Westmoreland County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania

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Westmoreland County Crime Statistics Pennsylvania state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 6,205 crimes in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. With a population of 365,031, there was 1 crime for every 58.8 people in the county. Out of the 6,205 crimes reported, 5,594 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 611 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	7	1.92
Rape	59	16.16
Robbery	99	27.12
Assault	446	122.18
Burglary	1,022	279.98
Larceny	4,269	1169.49
Vehicle	299	81.91
Arson	4	1.1

The 2007 crime rate was 1,699.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 2.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,659.0 incidents). There were 167.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.3% change (from 165.5 incidents). Property crimes changed 1.8% from (1,493.5) the previous year to 1,532.5 per 100,000 people.

Westmoreland County ranks #23 for violent crimes and #20 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,125 and #1,016 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.

Westmoreland County Criminal Records
Westmoreland County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	6	1.6	55	14.9	148	40.2	400	108.7
2005	4	1.1	46	12.5	132	35.7	423	114.5
2004	5	1.4	54	14.6	150	40.6	489	132.3
2003	3	0.8	50	13.5	132	35.7	525	142.1
2002	6	1.6	55	14.8	143	38.5	392	105.5
2001	10	2.7	61	16.5	119	32.1	531	143.4
2000	4	1.1	37	10.0	80	21.6	480	129.7
1999	9	2.4	44	11.8	97	26.1	586	157.6
1998	4	1.1	54	14.4	92	24.6	647	173.0
1997	5	1.3	54	14.4	103	27.4	541	144.1
1996	5	1.3	60	15.9	105	27.9	530	140.8
1995	10	2.7	65	17.2	115	30.5	561	148.8
1994	4	1.1	57	15.2	122	32.4	530	140.9

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,105	300.3	4,082	1109.3	304	82.6	5	1.4
2005	1,216	329.2	4,446	1203.6	397	107.5	6	1.6
2004	1,235	334.3	4,622	1251.0	456	123.4	5	1.4
2003	1,173	317.6	4,746	1284.9	467	126.4	6	1.6
2002	1,149	309.2	4,267	1148.1	495	133.2	6	1.6
2001	1,018	275.0	4,006	1082.1	396	107.0	6	1.6
2000	934	252.4	4,319	1167.2	416	112.4	10	2.7
1999	929	249.8	4,125	1109.3	413	111.1	8	2.2
1998	1,014	271.1	4,058	1084.8	483	129.1	9	2.4
1997	1,065	283.7	4,379	1166.5	562	149.7	9	2.4
1996	1,285	341.3	4,377	1162.4	546	145.0	9	2.4
1995	1,224	324.6	4,171	1106.2	528	140.0	11	2.9
1994	1,162	309.0	4,082	1085.5	478	127.1	11	2.9

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