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Bedford County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 828 crimes in Bedford County, Virginia. With a population of 67,245, there was 1 crime for every 81.2 people in the county. Out of the 828 crimes reported, 768 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 60 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	2.97
Rape	8	11.90
Robbery	8	11.90
Assault	42	62.46
Burglary	133	197.78
Larceny	580	862.52
Vehicle	55	81.79
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,231.3 incidents per 100,000 people. A 8.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,131.4 incidents). There were 89.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.4% change (from 88.0 incidents). Property crimes changed 11.6% from (1,043.4) the previous year to 1,142.1 per 100,000 people.

Bedford County ranks #18 for violent crimes and #27 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #567 and #660 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.

Bedford County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	1.5	10	15.2	1	1.5	46	69.8
2005	1	1.5	10	15.5	5	7.7	50	77.3
2004	0	0.0	14	22.1	2	3.2	45	71.1
2003	0	0.0	8	12.8	3	4.8	42	67.0
2002	0	0.0	20	32.2	3	4.8	37	59.5
2001	0	0.0	11	17.9	2	3.3	50	81.6
2000	2	3.3	11	18.2	2	3.3	45	74.5
1999	2	3.5	10	17.7	5	8.8	34	60.1
1998	3	5.3	11	19.6	5	8.9	63	112.2
1997	0	0.0	13	24.5	4	7.5	49	92.4
1996	1	1.9	7	13.3	3	5.7	41	78.0
1995	3	5.8	2	3.8	1	1.9	17	32.6
1994	0	0.0	4	8.1	4	8.1	26	52.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	138	209.3	511	775.0	39	59.1	0	0.0
2005	139	214.8	563	870.1	37	57.2	0	0.0
2004	145	229.1	510	805.9	37	58.5	1	1.6
2003	118	188.3	537	857.0	52	83.0	0	0.0
2002	164	263.6	645	1036.9	73	117.4	0	0.0
2001	151	246.3	675	1101.1	35	57.1	0	0.0
2000	94	155.7	376	622.8	20	33.1	0	0.0
1999	136	240.5	406	718.0	24	42.4	0	0.0
1998	171	304.6	488	869.4	45	80.2	1	1.8
1997	180	339.6	584	1101.7	34	64.1	0	0.0
1996	159	302.6	502	955.4	41	78.0	0	0.0
1995	198	380.1	539	1034.6	24	46.1	0	0.0
1994	219	442.3	441	890.6	28	56.5	0	0.0

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