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Milwaukee County Crime Statistics Wisconsin state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 60,453 crimes in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. With a population of 914,679, there was 1 crime for every 15.1 people in the county. Out of the 60,453 crimes reported, 51,637 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 8,816 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	107	11.70
Rape	300	32.80
Robbery	3,886	424.85
Assault	4,523	494.49
Burglary	7,983	872.77
Larceny	35,119	3839.49
Vehicle	8,496	928.85
Arson	39	4.3

The 2007 crime rate was 6,609.2 incidents per 100,000 people. A 4.1% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (6,349.4 incidents). There were 963.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 3.3% change (from 922.4 incidents). Property crimes changed 2.8% from (5,427.0) the previous year to 5,645.4 per 100,000 people.

Milwaukee County ranks #71 for violent crimes and #72 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #2,797 and #2,881 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	106	11.5	260	28.1	3,956	427.6	4,211	455.2
2005	129	13.8	237	25.4	3,217	344.9	3,034	325.3
2004	93	9.9	242	25.8	2,838	302.0	2,077	221.1
2003	115	12.2	333	35.3	3,173	336.6	2,319	246.0
2002	112	11.7	388	40.7	3,468	363.6	2,368	248.3
2001	130	13.7	344	36.3	3,185	336.3	2,344	247.5
2000	126	13.4	358	38.1	3,337	354.9	2,488	264.6
1999	127	13.9	304	33.2	3,391	370.2	2,754	300.6
1998	111	12.1	286	31.1	2,970	323.2	2,528	275.1
1997	127	13.3	338	35.4	3,835	401.5	2,939	307.7
1996	135	14.2	328	34.4	3,620	379.8	2,459	258.0
1995	143	15.1	406	42.9	3,977	420.3	2,863	302.6
1994	143	14.7	479	49.4	4,306	444.1	2,206	227.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	7,349	794.4	33,809	3654.5	9,012	974.1	37	4.0
2005	6,196	664.3	31,466	3373.7	7,416	795.1	29	3.1
2004	5,992	637.7	31,123	3312.4	6,294	669.9	33	3.5
2003	7,636	810.1	35,454	3761.3	6,919	734.0	41	4.3
2002	8,543	895.6	36,428	3819.0	7,905	828.7	44	4.6
2001	8,212	867.2	36,203	3823.0	8,717	920.5	51	5.4
2000	7,707	819.7	34,109	3627.6	8,862	942.5	59	6.3
1999	7,824	854.1	36,412	3974.8	8,258	901.5	49	5.3
1998	7,055	767.8	25,846	2812.9	7,348	799.7	58	6.3
1997	8,501	889.9	36,878	3860.7	9,192	962.3	56	5.9
1996	9,262	971.6	37,131	3895.3	11,178	1172.6	67	7.0
1995	10,096	1067.0	37,076	3918.3	12,368	1307.1	68	7.2
1994	10,319	1064.2	36,656	3780.4	11,760	1212.8	71	7.3

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