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Arizona Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 5,939,292, Arizona had a total crime index of 317,823 or 1 crime for every 18.69 people.

Of which 9.59% (30,478) were of a violent nature while 11.50% (36,539) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	78
Forced Rape	209
Robbery	706
Aggravated Assault	1,711

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	8,926
Larceny & Theft	23,207
Vehicle Theft	4,406

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#49
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#35

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	5,739,879	334,,028	28,952	84	200	786	1,218	41,304	10,262	26,099	4,943
2003	5,579,222	340,669	26,334	86	198	851	1,475	45,694	11,693	28,605	5,396
2002	5,441,125	348,467	30,171	93	222	897	1,815	49,894	12,944	31,213	5,737
2001	5,306,966	322,549	28,675	83	259	967	2,059	54,264	13,726	35,190	5,348
2000	5,130,632	299,092	27,281	80	286	895	1,831	53,957	13,129	36,208	4,620
1999	4,778,332	281,735	26,334	98	296	898	1,980	63,645	15,066	42,555	6,024
1998	4,669,000	306,985	26,984	91	273	1,224	2,304	75,160	18,583	49,923	6,654
1997	4,555,000	327,734	28,411	105	313	1,448	2,536	77,001	19,496	50,471	7,034
1996	4,428,000	312,927	27,963	102	390	1,692	3,558	82,710	22,053	53,231	7,426
1995	4,218,000	346,450	30,095	168	478	2,130	3,788	98,265	26,464	62,918	8,883
1994	4,075,000	322,926	28,653	124	553	2,095	4,635	102,451	26,549	67,566	8,336
1993	3,936,000	292,513	28,142	142	650	2,350	5,589	106,671	31,429	66,883	8,359
1992	3,832,000	269,335	25,706	167	637	3,031	6,042	128,089	40,301	76,560	11,228
1991	3,750,000	277,711	25,152	206	807	4,396	6,793	164,811	54,557	97,286	12,968
1990	3,665,228	289,140	23,911	191	789	3,780	7,424	173,331	56,265	105,588	11,478