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Lehigh County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 11,518 crimes in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 329,439, there was 1 crime for every 28.6 people in the county. Out of the 11,518 crimes reported, 10,369 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,149 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	22	6.68
Rape	44	13.36
Robbery	647	196.39
Assault	436	132.35
Burglary	1,945	590.40
Larceny	7,690	2334.27
Vehicle	727	220.68
Arson	7	2.1

The 2007 crime rate was 3,496.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -11.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,948.2 incidents). There were 348.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -21.9% change (from 457.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -7.6% from (3,490.5) the previous year to 3,147.5 per 100,000 people.

Lehigh County ranks #57 for violent crimes and #66 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,060 and #2,301 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	18	5.6	74	23.0	813	253.0	566	176.1
2005	23	7.3	82	26.0	632	200.7	517	164.2
2004	17	5.5	92	29.8	433	140.1	509	164.6
2003	14	4.6	93	30.4	440	143.9	496	162.2
2002	12	4.0	91	30.2	365	121.3	514	170.8
2001	13	4.4	71	24.2	363	123.8	541	184.5
2000	12	4.1	66	22.5	422	144.0	537	183.2
1999	15	5.3	65	23.1	427	152.0	460	163.8
1998	18	6.5	77	27.7	472	169.6	447	160.6
1997	14	5.0	78	28.1	472	170.1	443	159.7
1996	7	2.5	70	25.2	419	150.6	475	170.7
1995	14	5.0	66	23.7	472	169.4	473	169.7
1994	13	4.7	75	27.0	447	160.9	569	204.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,067	643.1	8,447	2628.3	697	216.9	7	2.2
2005	1,987	631.0	7,891	2506.1	692	219.8	10	3.2
2004	1,991	644.0	8,043	2601.5	726	234.8	7	2.3
2003	1,783	583.0	7,675	2509.5	939	307.0	9	2.9
2002	1,819	604.6	7,083	2354.2	763	253.6	12	4.0
2001	1,659	565.8	6,352	2166.4	763	260.2	7	2.4
2000	2,007	684.8	7,000	2388.6	836	285.3	9	3.1
1999	1,790	637.4	6,917	2463.0	902	321.2	7	2.5
1998	2,203	791.7	7,066	2539.4	836	300.4	9	3.2
1997	2,083	750.7	7,744	2791.1	1,037	373.8	9	3.2
1996	2,388	858.1	8,848	3179.3	926	332.7	10	3.6
1995	2,215	794.8	7,950	2852.8	917	329.1	8	2.9
1994	2,476	891.3	7,892	2841.0	773	278.3	7	2.5

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