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Yakima County Crime Statistics Washington state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 13,590 crimes in Yakima County, Washington. With a population of 234,592, there was 1 crime for every 17.3 people in the county. Out of the 13,590 crimes reported, 12,691 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 899 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	15	6.39
Rape	135	57.55
Robbery	214	91.22
Assault	535	228.06
Burglary	3,095	1319.31
Larceny	7,696	3280.59
Vehicle	1,885	803.52
Arson	15	6.4

The 2007 crime rate was 5,793.0 incidents per 100,000 people. A -13.3% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,682.2 incidents). There were 383.2 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 18.9% change (from 320.9 incidents). Property crimes changed -15.3% from (6,361.3) the previous year to 5,409.8 per 100,000 people.

Yakima County ranks #36 for violent crimes and #37 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,173 and #2,866 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	10	4.2	126	53.5	233	98.9	387	164.3
2005	22	9.5	129	55.6	218	93.9	390	168.0
2004	10	4.4	122	53.2	181	78.9	366	159.5
2003	10	4.4	137	60.3	194	85.4	372	163.8
2002	10	4.4	121	52.8	175	76.4	315	137.4
2001	10	4.4	109	48.2	163	72.1	320	141.5
2000	14	6.3	96	43.1	171	76.8	366	164.4
1999	11	5.0	121	54.8	141	63.9	343	155.5
1998	10	4.5	151	68.2	216	97.6	408	184.3
1997	15	6.9	128	58.7	168	77.0	499	228.9
1996	16	7.4	155	72.1	175	81.4	692	321.8
1995	13	6.2	131	62.1	219	103.7	857	406.0
1994	17	8.3	138	67.1	239	116.2	841	408.8

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	3,518	1493.4	9,280	3939.5	2,176	923.7	11	4.7
2005	3,824	1646.9	10,179	4383.8	2,176	937.1	15	6.5
2004	3,109	1355.3	9,218	4018.3	1,483	646.5	15	6.5
2003	3,418	1504.8	8,947	3939.0	1,365	601.0	17	7.5
2002	3,487	1521.5	8,847	3860.2	1,364	595.2	14	6.1
2001	3,194	1412.5	8,250	3648.4	1,126	498.0	11	4.9
2000	3,052	1371.2	8,586	3857.5	1,210	543.6	11	4.9
1999	3,226	1462.1	8,229	3729.7	1,292	585.6	12	5.4
1998	3,894	1758.9	9,226	4167.3	1,562	705.5	12	5.4
1997	3,875	1777.2	9,368	4296.4	1,319	604.9	11	5.0
1996	3,536	1644.2	9,187	4271.9	1,298	603.6	10	4.6
1995	4,043	1915.2	10,551	4998.1	1,171	554.7	13	6.2
1994	3,481	1692.1	10,002	4862.1	963	468.1	10	4.9

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