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Polk County Crime Statistics Tennessee state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 414 crimes in Polk County, Tennessee. With a population of 16,090, there was 1 crime for every 38.9 people in the county. Out of the 414 crimes reported, 363 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 51 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	1	6.22
Robbery	6	37.29
Assault	44	273.46
Burglary	88	546.92
Larceny	235	1460.53
Vehicle	40	248.60
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 2,573.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A 45.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,765.0 incidents). There were 317.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 112.5% change (from 148.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 39.1% from (1,616.4) the previous year to 2,256.1 per 100,000 people.

Polk County ranks #27 for violent crimes and #32 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,954 and #1,698 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.

Polk County Criminal Records
Polk County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	6.2	2	12.4	0	0.0	21	130.1
2005	0	0.0	1	6.2	2	12.3	18	111.0
2004	0	0.0	3	18.4	5	30.6	39	238.8
2003	1	6.1	1	6.1	0	0.0	21	129.1
2002	1	6.1	1	6.1	3	18.3	19	116.2
2001	0	0.0	1	6.2	1	6.2	20	123.5
2000	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	137.1
1999	3	20.0	6	39.9	2	13.3	56	372.6
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	26.9	33	221.8
1997	0	0.0	1	6.9	1	6.9	14	96.2
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1994	1	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	82	507.8	151	935.2	28	173.4	0	0.0
2005	67	413.3	191	1178.3	28	172.7	0	0.0
2004	85	520.4	161	985.6	31	189.8	0	0.0
2003	81	498.0	112	688.6	16	98.4	0	0.0
2002	62	379.1	110	672.6	17	103.9	0	0.0
2001	65	401.4	91	562.0	22	135.9	0	0.0
2000	48	299.1	119	741.4	14	87.2	0	0.0
1999	73	485.8	171	1137.9	29	193.0	0	0.0
1998	70	470.6	169	1136.1	18	121.0	0	0.0
1997	15	103.1	107	735.4	10	68.7	0	0.0
1996	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1995	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1994	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

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