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Dorchester County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 4,869 crimes in Dorchester County, South Carolina. With a population of 120,960, there was 1 crime for every 24.8 people in the county. Out of the 4,869 crimes reported, 4,201 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 668 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	11	9.09
Rape	44	36.38
Robbery	153	126.49
Assault	460	380.29
Burglary	875	723.38
Larceny	2,928	2420.63
Vehicle	396	327.38
Arson	2	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 4,025.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -12.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,580.0 incidents). There were 552.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 2.1% change (from 585.4 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.9% from (3,994.7) the previous year to 3,473.0 per 100,000 people.

Dorchester County ranks #10 for violent crimes and #15 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,528 and #2,441 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.

Dorchester County Criminal Records
Dorchester County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	4	3.6	47	42.1	128	114.6	475	425.2
2005	4	3.8	37	35.0	97	91.8	465	439.9
2004	4	3.9	43	41.8	103	100.1	397	385.7
2003	4	4.0	40	40.3	90	90.6	463	466.2
2002	5	5.2	34	35.3	110	114.3	543	564.4
2001	4	4.2	42	44.1	115	120.8	363	381.4
2000	6	6.4	47	50.0	93	99.0	403	428.8
1999	8	9.0	42	47.0	76	85.1	413	462.6
1998	2	2.2	42	45.4	76	82.1	388	419.2
1997	2	2.2	43	46.6	73	79.1	391	423.9
1996	4	4.4	38	41.9	77	84.9	376	414.4
1995	3	3.3	48	53.3	67	74.4	400	443.9
1994	4	4.5	49	54.9	79	88.5	501	561.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	873	781.4	3,161	2829.3	427	382.2	2	1.8
2005	773	731.4	2,723	2576.3	341	322.6	2	1.9
2004	719	698.5	2,394	2325.6	270	262.3	1	1.0
2003	818	823.7	2,140	2154.9	302	304.1	1	1.0
2002	845	878.3	2,356	2448.8	310	322.2	1	1.0
2001	815	856.3	2,423	2545.8	377	396.1	0	0.0
2000	671	714.0	2,311	2459.0	377	401.1	2	2.1
1999	560	627.3	2,034	2278.3	239	267.7	1	1.1
1998	652	704.4	2,350	2538.8	338	365.2	1	1.1
1997	798	865.2	2,344	2541.3	314	340.4	1	1.1
1996	933	1028.2	2,842	3132.0	329	362.6	1	1.1
1995	891	988.8	2,603	2888.8	246	273.0	2	2.2
1994	981	1098.5	3,170	3549.6	249	278.8	1	1.1

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