Kershaw County Crime Statistics South Carolina

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Kershaw County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,077 crimes in Kershaw County, South Carolina. With a population of 58,730, there was 1 crime for every 28.3 people in the county. Out of the 2,077 crimes reported, 1,826 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 251 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	3	5.11
Rape	21	35.76
Robbery	32	54.49
Assault	195	332.03
Burglary	513	873.49
Larceny	1,139	1939.38
Vehicle	173	294.57
Arson	1	1.7

The 2007 crime rate was 3,536.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 5.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,354.0 incidents). There were 427.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -19.6% change (from 543.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 13.3% from (2,810.1) the previous year to 3,109.1 per 100,000 people.

Kershaw County ranks #4 for violent crimes and #13 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,296 and #2,286 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.

Kershaw County Criminal Records
Kershaw County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	5.2	17	29.6	25	43.6	267	465.4
2005	3	5.3	17	30.2	45	80.0	259	460.5
2004	4	7.3	17	30.8	28	50.8	270	489.6
2003	1	1.8	12	22.2	26	48.0	274	506.0
2002	2	3.7	43	79.8	39	72.4	329	610.4
2001	3	5.6	14	26.3	46	86.3	207	388.3
2000	1	1.9	15	28.5	31	58.9	284	539.4
1999	4	8.1	7	14.2	32	65.0	210	426.6
1998	3	6.2	14	28.7	42	86.2	233	478.3
1997	7	14.7	7	14.7	42	88.5	219	461.4
1996	7	15.0	6	12.8	43	92.1	190	406.9
1995	3	6.5	12	25.9	42	90.6	222	478.8
1994	1	2.2	15	32.8	62	135.7	247	540.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	355	618.9	1,128	1966.4	129	224.9	0	0.0
2005	344	611.6	1,167	2074.9	150	266.7	0	0.0
2004	385	698.1	1,117	2025.4	116	210.3	0	0.0
2003	459	847.6	1,099	2029.5	161	297.3	1	1.8
2002	453	840.5	1,066	1977.9	150	278.3	0	0.0
2001	412	772.8	787	1476.1	129	242.0	0	0.0
2000	366	695.2	1,124	2135.0	148	281.1	0	0.0
1999	332	674.5	933	1895.4	92	186.9	1	2.0
1998	339	695.9	1,076	2208.9	91	186.8	0	0.0
1997	405	853.3	1,068	2250.1	100	210.7	0	0.0
1996	411	880.2	939	2010.9	108	231.3	0	0.0
1995	369	795.8	899	1938.8	75	161.7	1	2.2
1994	422	923.8	1,037	2270.2	101	221.1	0	0.0

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