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Rutherford County Crime Statistics Tennessee state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 8,476 crimes in Rutherford County, Tennessee. With a population of 238,764, there was 1 crime for every 28.2 people in the county. Out of the 8,476 crimes reported, 7,283 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,193 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	8	3.35
Rape	72	30.16
Robbery	187	78.32
Assault	926	387.83
Burglary	1,779	745.09
Larceny	5,006	2096.63
Vehicle	495	207.32
Arson	3	1.3

The 2007 crime rate was 3,549.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,854.9 incidents). There were 499.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.3% change (from 563.6 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.1% from (3,291.3) the previous year to 3,050.3 per 100,000 people.

Rutherford County ranks #66 for violent crimes and #58 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,441 and #2,243 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.

Rutherford County Criminal Records
Rutherford County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	7	3.2	85	38.4	217	98.2	937	423.9
2005	5	2.4	92	43.3	148	69.7	1,014	477.8
2004	4	2.0	80	39.1	139	68.0	833	407.6
2003	2	1.0	73	37.2	117	59.6	786	400.1
2002	2	1.1	60	32.3	90	48.5	811	437.2
2001	1	0.5	58	31.6	126	68.6	737	401.3
2000	7	3.8	74	40.7	98	53.8	732	402.1
1999	4	2.4	62	37.0	121	72.2	710	423.5
1998	1	0.6	34	21.1	63	39.0	470	291.2
1997	0	0.0	28	19.2	25	17.1	179	122.6
1996	3	2.1	47	32.5	45	31.1	352	243.4
1995	7	4.9	36	25.2	35	24.5	318	222.5
1994	5	3.8	85	64.1	96	72.4	604	455.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,697	767.6	5,030	2275.3	546	247.0	3	1.4
2005	1,552	731.3	5,262	2479.4	530	249.7	4	1.9
2004	1,298	635.2	4,975	2434.4	466	228.0	2	1.0
2003	1,204	612.9	4,602	2342.8	535	272.4	4	2.0
2002	1,115	601.1	4,568	2462.8	439	236.7	3	1.6
2001	1,038	565.2	4,623	2517.3	446	242.9	3	1.6
2000	1,150	631.8	5,040	2768.9	419	230.2	3	1.6
1999	1,021	609.0	4,640	2767.6	519	309.6	3	1.8
1998	673	416.9	3,178	1968.8	333	206.3	1	0.6
1997	269	184.3	1,216	833.2	113	77.4	0	0.0
1996	808	558.6	2,139	1478.8	259	179.1	3	2.1
1995	740	517.8	2,013	1408.7	225	157.5	2	1.4
1994	1,312	989.7	4,252	3207.4	411	310.0	2	1.5

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