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Prince William County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 8,048 crimes in Prince William County, Virginia. With a population of 368,670, there was 1 crime for every 45.8 people in the county. Out of the 8,048 crimes reported, 7,388 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 660 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	9	2.44
Rape	25	6.78
Robbery	284	77.03
Assault	342	92.77
Burglary	1,061	287.79
Larceny	5,670	1537.96
Vehicle	647	175.50
Arson	10	2.7

The 2007 crime rate was 2,183.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -10.0% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,424.9 incidents). There were 179.0 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -21.9% change (from 240.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -4.0% from (2,184.8) the previous year to 2,004.0 per 100,000 people.

Prince William County ranks #71 for violent crimes and #77 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,214 and #1,467 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.

Prince William County Criminal Records
Prince William County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	14	4.0	35	9.9	378	107.4	418	118.7
2005	13	3.8	24	7.0	263	77.0	372	108.9
2004	5	1.5	31	9.4	218	66.3	319	97.1
2003	9	2.8	33	10.4	216	68.4	321	101.6
2002	5	1.7	44	15.2	199	68.8	397	137.2
2001	12	4.2	61	21.4	184	64.5	390	136.8
2000	6	2.1	68	24.2	183	65.2	321	114.3
1999	14	5.3	36	13.7	228	86.7	362	137.7
1998	7	2.7	86	33.5	219	85.3	357	139.1
1997	2	0.8	70	28.5	257	104.5	281	114.3
1996	3	1.2	83	34.1	221	90.7	386	158.4
1995	12	5.0	74	30.6	209	86.5	373	154.3
1994	5	2.1	72	30.6	213	90.5	297	126.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,456	413.6	5,535	1572.2	693	196.8	8	2.3
2005	1,204	352.6	5,989	1754.0	675	197.7	9	2.6
2004	1,105	336.3	6,105	1858.1	875	266.3	5	1.5
2003	1,026	324.8	5,663	1792.9	820	259.6	8	2.5
2002	1,070	369.8	5,909	2042.2	718	248.1	8	2.8
2001	1,121	393.1	5,943	2084.2	758	265.8	7	2.5
2000	932	331.9	5,693	2027.3	679	241.8	7	2.5
1999	1,038	394.8	5,948	2262.0	563	214.1	6	2.3
1998	1,193	464.9	5,910	2303.0	612	238.5	8	3.1
1997	1,390	565.3	5,986	2434.4	677	275.3	7	2.8
1996	1,474	604.7	6,840	2806.2	699	286.8	7	2.9
1995	1,450	600.0	7,150	2958.7	632	261.5	9	3.7
1994	1,338	568.8	7,083	3011.0	574	244.0	11	4.7

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