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Columbia County Crime Statistics Oregon state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 686 crimes in Columbia County, Oregon. With a population of 50,078, there was 1 crime for every 73.0 people in the county. Out of the 686 crimes reported, 661 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 25 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	3.99
Rape	1	2.00
Robbery	5	9.98
Assault	17	33.95
Burglary	107	213.67
Larceny	516	1030.39
Vehicle	37	73.88
Arson	1	2.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,369.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,400.1 incidents). There were 49.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -50.0% change (from 102.3 incidents). Property crimes changed 4.3% from (1,297.8) the previous year to 1,319.9 per 100,000 people.

Columbia County ranks #1 for violent crimes and #2 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #237 and #812 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.

Columbia County Criminal Records
Columbia County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	2.0	8	16.4	6	12.3	35	71.6
2005	0	0.0	8	16.8	1	2.1	50	105.1
2004	0	0.0	3	6.4	8	17.1	25	53.5
2003	0	0.0	8	17.5	6	13.1	12	26.2
2002	0	0.0	4	8.9	6	13.4	10	22.3
2001	1	2.3	10	22.6	5	11.3	6	13.6
2000	1	2.3	11	25.3	3	6.9	15	34.4
1999	1	2.2	7	15.6	5	11.1	10	22.3
1998	0	0.0	6	13.6	4	9.0	15	33.9
1997	0	0.0	6	14.0	10	23.3	16	37.3
1996	1	2.4	5	11.8	4	9.4	30	70.7
1995	1	2.4	5	12.0	10	24.0	30	72.1
1994	0	0.0	7	17.2	7	17.2	22	54.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	112	229.3	478	978.4	43	88.0	1	2.0
2005	137	287.9	546	1147.6	46	96.7	1	2.1
2004	133	284.7	592	1267.2	47	100.6	0	0.0
2003	125	272.9	496	1082.9	45	98.2	1	2.2
2002	270	602.2	738	1646.0	87	194.0	1	2.2
2001	282	637.8	792	1791.2	100	226.2	2	4.5
2000	257	590.0	850	1951.3	83	190.5	1	2.3
1999	192	427.8	639	1423.8	58	129.2	0	0.0
1998	238	537.5	842	1901.7	97	219.1	1	2.3
1997	258	600.7	803	1869.7	47	109.4	1	2.3
1996	262	617.4	717	1689.6	80	188.5	2	4.7
1995	239	574.4	763	1833.9	99	237.9	1	2.4
1994	279	684.2	656	1608.8	66	161.9	1	2.5

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