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Clark County Crime Statistics Washington state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 12,912 crimes in Clark County, Washington. With a population of 423,097, there was 1 crime for every 32.8 people in the county. Out of the 12,912 crimes reported, 11,921 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 991 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	9	2.13
Rape	208	49.16
Robbery	224	52.94
Assault	550	129.99
Burglary	2,059	486.65
Larceny	8,210	1940.45
Vehicle	1,640	387.62
Arson	12	2.8

The 2007 crime rate was 3,051.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (3,288.1 incidents). There were 234.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 7.3% change (from 225.0 incidents). Property crimes changed -5.2% from (3,063.1) the previous year to 2,817.6 per 100,000 people.

Clark County ranks #22 for violent crimes and #15 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,546 and #2,119 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.

Clark County Criminal Records
Clark County Jails
Clark County Courts

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	5	1.2	215	52.4	196	47.7	508	123.7
2005	12	3.0	219	55.1	239	60.1	528	132.8
2004	12	3.1	189	49.2	212	55.2	571	148.7
2003	4	1.1	201	53.8	225	60.2	531	142.0
2002	3	0.8	163	45.9	249	70.1	452	127.2
2001	10	2.9	108	30.8	188	53.6	704	200.8
2000	5	1.4	104	30.1	212	61.4	633	183.4
1999	7	2.1	107	32.4	221	66.8	687	207.8
1998	6	1.9	86	26.8	244	76.0	883	275.2
1997	11	3.7	81	27.4	241	81.5	989	334.5
1996	6	2.1	163	55.9	323	110.8	719	246.5
1995	5	1.7	191	66.7	336	117.4	688	240.3
1994	13	4.8	138	51.0	305	112.7	559	206.6

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	2,367	576.5	8,587	2091.3	1,612	392.6	11	2.7
2005	2,738	688.6	10,088	2537.2	1,909	480.1	7	1.8
2004	2,698	702.7	10,722	2792.5	1,982	516.2	10	2.6
2003	2,782	744.0	11,153	2982.5	2,011	537.8	8	2.1
2002	2,410	678.1	9,069	2551.9	1,385	389.7	9	2.5
2001	2,260	644.5	9,940	2834.8	856	244.1	12	3.4
2000	2,279	660.3	9,047	2621.2	1,056	306.0	16	4.6
1999	2,392	723.4	7,881	2383.4	988	298.8	7	2.1
1998	2,322	723.6	8,845	2756.4	1,439	448.4	5	1.6
1997	2,432	822.5	6,746	2281.5	1,561	527.9	4	1.4
1996	2,406	825.0	6,632	2274.1	1,179	404.3	6	2.1
1995	2,857	998.0	9,040	3158.0	1,595	557.2	7	2.4
1994	2,502	924.6	8,133	3005.3	1,346	497.4	12	4.4

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