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Northampton County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 6,619 crimes in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 313,571, there was 1 crime for every 47.4 people in the county. Out of the 6,619 crimes reported, 6,048 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 571 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	12	3.83
Rape	50	15.95
Robbery	180	57.40
Assault	329	104.92
Burglary	809	258.00
Larceny	4,905	1564.24
Vehicle	330	105.24
Arson	4	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 2,110.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -6.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,258.6 incidents). There were 182.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -14.8% change (from 218.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -3.6% from (2,040.7) the previous year to 1,928.7 per 100,000 people.

Northampton County ranks #26 for violent crimes and #40 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,233 and #1,388 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	9	2.9	67	21.8	174	56.6	420	136.6
2005	7	2.3	54	17.9	180	59.5	475	157.1
2004	3	1.0	61	20.4	147	49.3	311	104.2
2003	2	0.7	49	16.7	142	48.4	252	86.0
2002	6	2.1	71	24.7	145	50.5	347	120.8
2001	13	4.5	49	17.1	141	49.3	373	130.3
2000	5	1.7	37	12.9	151	52.8	349	122.0
1999	5	1.8	43	15.5	172	62.1	410	148.1
1998	4	1.4	30	10.9	88	31.9	279	101.1
1997	9	3.3	55	20.1	173	63.2	376	137.3
1996	4	1.5	32	11.6	164	59.7	392	142.7
1995	9	3.3	31	11.3	86	31.3	270	98.1
1994	3	1.1	29	10.6	74	27.1	223	81.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	853	277.5	4,935	1605.4	480	156.1	5	1.6
2005	889	293.9	4,989	1649.6	437	144.5	3	1.0
2004	836	280.2	4,261	1428.1	398	133.4	3	1.0
2003	724	247.0	3,684	1256.7	325	110.9	2	0.7
2002	686	238.7	3,808	1325.2	278	96.7	4	1.4
2001	811	283.3	3,902	1363.2	296	103.4	3	1.0
2000	838	292.9	3,955	1382.4	317	110.8	3	1.0
1999	987	356.5	4,791	1730.6	333	120.3	1	0.4
1998	745	270.1	3,881	1406.9	256	92.8	2	0.7
1997	1,009	368.4	4,858	1773.6	358	130.7	3	1.1
1996	996	362.5	4,860	1768.9	363	132.1	3	1.1
1995	931	338.4	4,303	1564.0	223	81.1	2	0.7
1994	928	339.7	4,076	1492.0	226	82.7	2	0.7

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