Richland County Crime Statistics South Carolina

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Richland County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 21,317 crimes in Richland County, South Carolina. With a population of 360,393, there was 1 crime for every 16.9 people in the county. Out of the 21,317 crimes reported, 17,592 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 3,725 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	39	10.82
Rape	166	46.06
Robbery	804	223.09
Assault	2,716	753.62
Burglary	3,812	1057.73
Larceny	12,095	3356.06
Vehicle	1,677	465.33
Arson	8	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 5,914.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 1.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,841.8 incidents). There were 1,033.6 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 9.4% change (from 972.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 3.2% from (4,869.2) the previous year to 4,881.3 per 100,000 people.

Richland County ranks #38 for violent crimes and #35 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,816 and #2,799 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.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	38	10.9	162	46.3	738	210.7	2,468	704.8
2005	34	9.9	175	50.9	698	203.0	2,241	651.6
2004	40	11.7	185	54.3	819	240.3	2,471	724.9
2003	25	7.4	190	56.4	929	275.8	2,425	719.9
2002	32	9.6	228	68.5	938	281.8	2,452	736.6
2001	32	9.7	178	54.1	929	282.1	1,938	588.6
2000	26	8.0	139	42.8	895	275.6	1,732	533.3
1999	32	10.3	148	47.5	861	276.6	1,995	640.9
1998	27	8.7	156	50.4	805	260.1	2,211	714.3
1997	26	8.5	201	65.4	1,052	342.4	2,365	769.7
1996	38	12.6	208	68.8	996	329.6	2,331	771.5
1995	29	9.7	215	71.7	1,110	370.1	2,445	815.3
1994	38	12.7	246	82.2	1,110	371.0	2,595	867.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,414	974.9	12,075	3448.2	1,556	444.3	6	1.7
2005	3,286	955.5	12,429	3614.1	1,676	487.3	6	1.7
2004	3,804	1116.0	14,846	4355.5	1,747	512.5	6	1.8
2003	3,711	1101.7	14,635	4344.7	1,942	576.5	4	1.2
2002	4,277	1284.9	13,894	4174.1	2,185	656.4	4	1.2
2001	3,637	1104.5	14,830	4503.7	2,223	675.1	7	2.1
2000	2,623	807.7	12,306	3789.4	1,465	451.1	6	1.8
1999	2,802	900.1	13,641	4381.9	1,481	475.7	8	2.6
1998	3,726	1203.8	14,503	4685.5	1,790	578.3	8	2.6
1997	3,902	1269.9	14,716	4789.4	1,801	586.1	7	2.3
1996	3,987	1319.5	13,461	4455.1	1,997	660.9	5	1.7
1995	4,412	1471.1	13,238	4414.0	1,945	648.5	7	2.3
1994	4,162	1391.0	13,106	4380.1	1,567	523.7	4	1.3

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