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Kent County Crime Statistics Rhode Island state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,284 crimes in Kent County, Rhode Island. With a population of 168,494, there was 1 crime for every 39.3 people in the county. Out of the 4,284 crimes reported, 4,068 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 216 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	1.19
Rape	40	23.74
Robbery	42	24.93
Assault	132	78.34
Burglary	594	352.53
Larceny	3,237	1921.14
Vehicle	235	139.47
Arson	2	1.2

The 2007 crime rate was 2,542.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 8.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,354.6 incidents). There were 128.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -13.3% change (from 146.3 incidents). Property crimes changed 8.2% from (2,208.3) the previous year to 2,414.3 per 100,000 people.

Kent County ranks #3 for violent crimes and #3 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #840 and #1,824 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.

Kent County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	2.9	59	34.7	64	37.6	121	71.1
2005	4	2.3	42	24.5	41	23.9	155	90.4
2004	0	0.0	43	25.0	43	25.0	184	107.0
2003	1	0.6	70	40.8	43	25.1	160	93.3
2002	6	3.5	42	24.6	55	32.3	186	109.1
2001	2	1.2	43	25.5	45	26.7	169	100.1
2000	0	0.0	40	23.9	55	32.9	211	126.3
1999	0	0.0	36	22.2	34	21.0	205	126.4
1998	1	0.6	30	18.5	41	25.3	391	241.5
1997	4	2.5	30	18.6	37	23.0	693	430.0
1996	4	2.5	44	27.2	43	26.6	695	429.9
1995	1	0.6	23	14.2	34	21.0	730	451.6
1994	2	1.2	25	15.4	44	27.2	624	385.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	611	358.9	2,840	1668.4	304	178.6	4	2.3
2005	567	330.8	2,932	1710.5	459	267.8	5	2.9
2004	560	325.6	3,142	1826.7	315	183.1	8	4.7
2003	599	349.2	3,027	1764.8	261	152.2	7	4.1
2002	765	448.7	3,280	1923.7	410	240.5	6	3.5
2001	807	478.1	3,470	2055.9	365	216.3	7	4.1
2000	694	415.3	3,255	1948.1	325	194.5	6	3.6
1999	642	395.8	3,469	2138.8	319	196.7	6	3.7
1998	696	429.9	3,322	2051.8	367	226.7	6	3.7
1997	831	515.6	3,639	2257.9	385	238.9	4	2.5
1996	894	553.0	3,881	2400.7	440	272.2	5	3.1
1995	1,019	630.3	4,134	2557.2	489	302.5	7	4.3
1994	856	528.9	3,910	2416.0	640	395.5	5	3.1

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