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Wise County Crime Statistics Virginia state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 915 crimes in Wise County, Virginia. With a population of 41,980, there was 1 crime for every 45.9 people in the county. Out of the 915 crimes reported, 823 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 92 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	2	4.76
Rape	9	21.44
Robbery	9	21.44
Assault	72	171.51
Burglary	213	507.38
Larceny	553	1317.29
Vehicle	55	131.01
Arson	2	4.8

The 2007 crime rate was 2,179.6 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (2,367.1 incidents). There were 219.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 10.8% change (from 194.7 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.1% from (2,172.4) the previous year to 1,960.5 per 100,000 people.

Wise County ranks #81 for violent crimes and #74 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,459 and #1,426 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.

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Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	2	4.7	18	42.2	7	16.4	56	131.4
2005	3	7.0	6	14.1	4	9.4	55	129.2
2004	3	7.1	22	51.8	6	14.1	80	188.5
2003	2	4.7	13	30.6	3	7.1	98	230.8
2002	1	2.4	7	16.8	6	14.4	75	180.4
2001	4	9.8	10	24.4	12	29.3	104	253.9
2000	2	5.0	16	39.7	7	17.4	80	198.3
1999	2	5.1	18	46.1	7	17.9	88	225.3
1998	2	5.0	12	30.3	3	7.6	86	217.1
1997	2	4.9	11	26.7	4	9.7	42	102.0
1996	1	2.5	22	53.9	7	17.2	99	242.6
1995	2	4.9	5	12.4	3	7.4	68	168.1
1994	3	7.3	3	7.3	12	29.2	26	63.3

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	211	495.0	649	1522.5	63	147.8	3	7.0
2005	144	338.4	608	1428.6	62	145.7	2	4.7
2004	213	502.0	667	1572.0	66	155.5	2	4.7
2003	160	376.9	548	1290.8	58	136.6	1	2.4
2002	176	423.4	515	1239.0	49	117.9	1	2.4
2001	147	358.9	484	1181.6	68	166.0	1	2.4
2000	145	359.5	370	917.2	38	94.2	1	2.5
1999	176	450.6	571	1461.7	62	158.7	1	2.6
1998	165	416.4	452	1140.8	66	166.6	1	2.5
1997	176	427.6	498	1209.9	52	126.3	2	4.9
1996	202	495.1	476	1166.6	53	129.9	0	0.0
1995	149	368.3	379	936.8	44	108.8	1	2.5
1994	132	321.4	451	1098.0	25	60.9	0	0.0

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