Galveston County Crime Statistics Texas

Criminal Records Search

Criminal Records > Crime Statistics > Texas > Galveston County Crime Statistics

Galveston County Crime Statistics Texas state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 12,390 crimes in Galveston County, Texas. With a population of 297,988, there was 1 crime for every 24.1 people in the county. Out of the 12,390 crimes reported, 10,971 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,419 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	19	6.38
Rape	169	56.71
Robbery	418	140.27
Assault	813	272.83
Burglary	2,788	935.61
Larceny	7,325	2458.15
Vehicle	851	285.58
Arson	7	2.3

The 2007 crime rate was 4,157.9 incidents per 100,000 people. A 2.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,059.4 incidents). There were 476.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 12.7% change (from 427.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.5% from (3,632.2) the previous year to 3,681.7 per 100,000 people.

Galveston County ranks #197 for violent crimes and #213 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,393 and #2,527 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.

Galveston County Criminal Records
Galveston County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	11	3.7	212	71.9	354	120.1	682	231.4
2005	15	5.3	195	68.3	326	114.2	634	222.2
2004	14	5.0	175	62.4	319	113.8	868	309.7
2003	20	7.3	211	77.0	412	150.3	942	343.6
2002	15	5.6	95	35.2	209	77.5	747	277.1
2001	14	5.3	97	36.7	220	83.3	616	233.4
2000	14	5.4	131	50.8	284	110.0	881	341.3
1999	18	7.2	120	48.2	335	134.5	911	365.7
1998	22	8.9	129	52.2	316	127.9	909	368.0
1997	16	6.4	135	54.4	335	135.0	1,335	537.8
1996	21	8.6	141	57.7	453	185.5	1,531	626.8
1995	32	13.4	142	59.4	574	240.1	1,667	697.2
1994	37	15.6	165	69.6	642	270.8	1,687	711.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,769	939.4	7,118	2414.7	816	276.8	4	1.4
2005	2,922	1024.0	7,495	2626.5	921	322.8	5	1.8
2004	2,674	953.9	7,218	2575.0	851	303.6	4	1.4
2003	2,729	995.6	7,667	2797.0	1,069	390.0	5	1.8
2002	1,939	719.3	5,617	2083.6	733	271.9	5	1.9
2001	1,828	692.5	5,598	2120.8	670	253.8	4	1.5
2000	2,468	956.2	8,868	3435.9	1,113	431.2	9	3.5
1999	2,973	1193.5	9,149	3672.9	1,174	471.3	10	4.0
1998	3,371	1364.8	8,888	3598.5	1,122	454.3	9	3.6
1997	3,757	1513.6	8,830	3557.3	1,270	511.6	9	3.6
1996	3,584	1467.3	9,717	3978.2	1,430	585.5	10	4.1
1995	3,992	1669.6	9,226	3858.6	1,483	620.2	12	5.0
1994	2,929	1235.7	9,426	3976.6	1,607	678.0	16	6.8

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