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Virginia Beach City County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 14,205 crimes in Virginia Beach City County, Virginia. With a population of 435,943, there was 1 crime for every 30.7 people in the county. Out of the 14,205 crimes reported, 13,120 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 1,085 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	16	3.67
Rape	85	19.50
Robbery	552	126.62
Assault	432	99.10
Burglary	2,165	496.62
Larceny	10,348	2373.70
Vehicle	590	135.34
Arson	17	3.9

The 2007 crime rate was 3,258.5 incidents per 100,000 people. A 1.8% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,200.9 incidents). There were 248.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -13.7% change (from 283.9 incidents). Property crimes changed 1.6% from (2,917.0) the previous year to 3,009.6 per 100,000 people.

Virginia Beach City County ranks #95 for violent crimes and #104 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,633 and #2,222 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	19	4.3	116	26.2	676	152.7	446	100.7
2005	19	4.3	97	21.7	621	139.1	405	90.7
2004	15	3.4	141	31.8	478	107.7	380	85.6
2003	24	5.5	121	27.5	409	93.1	389	88.5
2002	3	0.7	138	31.5	443	101.1	388	88.5
2001	12	2.8	111	25.7	366	84.8	352	81.5
2000	11	2.6	101	23.8	451	106.1	381	89.6
1999	12	2.7	107	24.4	509	116.3	422	96.4
1998	14	3.2	84	19.3	490	112.3	404	92.6
1997	19	4.3	102	23.0	515	116.0	430	96.9
1996	20	4.5	127	28.9	455	103.4	476	108.2
1995	16	3.7	99	22.7	479	109.9	374	85.8
1994	33	7.7	145	33.9	610	142.7	371	86.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,056	464.3	10,244	2313.5	600	135.5	16	3.6
2005	2,215	496.1	10,399	2329.3	760	170.2	11	2.5
2004	1,775	399.9	11,021	2483.1	765	172.4	14	3.2
2003	2,141	487.2	11,650	2651.0	808	183.9	18	4.1
2002	2,290	522.6	11,996	2737.7	847	193.3	17	3.9
2001	2,289	530.1	12,135	2810.2	935	216.5	18	4.2
2000	2,601	611.6	13,519	3179.0	854	200.8	16	3.8
1999	2,034	464.7	12,298	2809.9	720	164.5	15	3.4
1998	2,721	623.8	13,038	2989.0	925	212.1	16	3.7
1997	2,990	673.7	14,908	3358.8	934	210.4	19	4.3
1996	3,063	696.4	15,695	3568.3	1,000	227.3	22	5.0
1995	2,916	668.9	15,254	3499.0	1,156	265.2	21	4.8
1994	3,248	759.8	15,892	3717.7	947	221.5	19	4.4

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