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Shelby County Crime Statistics Tennessee state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 75,205 crimes in Shelby County, Tennessee. With a population of 923,311, there was 1 crime for every 12.3 people in the county. Out of the 75,205 crimes reported, 61,308 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 13,897 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	140	15.16
Rape	497	53.83
Robbery	5,019	543.59
Assault	8,241	892.55
Burglary	16,355	1771.34
Larceny	38,227	4140.21
Vehicle	6,707	726.41
Arson	19	2.1

The 2007 crime rate was 8,145.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (8,565.1 incidents). There were 1,505.1 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -3.6% change (from 1,565.2 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.9% from (6,999.9) the previous year to 6,640.0 per 100,000 people.

Shelby County ranks #95 for violent crimes and #95 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,848 and #2,925 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	152	16.5	475	51.6	5,479	595.2	8,303	901.9
2005	147	16.0	452	49.3	4,592	500.4	8,195	893.0
2004	110	12.0	492	53.7	3,891	425.1	6,233	680.9
2003	136	14.9	506	55.4	4,435	486.0	5,906	647.1
2002	161	17.6	568	62.1	4,390	480.0	6,009	657.1
2001	167	18.4	530	58.5	4,479	494.7	6,420	709.0
2000	152	16.9	615	68.5	4,220	470.2	5,300	590.5
1999	120	13.7	704	80.2	3,751	427.3	4,260	485.3
1998	124	14.2	819	93.5	4,437	506.5	4,747	541.9
1997	155	17.4	1078	121.1	5,613	630.8	6,153	691.4
1996	171	19.4	835	94.7	6,054	686.6	6,105	692.4
1995	193	22.2	859	98.6	6,004	689.3	4,938	566.9
1994	169	19.4	789	90.7	5,197	597.4	4,537	521.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	18,432	2002.2	38,669	4200.4	7,313	794.4	27	2.9
2005	17,525	1909.6	37,310	4065.5	8,891	968.8	27	2.9
2004	16,410	1792.7	37,011	4043.3	7,869	859.7	27	2.9
2003	18,707	2049.8	35,196	3856.6	9,167	1004.5	32	3.5
2002	18,299	2001.0	34,962	3823.0	9,866	1078.8	31	3.4
2001	17,721	1957.1	35,029	3868.5	10,363	1144.5	30	3.3
2000	16,598	1849.4	31,494	3509.2	9,355	1042.4	52	5.8
1999	13,492	1537.1	24,084	2743.8	7,846	893.9	53	6.0
1998	17,054	1947.0	27,167	3101.5	9,677	1104.8	55	6.3
1997	17,795	1999.7	31,942	3589.4	12,892	1448.7	66	7.4
1996	18,270	2072.0	31,038	3520.0	14,783	1676.5	65	7.4
1995	18,195	2088.9	31,507	3617.2	15,183	1743.1	79	9.1
1994	18,016	2070.9	30,038	3452.9	12,793	1470.6	73	8.4

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