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Delaware County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 15,719 crimes in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 555,072, there was 1 crime for every 35.3 people in the county. Out of the 15,719 crimes reported, 12,871 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 2,848 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	41	7.39
Rape	97	17.48
Robbery	802	144.49
Assault	1,908	343.74
Burglary	2,003	360.85
Larceny	9,775	1761.03
Vehicle	1,086	195.65
Arson	7	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 2,831.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 1.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,796.4 incidents). There were 513.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -1.5% change (from 519.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 1.7% from (2,276.8) the previous year to 2,318.8 per 100,000 people.

Delaware County ranks #63 for violent crimes and #56 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,469 and #1,745 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.

Delaware County Criminal Records
Delaware County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	24	4.3	124	22.3	842	151.4	1,900	341.6
2005	37	6.7	105	18.9	691	124.3	1,800	323.7
2004	33	5.9	102	18.3	618	111.1	1,739	312.6
2003	16	2.9	133	24.0	554	99.9	1,563	281.7
2002	21	3.8	127	23.0	498	90.0	1,550	280.1
2001	27	4.9	99	18.0	509	92.4	1,524	276.5
2000	27	4.9	112	20.3	608	110.4	1,889	342.9
1999	26	4.8	156	28.8	630	116.2	1,940	357.8
1998	19	3.5	131	24.2	665	122.7	2,169	400.1
1997	22	4.0	133	24.3	662	121.1	2,233	408.3
1996	15	2.7	138	25.2	902	164.4	2,293	418.0
1995	33	6.0	143	26.0	992	180.6	2,345	426.9
1994	30	5.4	144	26.1	1,025	185.7	2,213	400.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,914	344.2	9,502	1708.6	1,240	223.0	6	1.1
2005	1,794	322.6	7,855	1412.6	1,230	221.2	9	1.6
2004	1,730	311.0	7,956	1430.3	1,229	220.9	7	1.3
2003	1,595	287.5	7,534	1358.0	1,435	258.7	9	1.6
2002	1,473	266.2	7,939	1434.9	1,414	255.6	9	1.6
2001	1,465	265.8	8,495	1541.4	1,464	265.6	8	1.5
2000	1,580	286.8	9,156	1662.1	1,611	292.4	13	2.4
1999	1,765	325.5	9,810	1809.1	1,818	335.3	17	3.1
1998	1,986	366.3	10,028	1849.7	2,204	406.5	17	3.1
1997	1,710	312.7	8,667	1584.9	2,418	442.2	17	3.1
1996	2,140	390.1	10,666	1944.6	2,782	507.2	16	2.9
1995	2,509	456.8	11,465	2087.4	2,546	463.5	20	3.6
1994	2,206	399.6	10,263	1859.0	2,653	480.6	17	3.1

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