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Buchanan County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 599 crimes in Buchanan County, Virginia. With a population of 24,027, there was 1 crime for every 40.1 people in the county. Out of the 599 crimes reported, 553 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 46 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	3	12.49
Robbery	7	29.13
Assault	36	149.83
Burglary	147	611.81
Larceny	368	1531.61
Vehicle	37	153.99
Arson	1	4.2

The 2007 crime rate was 2,493.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -4.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,615.8 incidents). There were 191.5 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 9.5% change (from 168.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -9.6% from (2,447.8) the previous year to 2,301.6 per 100,000 people.

Buchanan County ranks #76 for violent crimes and #86 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,300 and #1,728 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.

Buchanan County Criminal Records
Buchanan County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	4.0	10	40.0	5	20.0	26	104.0
2005	1	3.9	9	35.2	6	23.5	37	144.7
2004	6	23.2	11	42.5	8	30.9	36	139.2
2003	2	7.6	5	19.0	5	19.0	38	144.3
2002	7	25.2	6	21.6	10	36.0	35	125.9
2001	0	0.0	3	11.0	0	0.0	60	219.0
2000	2	7.4	1	3.7	2	7.4	55	203.9
1999	0	0.0	5	17.1	2	6.8	49	167.4
1998	1	3.4	2	6.8	0	0.0	64	216.1
1997	0	0.0	2	6.3	5	15.8	17	53.7
1996	0	0.0	2	6.4	2	6.4	22	70.1
1995	0	0.0	3	9.6	0	0.0	59	189.5
1994	1	3.1	4	12.3	2	6.2	68	209.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	158	631.9	416	1663.9	37	148.0	1	4.0
2005	186	727.6	305	1193.1	50	195.6	1	3.9
2004	201	777.5	372	1438.9	50	193.4	1	3.9
2003	218	828.1	406	1542.3	61	231.7	0	0.0
2002	214	769.8	350	1259.1	44	158.3	0	0.0
2001	193	704.5	308	1124.3	28	102.2	1	3.7
2000	118	437.4	169	626.4	14	51.9	1	3.7
1999	124	423.6	228	778.8	25	85.4	0	0.0
1998	115	388.4	232	783.5	30	101.3	1	3.4
1997	102	322.1	216	682.0	40	126.3	1	3.2
1996	127	404.5	174	554.2	29	92.4	1	3.2
1995	135	433.7	168	539.7	43	138.1	0	0.0
1994	120	370.1	129	397.8	38	117.2	1	3.1

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