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Lee County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 901 crimes in Lee County, South Carolina. With a population of 20,813, there was 1 crime for every 23.1 people in the county. Out of the 901 crimes reported, 787 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 114 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	9.61
Rape	4	19.22
Robbery	9	43.24
Assault	99	475.66
Burglary	196	941.72
Larceny	524	2517.66
Vehicle	67	321.91
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,329.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A 11.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,893.3 incidents). There were 547.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -6.6% change (from 582.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 13.4% from (3,311.2) the previous year to 3,781.3 per 100,000 people.

Lee County ranks #9 for violent crimes and #23 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,523 and #2,558 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.

Lee County Criminal Records
Lee County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	23.9	4	19.1	9	42.9	104	496.2
2005	2	9.6	9	43.3	15	72.2	122	587.2
2004	3	14.6	6	29.2	23	111.8	141	685.1
2003	3	14.5	7	33.9	17	82.3	167	808.8
2002	1	4.9	5	24.3	20	97.1	161	781.7
2001	4	19.6	3	14.7	23	112.9	141	692.0
2000	1	5.0	18	89.5	27	134.2	181	899.6
1999	1	4.8	7	33.9	21	101.6	153	740.4
1998	1	4.9	8	38.8	16	77.7	134	650.7
1997	1	5.2	12	62.5	17	88.6	153	797.3
1996	2	10.6	6	31.8	25	132.4	123	651.5
1995	1	5.3	7	37.3	27	144.0	129	688.1
1994	0	0.0	12	63.1	20	105.2	103	541.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	183	873.1	460	2194.8	50	238.6	1	4.8
2005	227	1092.5	456	2194.6	57	274.3	0	0.0
2004	265	1287.6	599	2910.5	81	393.6	0	0.0
2003	239	1157.4	401	1942.0	59	285.7	1	4.8
2002	233	1131.3	333	1616.8	66	320.5	0	0.0
2001	199	976.7	397	1948.5	73	358.3	0	0.0
2000	199	989.1	285	1416.6	65	323.1	0	0.0
1999	193	934.0	324	1567.9	41	198.4	0	0.0
1998	178	864.3	332	1612.1	63	305.9	0	0.0
1997	171	891.1	284	1479.9	40	208.4	0	0.0
1996	182	964.0	283	1498.9	47	248.9	0	0.0
1995	175	933.4	298	1589.5	25	133.3	0	0.0
1994	194	1020.2	220	1157.0	25	131.5	0	0.0

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