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Laurens County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 2,997 crimes in Laurens County, South Carolina. With a population of 69,434, there was 1 crime for every 23.2 people in the county. Out of the 2,997 crimes reported, 2,456 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 541 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	9	12.96
Rape	37	53.29
Robbery	71	102.26
Assault	424	610.65
Burglary	696	1002.39
Larceny	1,573	2265.46
Vehicle	187	269.32
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,316.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A -9.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,755.0 incidents). There were 779.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.4% change (from 772.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.7% from (3,982.8) the previous year to 3,537.2 per 100,000 people.

Laurens County ranks #28 for violent crimes and #17 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,734 and #2,470 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.

Laurens County Criminal Records
Laurens County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	8	11.5	39	55.9	61	87.4	431	617.5
2005	3	4.3	29	41.6	44	63.2	497	713.8
2004	5	7.2	24	34.5	60	86.2	519	745.3
2003	4	5.7	19	27.2	45	64.5	644	923.6
2002	5	7.2	32	45.8	71	101.7	615	881.0
2001	7	10.1	41	59.4	46	66.6	632	915.2
2000	6	8.8	25	36.7	52	76.3	621	910.7
1999	3	4.8	29	46.0	61	96.7	568	900.5
1998	6	9.7	34	54.7	57	91.8	754	1214.0
1997	10	16.5	34	56.2	65	107.4	704	1162.9
1996	10	16.8	23	38.6	78	131.0	707	1187.1
1995	5	8.5	19	32.1	49	82.9	558	943.5
1994	6	10.1	39	65.9	65	109.9	584	987.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	801	1147.6	1,760	2521.5	218	312.3	1	1.4
2005	752	1080.0	1,841	2643.9	231	331.7	1	1.4
2004	680	976.5	1,844	2648.1	214	307.3	2	2.9
2003	863	1237.7	2,189	3139.4	181	259.6	2	2.9
2002	666	954.1	1,785	2557.1	150	214.9	1	1.4
2001	618	895.0	1,640	2375.0	145	210.0	0	0.0
2000	648	950.3	1,862	2730.7	169	247.8	3	4.4
1999	631	1000.3	1,789	2836.1	154	244.1	2	3.2
1998	645	1038.5	1,721	2770.8	155	249.6	2	3.2
1997	692	1143.1	1,879	3103.9	189	312.2	1	1.7
1996	757	1271.1	1,727	2899.8	140	235.1	2	3.4
1995	686	1160.0	1,447	2446.8	143	241.8	1	1.7
1994	636	1075.5	1,335	2257.5	118	199.5	1	1.7

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