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Erie County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 6,802 crimes in Erie County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 278,948, there was 1 crime for every 41.0 people in the county. Out of the 6,802 crimes reported, 5,998 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 804 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	1.79
Rape	118	42.30
Robbery	313	112.21
Assault	368	131.92
Burglary	1,513	542.39
Larceny	4,195	1503.86
Vehicle	284	101.81
Arson	6	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 2,438.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 3.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,360.2 incidents). There were 288.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -2.5% change (from 293.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.4% from (2,066.3) the previous year to 2,150.2 per 100,000 people.

Erie County ranks #51 for violent crimes and #48 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,835 and #1,606 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.

Erie County Criminal Records
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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	4	1.4	114	40.6	309	110.1	398	141.8
2005	8	2.8	118	41.7	246	87.0	364	128.7
2004	1	0.4	107	38.1	264	94.0	355	126.4
2003	6	2.1	116	41.3	227	80.8	336	119.5
2002	7	2.5	115	40.8	240	85.1	400	141.8
2001	9	3.2	100	35.6	258	91.8	330	117.4
2000	6	2.1	100	35.6	268	95.4	360	128.2
1999	7	2.5	93	33.7	280	101.4	305	110.4
1998	6	2.2	95	34.1	346	124.0	435	155.9
1997	7	2.5	93	33.3	400	143.1	448	160.3
1996	9	3.2	101	36.0	371	132.3	401	143.0
1995	7	2.5	83	29.6	381	135.7	419	149.2
1994	9	3.2	108	38.4	434	154.5	473	168.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,411	502.7	4,080	1453.5	304	108.3	5	1.8
2005	1,252	442.6	4,172	1474.8	275	97.2	5	1.8
2004	1,471	523.7	4,784	1703.2	291	103.6	4	1.4
2003	1,462	520.2	4,527	1610.7	288	102.5	5	1.8
2002	1,468	520.4	4,561	1616.9	330	117.0	6	2.1
2001	1,405	500.0	5,628	2003.0	373	132.7	7	2.5
2000	1,249	444.7	5,180	1844.4	383	136.4	7	2.5
1999	1,369	495.6	5,080	1839.0	435	157.5	7	2.5
1998	1,768	633.8	5,605	2009.3	519	186.0	11	3.9
1997	2,020	722.6	6,179	2210.3	688	246.1	10	3.6
1996	1,848	659.1	6,566	2341.7	615	219.3	7	2.5
1995	1,751	623.6	6,213	2212.8	628	223.7	7	2.5
1994	1,844	656.4	6,002	2136.5	633	225.3	10	3.6

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