Lackawanna County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania

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Lackawanna County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,630 crimes in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 208,725, there was 1 crime for every 45.1 people in the county. Out of the 4,630 crimes reported, 4,194 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 436 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	0.96
Rape	37	17.73
Robbery	129	61.80
Assault	268	128.40
Burglary	769	368.43
Larceny	3,157	1512.52
Vehicle	260	124.57
Arson	8	3.8

The 2007 crime rate was 2,218.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,357.1 incidents). There were 208.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -20.0% change (from 259.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.6% from (2,097.2) the previous year to 2,009.3 per 100,000 people.

Lackawanna County ranks #40 for violent crimes and #43 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,396 and #1,474 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	0	0.0	48	22.9	132	62.9	365	174.0
2005	4	1.9	79	37.6	112	53.3	472	224.4
2004	4	1.9	67	31.7	133	63.0	347	164.3
2003	5	2.4	54	25.6	128	60.6	250	118.4
2002	1	0.5	50	23.3	115	53.7	139	64.9
2001	2	0.9	46	21.6	88	41.2	233	109.2
2000	2	0.9	41	19.2	138	64.7	278	130.3
1999	3	1.4	25	12.0	34	16.3	173	83.0
1998	1	0.5	23	10.9	18	8.6	235	111.8
1997	2	0.9	23	10.7	20	9.3	269	124.9
1996	4	1.9	35	16.2	100	46.3	292	135.2
1995	1	0.5	11	5.1	13	6.0	141	65.2
1994	2	0.9	53	24.3	108	49.4	246	112.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	926	441.6	3,188	1520.2	278	132.6	6	2.9
2005	924	439.3	2,933	1394.5	280	133.1	7	3.3
2004	713	337.7	2,853	1351.2	296	140.2	5	2.4
2003	753	356.5	2,659	1258.8	300	142.0	4	1.9
2002	671	313.2	2,514	1173.5	250	116.7	2	0.9
2001	599	280.7	2,432	1139.6	306	143.4	4	1.9
2000	570	267.2	2,924	1370.9	294	137.8	2	0.9
1999	363	174.2	1,465	703.2	131	62.9	3	1.4
1998	367	174.7	1,330	632.9	108	51.4	3	1.4
1997	395	183.4	1,391	645.8	123	57.1	2	0.9
1996	664	307.3	3,255	1506.6	374	173.1	2	0.9
1995	313	144.7	1,198	553.7	105	48.5	3	1.4
1994	692	316.7	2,979	1363.4	384	175.8	8	3.7

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