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Berkeley County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 6,534 crimes in Berkeley County, South Carolina. With a population of 146,763, there was 1 crime for every 22.5 people in the county. Out of the 6,534 crimes reported, 5,662 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 872 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	12	8.18
Rape	49	33.39
Robbery	177	120.60
Assault	634	431.99
Burglary	1,369	932.80
Larceny	3,664	2496.54
Vehicle	620	422.45
Arson	9	6.1

The 2007 crime rate was 4,452.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A 1.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,371.7 incidents). There were 594.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.6% change (from 652.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.9% from (3,719.6) the previous year to 3,857.9 per 100,000 people.

Berkeley County ranks #13 for violent crimes and #25 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,578 and #2,588 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.

Berkeley County Criminal Records
Berkeley County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	19	12.8	70	47.3	211	142.6	665	449.3
2005	9	6.1	71	48.4	180	122.8	652	444.9
2004	2	1.4	62	43.0	110	76.3	613	425.4
2003	15	10.5	83	57.9	140	97.7	575	401.3
2002	11	7.6	72	50.0	143	99.4	691	480.1
2001	10	7.0	62	43.5	144	101.1	880	618.1
2000	10	7.1	61	43.4	134	95.3	784	557.7
1999	7	5.1	78	56.4	128	92.5	840	607.3
1998	7	5.1	62	45.2	105	76.6	817	596.2
1997	10	7.0	82	57.6	91	63.9	782	548.9
1996	6	4.3	62	44.2	93	66.4	558	398.1
1995	3	2.2	64	46.0	102	73.3	549	394.5
1994	5	3.6	67	48.4	92	66.4	571	412.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,463	988.5	3,354	2266.2	678	458.1	10	6.8
2005	1,367	932.7	3,239	2210.0	671	457.8	6	4.1
2004	1,206	836.9	3,204	2223.3	454	315.0	2	1.4
2003	1,132	790.1	2,869	2002.5	495	345.5	2	1.4
2002	1,393	967.9	3,322	2308.3	662	460.0	2	1.4
2001	1,353	950.3	3,467	2435.2	571	401.1	6	4.2
2000	1,277	908.4	3,506	2493.9	583	414.7	4	2.8
1999	1,074	776.5	3,003	2171.1	491	355.0	4	2.9
1998	1,361	993.2	3,233	2359.4	611	445.9	3	2.2
1997	1,492	1047.3	3,471	2436.4	519	364.3	2	1.4
1996	1,389	991.0	3,576	2551.4	463	330.3	3	2.1
1995	1,353	972.1	3,538	2542.1	412	296.0	4	2.9
1994	1,307	943.8	3,435	2480.5	404	291.7	2	1.4

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