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King County Crime Statistics Washington state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 89,715 crimes in King County, Washington. With a population of 1,854,897, there was 1 crime for every 20.7 people in the county. Out of the 89,715 crimes reported, 82,816 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 6,899 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	59	3.18
Rape	555	29.92
Robbery	2,731	147.23
Assault	3,554	191.60
Burglary	15,481	834.60
Larceny	53,366	2877.03
Vehicle	13,912	750.01
Arson	57	3.1

The 2007 crime rate was 4,836.7 incidents per 100,000 people. A -12.7% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,539.1 incidents). There were 371.9 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -9.4% change (from 413.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -12.2% from (5,125.2) the previous year to 4,464.7 per 100,000 people.

King County ranks #35 for violent crimes and #32 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,148 and #2,733 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	68	3.7	642	34.9	2,976	161.8	3,929	213.6
2005	56	3.1	659	36.3	2,683	147.7	3,988	219.6
2004	58	3.2	672	37.4	2,705	150.5	3,615	201.1
2003	70	3.9	701	39.1	2,612	145.8	3,841	214.4
2002	61	3.4	565	31.3	2,562	142.1	3,906	216.7
2001	60	3.4	594	33.4	2,619	147.3	4,011	225.5
2000	60	3.4	662	37.8	2,649	151.3	4,079	233.0
1999	76	4.5	654	39.1	2,691	160.8	3,872	231.4
1998	78	4.7	811	49.0	2,838	171.5	4,114	248.6
1997	82	4.9	711	42.7	3,203	192.2	4,166	250.0
1996	70	4.3	890	54.2	3,232	196.7	3,915	238.2
1995	80	5.0	875	54.3	3,477	215.6	4,124	255.7
1994	105	6.5	1023	63.2	3,816	235.9	5,313	328.4

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	17,706	962.4	57,796	3141.5	18,705	1016.7	83	4.5
2005	17,063	939.4	64,792	3567.2	21,795	1200.0	74	4.1
2004	18,070	1005.4	60,922	3389.6	19,857	1104.8	76	4.2
2003	17,784	992.6	61,935	3456.8	19,114	1066.8	78	4.4
2002	16,157	896.4	60,723	3369.0	18,267	1013.5	76	4.2
2001	14,828	833.8	60,880	3423.4	18,242	1025.8	76	4.3
2000	14,290	816.4	60,732	3469.7	16,735	956.1	73	4.2
1999	14,439	863.0	66,283	3961.6	16,670	996.3	74	4.4
1998	15,822	956.1	71,813	4339.6	16,235	981.1	76	4.6
1997	17,665	1060.2	75,623	4538.6	13,886	833.4	74	4.4
1996	18,083	1100.4	79,585	4843.1	13,514	822.4	75	4.6
1995	17,423	1080.2	79,016	4899.1	14,137	876.5	76	4.7
1994	17,834	1102.3	76,880	4752.1	12,255	757.5	84	5.2

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