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Pierce County Crime Statistics Washington state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 40,445 crimes in Pierce County, Washington. With a population of 775,434, there was 1 crime for every 19.2 people in the county. Out of the 40,445 crimes reported, 36,310 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 4,135 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	25	3.22
Rape	346	44.62
Robbery	1,099	141.73
Assault	2,665	343.68
Burglary	7,450	960.75
Larceny	21,913	2825.90
Vehicle	6,923	892.79
Arson	24	3.1

The 2007 crime rate was 5,215.8 incidents per 100,000 people. A -7.2% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (5,622.2 incidents). There were 533.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -1.7% change (from 549.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -6.6% from (5,073.0) the previous year to 4,682.5 per 100,000 people.

Pierce County ranks #39 for violent crimes and #33 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,502 and #2,768 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	35	4.6	353	46.1	1,176	153.5	2,644	345.1
2005	28	3.7	330	43.7	1,122	148.6	2,610	345.7
2004	26	3.5	385	51.4	1,186	158.3	2,434	324.9
2003	26	3.5	345	46.6	1,165	157.4	2,643	357.0
2002	29	4.0	405	56.1	1,103	152.7	2,481	343.6
2001	33	4.6	326	45.8	1,200	168.4	2,218	311.3
2000	33	4.7	341	48.6	1,204	171.6	2,962	422.3
1999	20	2.9	344	50.2	1,111	162.1	2,905	423.9
1998	45	6.7	335	49.6	1,304	193.3	3,189	472.6
1997	28	4.2	319	47.5	1,099	163.8	2,956	440.5
1996	45	6.8	307	46.4	1,225	185.1	3,302	499.0
1995	53	8.2	385	59.3	1,401	215.7	3,819	587.9
1994	64	9.9	442	68.6	1,444	224.1	3,989	619.0

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	8,426	1099.8	23,313	3043.0	7,100	926.8	26	3.4
2005	8,357	1107.0	24,062	3187.4	7,426	983.7	23	3.0
2004	8,146	1087.5	24,042	3209.5	6,380	851.7	23	3.1
2003	7,618	1029.0	24,257	3276.4	5,945	803.0	23	3.1
2002	7,586	1050.5	26,627	3687.2	6,404	886.8	28	3.9
2001	7,230	1014.7	25,278	3547.8	6,481	909.6	24	3.4
2000	8,272	1179.2	27,449	3913.0	6,162	878.4	30	4.3
1999	8,033	1172.0	24,927	3636.9	5,374	784.1	22	3.2
1998	8,263	1224.6	26,809	3973.0	5,501	815.2	24	3.6
1997	7,239	1078.9	23,265	3467.3	4,434	660.8	26	3.9
1996	8,003	1209.3	27,561	4164.7	5,117	773.2	27	4.1
1995	8,359	1286.8	27,836	4285.2	4,883	751.7	32	4.9
1994	7,887	1223.8	26,500	4112.0	5,362	832.0	35	5.4

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