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Benton County Crime Statistics Oregon state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,524 crimes in Benton County, Oregon. With a population of 73,381, there was 1 crime for every 29.1 people in the county. Out of the 2,524 crimes reported, 2,412 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 112 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	2.73
Rape	21	28.62
Robbery	16	21.80
Assault	73	99.48
Burglary	417	568.27
Larceny	1,884	2567.42
Vehicle	109	148.54
Arson	2	2.7

The 2007 crime rate was 3,439.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -14.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,008.7 incidents). There were 152.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -8.9% change (from 165.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -15.4% from (3,842.8) the previous year to 3,287.0 per 100,000 people.

Benton County ranks #13 for violent crimes and #26 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,024 and #2,373 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.

Benton County Criminal Records
Benton County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	17	22.9	22	29.7	84	113.3
2005	1	1.3	15	20.1	23	30.8	70	93.6
2004	1	1.3	28	37.5	29	38.9	87	116.6
2003	0	0.0	16	21.6	31	41.8	72	97.1
2002	0	0.0	20	26.6	28	37.2	94	125.0
2001	1	1.3	11	14.8	31	41.8	105	141.6
2000	0	0.0	23	31.5	25	34.2	142	194.4
1999	1	1.3	17	21.6	25	31.8	146	185.8
1998	0	0.0	24	31.0	26	33.6	90	116.2
1997	0	0.0	22	28.1	21	26.8	48	61.3
1996	1	1.3	17	22.0	27	34.9	104	134.5
1995	2	2.6	30	39.6	29	38.2	71	93.6
1994	3	4.0	23	30.9	32	42.9	68	91.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	409	551.5	2,319	3126.9	119	160.5	3	4.0
2005	418	558.9	2,446	3270.7	163	218.0	3	4.0
2004	522	699.7	2,412	3233.1	179	239.9	2	2.7
2003	617	832.5	2,188	2952.2	184	248.3	2	2.7
2002	473	629.1	2,318	3083.0	141	187.5	3	4.0
2001	474	639.3	2,374	3201.7	144	194.2	2	2.7
2000	638	873.4	2,639	3612.6	134	183.4	1	1.4
1999	493	627.5	2,252	2866.4	117	148.9	2	2.5
1998	440	568.0	2,079	2683.8	140	180.7	4	5.2
1997	540	689.8	2,709	3460.7	181	231.2	2	2.6
1996	539	696.9	2,498	3229.9	140	181.0	2	2.6
1995	623	821.7	2,861	3773.5	173	228.2	4	5.3
1994	580	778.2	2,951	3959.6	186	249.6	5	6.7

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