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Powhatan County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 281 crimes in Powhatan County, Virginia. With a population of 28,391, there was 1 crime for every 101.0 people in the county. Out of the 281 crimes reported, 261 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 20 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	4	14.09
Robbery	0	0.00
Assault	16	56.36
Burglary	67	235.99
Larceny	178	626.96
Vehicle	16	56.36
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 989.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A 6.4% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (930.6 incidents). There were 70.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 81.8% change (from 40.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 9.2% from (889.7) the previous year to 919.3 per 100,000 people.

Powhatan County ranks #8 for violent crimes and #18 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #399 and #481 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.

Powhatan County Criminal Records

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	0	0.0	1	3.7	3	11.2	7	26.1
2005	0	0.0	4	15.2	1	3.8	11	41.9
2004	0	0.0	1	4.0	2	8.0	9	36.2
2003	0	0.0	1	4.1	3	12.3	8	32.9
2002	1	4.3	1	4.3	0	0.0	11	47.7
2001	1	4.4	5	22.0	3	13.2	12	52.8
2000	1	4.5	6	26.8	0	0.0	20	89.4
1999	0	0.0	2	9.0	0	0.0	50	225.1
1998	1	4.7	3	14.0	2	9.3	30	140.2
1997	1	5.4	2	10.7	1	5.4	41	220.0
1996	2	10.8	3	16.2	4	21.7	15	81.2
1995	0	0.0	3	16.4	0	0.0	14	76.4
1994	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	66	245.7	155	577.0	18	67.0	0	0.0
2005	56	213.4	150	571.7	25	95.3	0	0.0
2004	48	192.8	163	654.8	26	104.4	0	0.0
2003	40	164.6	159	654.3	21	86.4	0	0.0
2002	51	221.2	161	698.3	18	78.1	0	0.0
2001	44	193.6	145	638.1	19	83.6	0	0.0
2000	34	151.9	177	791.0	20	89.4	0	0.0
1999	41	184.6	164	738.3	6	27.0	0	0.0
1998	64	299.1	194	906.8	15	70.1	0	0.0
1997	71	381.0	182	976.7	22	118.1	0	0.0
1996	54	292.4	146	790.4	19	102.9	0	0.0
1995	49	267.6	113	617.0	11	60.1	0	0.0
1994	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

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