Lancaster County Crime Statistics South Carolina

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Lancaster County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,047 crimes in Lancaster County, South Carolina. With a population of 64,550, there was 1 crime for every 21.2 people in the county. Out of the 3,047 crimes reported, 2,675 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 372 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	6.20
Rape	27	41.83
Robbery	69	106.89
Assault	272	421.38
Burglary	800	1239.35
Larceny	1,717	2659.95
Vehicle	157	243.22
Arson	1	1.5

The 2007 crime rate was 4,720.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 10.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,273.4 incidents). There were 576.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -7.0% change (from 624.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 14.4% from (3,649.3) the previous year to 4,144.1 per 100,000 people.

Lancaster County ranks #12 for violent crimes and #30 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,559 and #2,665 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.

Lancaster County Criminal Records
Lancaster County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	3	4.7	37	57.7	60	93.6	300	468.1
2005	2	3.1	37	57.8	59	92.2	352	550.1
2004	3	4.7	29	45.8	49	77.4	328	518.3
2003	4	6.4	27	43.0	55	87.5	380	604.9
2002	5	8.0	44	70.1	55	87.6	509	810.4
2001	1	1.6	29	46.7	73	117.5	535	861.1
2000	7	11.4	26	42.4	62	101.1	433	705.8
1999	8	13.4	12	20.1	80	134.1	517	866.7
1998	3	5.1	18	30.5	69	116.8	405	685.8
1997	5	8.7	30	52.3	85	148.1	386	672.4
1996	4	7.1	33	58.4	68	120.4	336	595.0
1995	3	5.3	27	48.1	72	128.4	320	570.6
1994	4	7.1	28	49.8	102	181.4	379	674.1

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	584	911.2	1,643	2563.4	110	171.6	2	3.1
2005	654	1022.0	1,732	2706.6	123	192.2	0	0.0
2004	774	1223.0	1,675	2646.6	127	200.7	1	1.6
2003	822	1308.4	1,831	2914.4	129	205.3	1	1.6
2002	953	1517.4	1,863	2966.3	133	211.8	1	1.6
2001	1,152	1854.1	1,770	2848.8	168	270.4	1	1.6
2000	957	1559.9	1,959	3193.1	189	308.1	1	1.6
1999	788	1321.0	1,857	3113.1	180	301.8	1	1.7
1998	678	1148.0	2,100	3555.8	193	326.8	1	1.7
1997	745	1297.8	1,985	3457.9	143	249.1	1	1.7
1996	676	1197.0	2,012	3562.6	148	262.1	1	1.8
1995	667	1189.4	1,774	3163.3	139	247.9	1	1.8
1994	727	1293.0	1,868	3322.2	157	279.2	1	1.8

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