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Charleston County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 18,933 crimes in Charleston County, South Carolina. With a population of 349,276, there was 1 crime for every 18.4 people in the county. Out of the 18,933 crimes reported, 15,416 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 3,517 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	47	13.46
Rape	184	52.68
Robbery	1,001	286.59
Assault	2,285	654.21
Burglary	2,911	833.44
Larceny	10,682	3058.33
Vehicle	1,816	519.93
Arson	7	2.0

The 2007 crime rate was 5,420.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -5.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,724.9 incidents). There were 1,006.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.5% change (from 986.6 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.5% from (4,738.3) the previous year to 4,413.7 per 100,000 people.

Charleston County ranks #36 for violent crimes and #31 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,811 and #2,724 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	54	15.7	186	54.0	873	253.5	2,285	663.4
2005	26	7.7	182	53.7	911	268.6	2,340	690.1
2004	19	5.7	162	48.9	735	221.7	2,488	750.3
2003	32	9.8	179	55.0	805	247.3	2,282	700.9
2002	37	11.5	188	58.4	825	256.3	2,135	663.2
2001	30	9.4	188	59.0	818	256.9	2,123	666.6
2000	18	5.7	169	53.7	730	232.1	1,732	550.8
1999	22	6.9	198	61.8	717	223.7	2,222	693.1
1998	16	5.5	191	65.7	711	244.7	1,995	686.6
1997	37	12.3	208	69.0	898	298.1	2,481	823.6
1996	32	10.8	191	64.5	961	324.3	2,781	938.4
1995	24	8.2	174	59.1	951	323.2	2,622	891.0
1994	41	13.2	189	61.0	782	252.5	2,503	808.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,036	881.5	11,238	3262.8	2,040	592.3	6	1.7
2005	3,164	933.0	11,651	3435.8	1,975	582.4	5	1.5
2004	3,094	933.1	11,852	3574.2	1,739	524.4	5	1.5
2003	3,432	1054.2	11,842	3637.4	2,038	626.0	8	2.5
2002	3,335	1035.9	13,190	4097.2	2,751	854.5	7	2.2
2001	3,554	1116.0	13,433	4218.0	2,502	785.6	9	2.8
2000	2,959	941.0	14,346	4562.0	2,415	768.0	7	2.2
1999	3,430	1069.9	13,937	4347.3	2,144	668.8	7	2.2
1998	3,531	1215.2	14,747	5075.2	2,404	827.3	6	2.1
1997	4,085	1356.1	16,339	5424.0	2,370	786.8	7	2.3
1996	4,469	1508.0	15,892	5362.6	2,409	812.9	6	2.0
1995	4,035	1371.2	15,732	5346.1	2,622	891.0	5	1.7
1994	3,974	1283.1	13,850	4471.7	2,129	687.4	4	1.3

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