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Polk County Crime Statistics Wisconsin state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 667 crimes in Polk County, Wisconsin. With a population of 45,423, there was 1 crime for every 68.1 people in the county. Out of the 667 crimes reported, 566 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 101 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	0	0.00
Rape	14	30.82
Robbery	1	2.20
Assault	86	189.33
Burglary	173	380.86
Larceny	361	794.75
Vehicle	32	70.45
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 1,468.4 incidents per 100,000 people. A 5.9% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (1,386.8 incidents). There were 222.4 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a 140.5% change (from 94.4 incidents). Property crimes changed -1.6% from (1,292.4) the previous year to 1,246.1 per 100,000 people.

Polk County ranks #59 for violent crimes and #13 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,479 and #743 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.

Polk County Criminal Records
Polk County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	1	2.2	12	27.0	1	2.2	28	62.9
2005	0	0.0	9	20.4	1	2.3	39	88.4
2004	2	4.6	9	20.7	0	0.0	38	87.2
2003	0	0.0	7	16.3	1	2.3	47	109.4
2002	1	2.4	3	7.2	2	4.8	34	81.1
2001	0	0.0	4	9.6	3	7.2	27	64.9
2000	0	0.0	7	16.9	3	7.3	20	48.4
1999	3	7.7	2	5.1	1	2.6	27	69.3
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1997	0	0.0	5	13.4	0	0.0	27	72.4
1996	0	0.0	2	5.4	2	5.4	23	61.8
1995	1	2.7	6	16.2	5	13.5	22	59.5
1994	1	2.8	2	5.5	2	5.5	19	52.5

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	187	420.3	359	806.9	29	65.2	0	0.0
2005	209	473.9	344	780.0	48	108.8	0	0.0
2004	210	482.1	417	957.3	49	112.5	0	0.0
2003	213	496.0	422	982.7	37	86.2	0	0.0
2002	251	598.8	426	1016.3	50	119.3	0	0.0
2001	204	490.2	355	853.1	50	120.2	0	0.0
2000	195	471.9	333	805.9	40	96.8	0	0.0
1999	207	531.0	265	679.7	30	77.0	0	0.0
1998	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
1997	218	584.5	396	1061.8	77	206.5	0	0.0
1996	220	591.0	465	1249.1	70	188.0	0	0.0
1995	324	876.6	386	1044.3	42	113.6	0	0.0
1994	271	749.0	328	906.6	49	135.4	1	2.8

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