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Newport County Crime Statistics Rhode Island state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,409 crimes in Newport County, Rhode Island. With a population of 81,391, there was 1 crime for every 33.8 people in the county. Out of the 2,409 crimes reported, 2,247 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 162 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	24	29.49
Robbery	28	34.40
Assault	110	135.15
Burglary	492	604.49
Larceny	1,632	2005.14
Vehicle	119	146.21
Arson	4	4.9

The 2007 crime rate was 2,959.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A 10.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,674.8 incidents). There were 199.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 5.2% change (from 185.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 8.7% from (2,489.4) the previous year to 2,760.7 per 100,000 people.

Newport County ranks #4 for violent crimes and #4 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,336 and #2,079 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.

Newport County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	23	27.7	23	27.7	108	130.0
2005	1	1.2	19	22.4	21	24.8	110	129.9
2004	0	0.0	31	35.9	35	40.6	141	163.4
2003	1	1.2	35	40.5	17	19.7	123	142.2
2002	1	1.1	27	31.0	25	28.7	147	168.6
2001	1	1.2	18	20.9	43	49.8	165	191.2
2000	2	2.3	33	38.6	42	49.2	151	176.7
1999	1	1.2	32	38.5	32	38.5	159	191.4
1998	0	0.0	31	37.5	38	46.0	235	284.2
1997	3	3.6	41	48.9	40	47.7	231	275.5
1996	1	1.2	33	39.2	57	67.8	247	293.7
1995	1	1.2	24	28.5	45	53.5	256	304.4
1994	1	1.2	21	24.3	45	52.1	269	311.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	506	609.1	1,456	1752.7	105	126.4	1	1.2
2005	445	525.7	1,641	1938.5	98	115.8	3	3.5
2004	569	659.4	1,669	1934.2	101	117.0	2	2.3
2003	525	606.9	1,784	2062.3	126	145.7	3	3.5
2002	515	590.8	1,937	2221.9	101	115.9	2	2.3
2001	638	739.3	1,902	2204.0	118	136.7	3	3.5
2000	586	685.9	1,922	2249.7	115	134.6	4	4.7
1999	521	627.2	2,028	2441.5	98	118.0	5	6.0
1998	679	821.2	2,116	2559.2	108	130.6	6	7.3
1997	688	820.5	2,365	2820.4	124	147.9	7	8.3
1996	738	877.4	2,254	2679.8	143	170.0	5	5.9
1995	702	834.6	2,383	2833.1	146	173.6	6	7.1
1994	668	773.5	2,061	2386.4	143	165.6	6	6.9

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