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Philadelphia County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 82,984 crimes in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,435,533, there was 1 crime for every 17.3 people in the county. Out of the 82,984 crimes reported, 61,800 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 21,184 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	392	27.31
Rape	956	66.60
Robbery	10,258	714.58
Assault	9,578	667.21
Burglary	11,524	802.77
Larceny	39,172	2728.74
Vehicle	11,104	773.51
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 5,780.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -1.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,837.8 incidents). There were 1,475.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -7.4% change (from 1,562.5 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.3% from (4,275.3) the previous year to 4,305.0 per 100,000 people.

Philadelphia County ranks #67 for violent crimes and #67 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,846 and #2,700 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	407	27.8	960	65.5	10,971	749.1	10,546	720.1
2005	377	25.6	1024	69.5	10,069	683.6	10,139	688.4
2004	330	22.2	1001	67.4	9,757	657.4	9,820	661.6
2003	348	23.3	1004	67.1	9,617	642.9	9,651	645.2
2002	288	18.9	1035	67.9	8,869	581.9	9,865	647.2
2001	309	20.4	1014	66.8	9,604	632.5	10,484	690.5
2000	319	21.0	1021	67.3	10,425	687.0	11,047	727.9
1999	292	20.3	934	65.1	11,106	773.7	10,703	745.7
1998	338	23.3	752	51.9	11,436	789.0	8,704	600.5
1997	418	27.4	650	42.6	11,938	783.1	6,200	406.7
1996	420	27.5	644	42.1	13,188	862.9	5,938	388.5
1995	432	28.2	773	50.5	13,613	889.8	7,043	460.4
1994	404	25.9	721	46.2	12,706	814.2	6,809	436.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	11,542	788.1	39,418	2691.4	11,655	795.8	0	0.0
2005	10,960	744.1	38,040	2582.6	11,420	775.3	0	0.0
2004	10,536	709.9	37,814	2547.7	12,587	848.1	0	0.0
2003	10,656	712.3	37,867	2531.4	13,934	931.5	0	0.0
2002	11,244	737.7	38,797	2545.4	13,304	872.8	0	0.0
2001	11,629	765.9	45,320	2984.9	15,528	1022.7	0	0.0
2000	12,091	796.7	46,954	3094.1	16,147	1064.0	258	17.0
1999	14,044	978.4	49,882	3475.2	17,712	1234.0	309	21.5
1998	15,438	1065.1	49,897	3442.6	19,523	1347.0	287	19.8
1997	13,951	915.2	40,034	2626.2	22,536	1478.3	313	20.5
1996	13,723	897.9	40,391	2642.7	20,271	1326.3	268	17.5
1995	16,167	1056.8	46,337	3028.9	23,809	1556.3	223	14.6
1994	14,111	904.2	40,396	2588.5	25,282	1620.0	250	16.0

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