SBI Crime Stats Show Sanford Working In The Right Direction

The SBI has just released the 2008 crime statistics for our area.

Although one crime is one too many, and if you are the victum of a crime you don’t much care what statistics show…….these statistics clearly prove that the City of Sanford continues to be working in the right direction in making our city a safer place to live. 

City of Sanford                              Down 18.8% from 2007

Offense	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Murder	7	1	1	6	4	2	6	2	3	6
Rape	12	4	10	10	14	10	9	9	5	5
Robbery	61	50	65	87	91	67	62	64	59	54
Aggravated Assault	99	71	80	107	87	101	70	48	48	57
Violent Crime	179	126	156	210	196	180	147	123	115	122
Burglary	547	283	521	573	532	538	397	373	429	298
Larceny	1,682	996	1,788	1,765	1,651	1,284	1,251	1,153	930	767
MV Theft	110	90	88	112	93	127	111	79	93	85
Property Crime	2,339	1,369	2,397	2,450	2,276	1,949	1,759	1,605	1,452	1,150
Index Crime Total	2,518	1,495	2,553	2,660	2,472	2,129	1,906	1,728	1,567	1,272

Lee County Sheriff (does not include City of Sanford)

Offense	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Murder		1	2	2	2	1		1	3	3
Rape	4	9	5	5	9	3	5	7	7	3
Robbery	11	7	3	2	10	8	6	8	7	9
Aggravated Assault	33	11	28	2	8	14	6	12	24	26
Violent Crime	48	28	38	11	29	26	17	28	41	41
Burglary	296	337	370	409	302	241	198	282	270	283
Larceny	301	284	339	333	273	205	190	265	275	361
MV Theft	60	42	28	70	59	49	59	97	60	81
Property Crime	657	663	737	812	634	495	447	644	605	725
Index Crime Total	705	691	775	823	663	521	464	672	646	766

Lee County as a whole

	Offense Category	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Murder	7	2	3	8	6	3	6	3	6	9
	Rape	16	13	15	15	23	13	14	16	12	8
	Robbery	72	57	68	89	101	75	68	72	66	64
	Agg.  Assault	132	82	108	109	95	115	76	60	72	85
	Burglary	844	620	891	982	834	779	595	655	699	581
	Larceny	1,990	1,280	2,127	2,098	1,924	1,489	1,441	1,418	1,205	1,144
	MV Theft	171	132	116	182	152	176	170	176	153	166
		3,232	2,186	3,328	3,483	3,135	2,650	2,370	2,400	2,213	2,057

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