Portsmouth City County Crime Statistics Virginia

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Portsmouth City County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,875 crimes in Portsmouth City County, Virginia. With a population of 101,284, there was 1 crime for every 17.2 people in the county. Out of the 5,875 crimes reported, 5,071 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 804 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	17	16.78
Rape	37	36.53
Robbery	326	321.87
Assault	424	418.62
Burglary	1,102	1088.03
Larceny	3,665	3618.54
Vehicle	303	299.16
Arson	1	1.0

The 2007 crime rate was 5,800.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A -1.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,875.4 incidents). There were 793.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -8.8% change (from 871.8 incidents). Property crimes changed 0.2% from (5,003.6) the previous year to 5,006.7 per 100,000 people.

Portsmouth City County ranks #127 for violent crimes and #126 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,740 and #2,817 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	18	17.8	38	37.6	337	333.1	489	483.4
2005	22	21.8	41	40.7	366	363.4	473	469.6
2004	8	8.0	31	30.8	344	341.9	509	505.9
2003	18	17.8	43	42.5	403	398.8	440	435.4
2002	11	10.6	38	36.7	425	410.2	532	513.4
2001	12	11.8	30	29.4	473	463.2	587	574.8
2000	21	20.9	30	29.8	403	400.7	533	530.0
1999	18	18.0	34	34.0	449	448.4	386	385.5
1998	16	15.9	38	37.9	520	518.2	433	431.5
1997	21	19.7	59	55.5	571	537.0	452	425.1
1996	23	21.8	57	54.1	532	504.7	454	430.7
1995	34	32.5	77	73.7	842	805.7	549	525.3
1994	23	21.5	65	60.8	720	673.3	566	529.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,101	1088.3	3,606	3564.4	354	349.9	1	1.0
2005	1,052	1044.4	3,716	3689.3	409	406.1	1	1.0
2004	1,245	1237.5	3,587	3565.3	582	578.5	1	1.0
2003	1,181	1168.6	3,335	3300.0	501	495.7	1	1.0
2002	1,320	1273.9	4,067	3924.9	645	622.5	2	1.9
2001	1,516	1484.6	3,385	3314.8	668	654.2	1	1.0
2000	1,366	1358.3	3,438	3418.7	757	752.7	2	2.0
1999	1,568	1566.1	3,860	3855.2	610	609.2	2	2.0
1998	1,849	1842.6	4,280	4265.3	810	807.2	3	3.0
1997	1,715	1612.8	4,571	4298.7	791	743.9	9	8.5
1996	1,605	1522.7	5,051	4792.0	872	827.3	6	5.7
1995	1,639	1568.3	4,971	4756.7	876	838.2	14	13.4
1994	1,746	1632.7	5,159	4824.2	1,047	979.1	11	10.3

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