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Bell County Crime Statistics Texas state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 12,276 crimes in Bell County, Texas. With a population of 260,647, there was 1 crime for every 21.2 people in the county. Out of the 12,276 crimes reported, 11,080 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,196 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	16	6.14
Rape	138	52.95
Robbery	317	121.62
Assault	725	278.15
Burglary	3,695	1417.63
Larceny	6,871	2636.13
Vehicle	509	195.28
Arson	5	1.9

The 2007 crime rate was 4,709.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A 1.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,639.3 incidents). There were 458.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 5.7% change (from 431.2 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.3% from (4,208.0) the previous year to 4,251.0 per 100,000 people.

Bell County ranks #192 for violent crimes and #226 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,367 and #2,688 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	10	3.8	154	58.7	336	128.0	632	240.8
2005	14	5.5	129	50.9	309	121.8	695	274.0
2004	20	7.9	109	43.2	232	92.0	786	311.8
2003	14	5.7	125	50.5	270	109.0	737	297.6
2002	6	2.4	124	49.9	261	105.0	763	307.0
2001	11	4.5	87	35.7	245	100.7	656	269.5
2000	14	5.9	88	37.0	211	88.7	657	276.1
1999	7	3.1	104	45.9	186	82.1	666	293.8
1998	19	8.4	109	48.2	238	105.3	678	300.0
1997	12	5.3	122	53.5	228	100.0	674	295.7
1996	6	2.7	135	60.2	252	112.4	696	310.3
1995	12	5.5	183	83.4	264	120.3	569	259.2
1994	28	14.1	177	89.4	245	123.7	1,014	512.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,554	1353.9	6,948	2646.9	539	205.3	5	1.9
2005	3,360	1324.7	7,475	2947.1	432	170.3	4	1.6
2004	3,044	1207.5	6,730	2669.7	487	193.2	3	1.2
2003	3,246	1310.7	7,202	2908.1	610	246.3	4	1.6
2002	3,025	1217.0	7,496	3015.7	703	282.8	8	3.2
2001	2,310	949.2	7,366	3026.6	507	208.3	8	3.3
2000	2,153	904.7	6,798	2856.6	473	198.8	6	2.5
1999	2,487	1097.1	6,378	2813.6	660	291.2	19	8.4
1998	2,467	1091.7	7,158	3167.6	676	299.2	15	6.6
1997	2,389	1048.2	7,299	3202.6	570	250.1	15	6.6
1996	2,053	915.4	8,093	3608.6	652	290.7	26	11.6
1995	2,068	942.0	7,200	3279.7	656	298.8	18	8.2
1994	2,088	1054.2	6,744	3405.1	621	313.5	16	8.1

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