 crimes in Wake County, North Carolina. With a population of 818,766, there was 1 crime for every 31.5 people in the county. Out of the 25,972 crimes reported, 23,112 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,860 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	33	4.03
Rape	163	19.91
Robbery	1,062	129.71
Assault	1,602	195.66
Burglary	5,499	671.62
Larceny	15,939	1946.71
Vehicle	1,663	203.11
Arson	11	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 3,172.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,319.2 incidents). There were 349.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -3.2% change (from 386.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.1% from (2,932.5) the previous year to 2,822.8 per 100,000 people.

Wake County ranks #60 for violent crimes and #40 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,064 and #2,124 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	25	3.3	166	21.7	951	124.4	1,814	237.3
2005	23	3.1	164	22.4	927	126.6	1,529	208.9
2004	23	3.3	151	21.4	841	119.0	1,478	209.1
2003	22	3.2	143	20.9	927	135.8	1,528	223.8
2002	21	3.2	152	23.4	859	132.4	1,505	231.9
2001	16	2.5	127	19.9	1,027	160.8	1,681	263.3
2000	33	5.3	121	19.3	920	146.5	1,477	235.2
1999	26	4.5	143	24.7	868	150.0	1,561	269.8
1998	30	5.4	170	30.3	954	170.2	1,591	283.8
1997	35	6.7	150	28.9	902	173.8	1,879	362.0
1996	34	6.6	133	26.0	902	176.2	1,756	343.0
1995	26	5.2	154	30.6	796	158.3	1,707	339.4
1994	38	8.0	135	28.6	992	209.8	1,678	354.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	5,566	728.1	15,262	1996.4	1,579	206.5	11	1.4
2005	5,227	714.0	14,667	2003.6	1,501	205.0	13	1.8
2004	4,656	658.7	14,647	2072.2	1,533	216.9	11	1.6
2003	5,417	793.5	16,769	2456.4	1,818	266.3	11	1.6
2002	6,034	929.8	17,620	2715.0	1,896	292.1	15	2.3
2001	6,322	990.1	18,431	2886.4	2,041	319.6	19	3.0
2000	6,220	990.7	18,316	2917.3	1,989	316.8	15	2.4
1999	5,582	964.9	18,193	3144.9	1,917	331.4	17	2.9
1998	5,420	966.9	17,128	3055.4	1,888	336.8	17	3.0
1997	5,859	1128.9	18,547	3573.5	1,930	371.9	17	3.3
1996	5,128	1001.8	17,545	3427.4	1,996	389.9	16	3.1
1995	5,638	1121.0	17,026	3385.2	1,724	342.8	17	3.4
1994	5,787	1224.1	15,861	3354.9	1,459	308.6	24	5.1

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