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Union County Crime Statistics South Carolina state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 1,091 crimes in Union County, South Carolina. With a population of 28,352, there was 1 crime for every 26.0 people in the county. Out of the 1,091 crimes reported, 875 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 216 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	7.05
Rape	5	17.64
Robbery	17	59.96
Assault	192	677.20
Burglary	260	917.04
Larceny	571	2013.97
Vehicle	43	151.66
Arson	1	3.5

The 2007 crime rate was 3,848.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -9.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,240.4 incidents). There were 761.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -21.5% change (from 948.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -8.3% from (3,291.6) the previous year to 3,086.2 per 100,000 people.

Union County ranks #26 for violent crimes and #12 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,723 and #2,267 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.

Union County Criminal Records
Union County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	13	44.9	20	69.0	242	835.0
2005	1	3.4	9	30.8	20	68.4	232	793.1
2004	0	0.0	11	37.3	21	71.3	195	661.9
2003	1	3.4	8	26.9	14	47.0	169	567.7
2002	2	6.5	10	32.7	15	49.0	164	536.1
2001	5	16.5	11	36.4	28	92.5	199	657.6
2000	3	10.0	8	26.8	26	87.0	182	609.1
1999	1	3.2	13	42.1	26	84.2	164	530.9
1998	1	3.2	12	38.5	19	60.9	155	497.2
1997	2	6.4	9	28.6	22	70.0	230	731.8
1996	2	6.5	11	35.6	30	97.0	232	750.3
1995	1	3.3	15	48.8	19	61.9	185	602.5
1994	2	6.4	5	16.1	14	45.0	183	588.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	239	824.6	659	2273.7	55	189.8	1	3.5
2005	218	745.2	692	2365.5	57	194.8	1	3.4
2004	199	675.4	603	2046.7	75	254.6	0	0.0
2003	176	591.2	516	1733.3	38	127.6	0	0.0
2002	355	1160.5	698	2281.8	56	183.1	1	3.3
2001	271	895.5	672	2220.7	64	211.5	1	3.3
2000	228	763.0	635	2125.1	48	160.6	0	0.0
1999	227	734.8	586	1897.0	51	165.1	1	3.2
1998	205	657.6	529	1696.8	66	211.7	0	0.0
1997	238	757.2	717	2281.3	58	184.5	0	0.0
1996	300	970.2	573	1853.0	61	197.3	0	0.0
1995	211	687.1	456	1485.0	40	130.3	0	0.0
1994	211	678.6	581	1868.6	68	218.7	0	0.0

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