Cherokee County Crime Statistics South Carolina

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Cherokee County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,022 crimes in Cherokee County, South Carolina. With a population of 54,566, there was 1 crime for every 18.1 people in the county. Out of the 3,022 crimes reported, 2,691 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 331 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	3.67
Rape	10	18.33
Robbery	68	124.62
Assault	251	459.99
Burglary	721	1321.34
Larceny	1,811	3318.92
Vehicle	159	291.39
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 5,538.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,652.8 incidents). There were 606.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.8% change (from 671.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.2% from (4,981.6) the previous year to 4,931.6 per 100,000 people.

Cherokee County ranks #16 for violent crimes and #36 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,595 and #2,810 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.

Cherokee County Criminal Records
Cherokee County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	1.8	28	51.2	69	126.2	269	491.9
2005	5	9.2	38	69.7	43	78.9	319	585.2
2004	5	9.2	36	66.4	59	108.8	275	507.3
2003	3	5.6	28	51.8	47	87.0	279	516.2
2002	4	7.4	21	39.0	53	98.5	249	463.0
2001	2	3.8	16	30.1	64	120.3	280	526.3
2000	6	11.4	19	36.2	62	118.0	355	675.7
1999	1	2.0	23	46.2	98	196.8	388	779.0
1998	5	10.1	15	30.4	55	111.5	428	867.6
1997	5	10.4	24	50.1	69	143.9	462	963.5
1996	7	14.8	17	36.0	61	129.3	515	1091.7
1995	3	6.4	12	25.6	68	145.2	504	1075.9
1994	6	12.9	21	45.3	71	153.1	373	804.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	591	1080.8	1,912	3496.6	220	402.3	1	1.8
2005	537	985.1	1,952	3580.9	180	330.2	3	5.5
2004	635	1171.3	2,249	4148.5	154	284.1	1	1.8
2003	538	995.5	1,900	3515.6	150	277.5	0	0.0
2002	639	1188.1	1,447	2690.4	157	291.9	0	0.0
2001	539	1013.1	1,654	3108.7	132	248.1	1	1.9
2000	410	780.4	1,461	2780.9	105	199.9	1	1.9
1999	474	951.7	1,559	3130.0	124	249.0	0	0.0
1998	521	1056.1	1,529	3099.3	143	289.9	1	2.0
1997	578	1205.4	1,448	3019.8	208	433.8	2	4.2
1996	504	1068.4	1,247	2643.4	144	305.3	1	2.1
1995	525	1120.7	1,082	2309.8	142	303.1	2	4.3
1994	605	1304.7	1,087	2344.2	124	267.4	1	2.2

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