Dauphin County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania

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Dauphin County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 8,136 crimes in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 253,844, there was 1 crime for every 31.2 people in the county. Out of the 8,136 crimes reported, 6,761 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,375 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	17	6.70
Rape	99	39.00
Robbery	588	231.64
Assault	671	264.34
Burglary	1,208	475.88
Larceny	5,203	2049.68
Vehicle	341	134.33
Arson	9	3.5

The 2007 crime rate was 3,205.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,351.8 incidents). There were 541.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.2% change (from 529.1 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.8% from (2,822.8) the previous year to 2,663.4 per 100,000 people.

Dauphin County ranks #65 for violent crimes and #63 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,516 and #2,015 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	11	4.3	106	41.7	603	237.2	625	245.9
2005	15	5.9	110	43.3	634	249.8	536	211.2
2004	14	5.5	91	35.8	503	197.9	527	207.3
2003	9	3.5	70	27.6	489	192.9	472	186.2
2002	17	6.7	85	33.6	467	184.7	444	175.6
2001	13	5.2	92	36.5	490	194.5	540	214.4
2000	14	5.6	75	29.8	403	160.0	419	166.4
1999	6	2.4	97	39.5	360	146.7	605	246.5
1998	8	3.3	97	39.5	451	183.8	525	213.9
1997	12	4.9	95	38.8	620	253.2	496	202.5
1996	15	6.1	112	45.6	592	241.0	504	205.2
1995	26	10.6	91	37.0	634	257.8	703	285.8
1994	24	9.9	110	45.2	745	306.4	802	329.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,309	514.9	5,525	2173.3	335	131.8	7	2.8
2005	1,408	554.9	5,701	2246.6	371	146.2	6	2.4
2004	1,277	502.3	5,379	2115.8	368	144.8	7	2.8
2003	1,269	500.5	4,821	1901.4	355	140.0	8	3.2
2002	1,125	444.8	4,939	1952.9	301	119.0	7	2.8
2001	1,201	476.7	5,127	2035.1	353	140.1	21	8.3
2000	1,245	494.4	5,775	2293.5	592	235.1	3	1.2
1999	1,081	440.5	5,951	2424.8	509	207.4	4	1.6
1998	1,395	568.5	6,552	2669.9	588	239.6	1	0.4
1997	1,596	651.8	6,868	2804.7	786	321.0	2	0.8
1996	1,608	654.7	6,836	2783.1	1,121	456.4	2	0.8
1995	1,805	733.9	7,587	3084.6	1,249	507.8	6	2.4
1994	1,854	762.5	6,500	2673.2	1,019	419.1	6	2.5

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