Roanoke City County Crime Statistics Virginia

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Roanoke City County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,941 crimes in Roanoke City County, Virginia. With a population of 90,894, there was 1 crime for every 15.3 people in the county. Out of the 5,941 crimes reported, 5,039 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 902 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	4	4.40
Rape	55	60.51
Robbery	266	292.65
Assault	577	634.81
Burglary	1,018	1119.99
Larceny	3,671	4038.77
Vehicle	348	382.86
Arson	2	2.2

The 2007 crime rate was 6,536.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A -2.6% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,708.4 incidents). There were 992.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -5.5% change (from 1,020.8 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.3% from (5,687.6) the previous year to 5,543.8 per 100,000 people.

Roanoke City County ranks #130 for violent crimes and #131 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,807 and #2,877 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	12	12.8	60	64.1	222	237.3	661	706.5
2005	16	17.1	55	58.7	227	242.3	597	637.2
2004	8	8.5	62	66.1	187	199.4	599	638.7
2003	8	8.4	39	41.0	133	139.9	404	425.0
2002	10	10.2	38	38.9	92	94.1	371	379.4
2001	10	10.4	44	45.7	174	180.5	480	498.1
2000	4	4.2	44	46.4	125	131.7	366	385.6
1999	7	7.4	49	51.6	227	239.3	378	398.4
1998	15	15.8	42	44.2	249	262.2	236	248.6
1997	4	4.0	42	42.3	247	248.7	270	271.8
1996	15	15.2	42	42.7	273	277.3	247	250.9
1995	13	13.3	35	35.9	251	257.1	227	232.5
1994	4	4.0	44	44.4	209	210.8	252	254.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	978	1045.4	3,908	4177.3	432	461.8	3	3.2
2005	1,013	1081.3	4,936	5268.7	443	472.9	3	3.2
2004	995	1060.9	4,503	4801.3	495	527.8	4	4.3
2003	638	671.1	4,021	4229.6	383	402.9	3	3.2
2002	466	476.5	3,151	3222.1	245	250.5	3	3.1
2001	816	846.7	4,393	4558.2	384	398.4	3	3.1
2000	520	547.9	3,409	3591.8	308	324.5	5	5.3
1999	691	728.3	3,471	3658.5	309	325.7	5	5.3
1998	774	815.2	3,773	3973.7	298	313.8	5	5.3
1997	932	938.3	4,576	4607.1	341	343.3	5	5.0
1996	933	947.6	4,430	4499.5	311	315.9	4	4.1
1995	889	910.7	4,105	4205.3	341	349.3	6	6.1
1994	1,018	1026.8	4,186	4222.1	323	325.8	4	4.0

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