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Augusta County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 937 crimes in Augusta County, Virginia. With a population of 71,502, there was 1 crime for every 76.3 people in the county. Out of the 937 crimes reported, 857 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 80 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	1.40
Rape	13	18.18
Robbery	11	15.38
Assault	55	76.92
Burglary	194	271.32
Larceny	597	834.94
Vehicle	66	92.31
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,310.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 15.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,136.1 incidents). There were 111.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 45.5% change (from 78.1 incidents). Property crimes changed 15.0% from (1,058.0) the previous year to 1,198.6 per 100,000 people.

Augusta County ranks #31 for violent crimes and #33 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #745 and #703 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.

Augusta County Criminal Records
Augusta County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	2.8	7	9.9	9	12.8	37	52.5
2005	6	8.6	9	12.9	12	17.2	59	84.6
2004	4	5.9	8	11.7	10	14.7	72	105.7
2003	3	4.4	17	25.0	4	5.9	39	57.4
2002	4	5.9	13	19.2	6	8.9	56	82.8
2001	3	4.5	10	15.0	8	12.0	66	99.1
2000	2	3.0	8	12.2	6	9.1	61	93.0
1999	0	0.0	6	9.6	2	3.2	41	65.6
1998	3	4.8	14	22.5	5	8.0	47	75.4
1997	1	1.7	16	26.9	3	5.0	23	38.7
1996	5	8.5	7	11.9	10	17.0	27	45.8
1995	2	3.4	5	8.6	4	6.8	33	56.4
1994	1	1.7	7	12.1	1	1.7	29	50.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	163	231.5	540	766.9	42	59.6	0	0.0
2005	140	200.7	505	723.9	41	58.8	0	0.0
2004	184	270.2	615	903.2	71	104.3	1	1.5
2003	167	246.0	706	1039.8	68	100.2	0	0.0
2002	133	196.7	535	791.4	51	75.4	0	0.0
2001	129	193.6	634	951.6	47	70.5	0	0.0
2000	188	286.5	559	852.0	41	62.5	0	0.0
1999	195	311.9	731	1169.3	106	169.6	1	1.6
1998	178	285.5	674	1081.2	74	118.7	0	0.0
1997	181	304.2	492	826.9	57	95.8	0	0.0
1996	222	376.4	564	956.3	85	144.1	0	0.0
1995	213	364.3	666	1139.0	53	90.6	0	0.0
1994	129	223.7	632	1095.8	58	100.6	0	0.0

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