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Colleton County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,353 crimes in Colleton County, South Carolina. With a population of 39,999, there was 1 crime for every 17.0 people in the county. Out of the 2,353 crimes reported, 1,924 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 429 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	5	12.50
Rape	13	32.50
Robbery	71	177.50
Assault	340	850.02
Burglary	447	1117.53
Larceny	1,266	3165.08
Vehicle	208	520.01
Arson	3	7.5

The 2007 crime rate was 5,882.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A 11.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,285.8 incidents). There were 1,072.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 22.9% change (from 867.7 incidents). Property crimes changed 8.3% from (4,418.1) the previous year to 4,810.1 per 100,000 people.

Colleton County ranks #40 for violent crimes and #33 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,820 and #2,788 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.

Colleton County Criminal Records
Colleton County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	5.0	15	37.3	37	92.0	295	733.4
2005	6	15.0	19	47.3	41	102.2	279	695.2
2004	3	7.6	17	42.9	33	83.2	298	751.5
2003	4	10.2	11	28.1	55	140.4	334	852.4
2002	2	5.1	27	68.9	53	135.3	301	768.4
2001	8	20.6	12	31.0	35	90.3	356	918.7
2000	1	2.6	15	39.2	47	122.8	359	938.2
1999	3	7.9	14	37.0	37	97.8	325	858.7
1998	6	15.9	14	37.1	35	92.7	374	990.3
1997	6	16.1	20	53.8	46	123.6	449	1206.9
1996	8	21.9	10	27.3	56	153.0	416	1136.5
1995	1	2.8	15	41.3	52	143.1	287	789.6
1994	3	8.3	23	63.5	68	187.9	247	682.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	366	910.0	1,234	3068.0	175	435.1	2	5.0
2005	313	779.9	1,138	2835.6	167	416.1	5	12.5
2004	332	837.2	920	2320.1	125	315.2	2	5.0
2003	410	1046.4	1,031	2631.3	151	385.4	3	7.7
2002	407	1039.0	1,247	3183.4	144	367.6	3	7.7
2001	416	1073.5	997	2572.9	210	541.9	5	12.9
2000	408	1066.3	1,100	2874.8	194	507.0	3	7.8
1999	412	1088.5	1,102	2911.6	296	782.1	3	7.9
1998	422	1117.4	1,065	2819.9	294	778.5	2	5.3
1997	473	1271.4	1,182	3177.2	141	379.0	2	5.4
1996	489	1336.0	1,139	3111.9	156	426.2	2	5.5
1995	518	1425.2	1,205	3315.3	149	409.9	0	0.0
1994	469	1295.8	1,239	3423.1	132	364.7	1	2.8

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