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Lexington County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 8,412 crimes in Lexington County, South Carolina. With a population of 241,622, there was 1 crime for every 28.7 people in the county. Out of the 8,412 crimes reported, 7,298 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,114 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	10	4.14
Rape	96	39.73
Robbery	220	91.05
Assault	788	326.13
Burglary	1,513	626.18
Larceny	5,153	2132.67
Vehicle	631	261.15
Arson	1	0.4

The 2007 crime rate was 3,481.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -0.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,481.8 incidents). There were 461.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 11.2% change (from 427.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 1.8% from (3,054.7) the previous year to 3,020.4 per 100,000 people.

Lexington County ranks #8 for violent crimes and #10 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,371 and #2,228 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.

Lexington County Criminal Records
Lexington County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	11	4.7	56	23.9	152	64.8	783	333.7
2005	9	3.9	78	33.9	208	90.5	816	354.9
2004	9	4.0	67	29.8	247	109.7	793	352.2
2003	13	5.9	74	33.5	230	104.1	1,003	453.8
2002	11	5.1	65	29.9	232	106.9	981	451.9
2001	22	10.2	78	36.3	234	109.0	916	426.6
2000	7	3.3	64	30.1	253	119.1	835	393.0
1999	8	3.8	72	34.6	207	99.4	873	419.1
1998	10	4.9	62	30.3	269	131.3	922	450.1
1997	9	4.7	86	44.6	220	114.2	1,084	562.8
1996	13	6.9	88	46.4	272	143.5	962	507.7
1995	12	6.4	83	44.1	218	115.9	835	443.8
1994	8	4.4	73	40.3	249	137.4	963	531.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,421	605.7	5,122	2183.1	622	265.1	2	0.9
2005	1,549	673.6	5,097	2216.5	634	275.7	1	0.4
2004	1,607	713.8	5,885	2613.9	717	318.5	1	0.4
2003	1,788	809.0	5,776	2613.4	810	366.5	2	0.9
2002	2,020	930.6	5,131	2363.7	698	321.5	1	0.5
2001	1,876	873.6	5,600	2607.8	779	362.8	1	0.5
2000	1,819	856.2	5,330	2508.8	702	330.4	1	0.5
1999	2,091	1003.9	4,889	2347.1	647	310.6	2	1.0
1998	2,371	1157.4	5,057	2468.5	646	315.3	2	1.0
1997	2,155	1118.8	5,549	2880.9	644	334.3	3	1.6
1996	2,438	1286.6	5,178	2732.5	669	353.0	2	1.1
1995	2,436	1294.6	5,305	2819.3	581	308.8	3	1.6
1994	2,166	1194.8	5,995	3307.0	528	291.3	2	1.1

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