Petersburg City County Crime Statistics Virginia

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Petersburg City County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 3,043 crimes in Petersburg City County, Virginia. With a population of 32,210, there was 1 crime for every 10.6 people in the county. Out of the 3,043 crimes reported, 2,530 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 513 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	7	21.73
Rape	20	62.09
Robbery	217	673.70
Assault	269	835.14
Burglary	677	2101.83
Larceny	1,564	4855.63
Vehicle	288	894.13
Arson	1	3.1

The 2007 crime rate was 9,447.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 15.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (8,169.1 incidents). There were 1,592.7 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 12.3% change (from 1,387.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 13.3% from (6,781.3) the previous year to 7,854.7 per 100,000 people.

Petersburg City County ranks #132 for violent crimes and #134 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,852 and #2,936 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.

Petersburg City County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	8	24.3	33	100.2	172	522.3	244	741.0
2005	10	30.1	29	87.3	151	454.4	185	556.7
2004	4	12.0	27	80.8	113	338.1	174	520.6
2003	10	29.8	29	86.5	125	372.7	190	566.6
2002	7	20.1	25	71.9	83	238.7	188	540.8
2001	5	14.6	32	93.4	114	332.7	244	712.2
2000	8	23.7	28	83.0	134	397.2	244	723.2
1999	5	14.2	27	76.8	90	256.1	276	785.4
1998	4	11.6	21	61.0	125	363.1	267	775.6
1997	5	11.9	34	80.8	158	375.6	257	610.9
1996	6	14.4	28	67.1	195	467.6	316	757.8
1995	10	24.2	25	60.5	237	573.2	245	592.6
1994	10	24.3	25	60.8	212	515.8	250	608.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	541	1642.9	1,470	4464.2	222	674.2	0	0.0
2005	814	2449.6	1,710	5146.0	290	872.7	2	6.0
2004	564	1687.6	1,609	4814.5	395	1181.9	3	9.0
2003	632	1884.5	1,685	5024.5	226	673.9	1	3.0
2002	314	903.2	1,863	5358.8	292	839.9	1	2.9
2001	526	1535.3	1,830	5341.4	326	951.5	0	0.0
2000	447	1324.8	1,679	4976.3	291	862.5	1	3.0
1999	502	1428.5	1,656	4712.4	294	836.6	2	5.7
1998	802	2329.6	1,891	5492.8	350	1016.6	0	0.0
1997	683	1623.5	1,921	4566.3	307	729.8	2	4.8
1996	686	1645.0	1,983	4755.3	298	714.6	0	0.0
1995	617	1492.3	1,905	4607.5	213	515.2	0	0.0
1994	674	1639.9	1,681	4089.9	210	510.9	0	0.0

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