Galax City County Crime Statistics Virginia

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Galax City County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 330 crimes in Galax City County, Virginia. With a population of 6,643, there was 1 crime for every 20.1 people in the county. Out of the 330 crimes reported, 306 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 24 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	1	15.05
Rape	6	90.32
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	17	255.91
Burglary	25	376.34
Larceny	266	4004.21
Vehicle	15	225.80
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,967.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A 12.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,419.4 incidents). There were 361.3 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 0.0% change (from 355.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 11.7% from (4,063.5) the previous year to 4,606.4 per 100,000 people.

Galax City County ranks #112 for violent crimes and #123 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,111 and #2,757 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.

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	14.8	4	59.3	3	44.5	16	237.3
2005	0	0.0	8	118.5	4	59.2	29	429.4
2004	0	0.0	2	29.8	1	14.9	26	386.8
2003	0	0.0	2	30.0	6	89.9	25	374.6
2002	0	0.0	3	42.6	5	71.0	17	241.3
2001	2	28.8	2	28.8	7	100.8	32	461.0
2000	1	14.6	5	73.1	2	29.3	32	468.0
1999	4	57.6	2	28.8	6	86.4	24	345.5
1998	0	0.0	3	43.2	2	28.8	44	633.6
1997	0	0.0	2	30.1	2	30.1	25	376.6
1996	2	30.4	3	45.6	5	76.0	16	243.1
1995	0	0.0	3	46.0	6	92.0	7	107.3
1994	0	0.0	1	15.0	2	29.9	8	119.7

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	17	252.1	248	3677.9	9	133.5	0	0.0
2005	33	488.7	254	3761.3	14	207.3	0	0.0
2004	53	788.6	253	3764.3	17	252.9	0	0.0
2003	16	239.7	213	3191.5	15	224.8	0	0.0
2002	20	283.9	249	3534.9	13	184.6	0	0.0
2001	34	489.8	266	3831.7	18	259.3	0	0.0
2000	23	336.4	219	3203.2	14	204.8	0	0.0
1999	17	244.7	228	3282.5	20	287.9	0	0.0
1998	33	475.2	294	4233.9	11	158.4	0	0.0
1997	3	45.2	260	3916.3	10	150.6	0	0.0
1996	23	349.5	285	4330.6	12	182.3	0	0.0
1995	22	337.2	150	2298.9	14	214.6	0	0.0
1994	31	463.9	156	2334.3	7	104.7	0	0.0

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