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District of Columbia Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 550,521, District of Columbia had a total crime index of 34,165 or 1 crime for every 16.11 people.

Of which 23.51% (8,032) were of a violent nature while 76,49% (26,133) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	195
Forced Rape	166
Robbery	3,700
Aggravated Assault	3,971

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	3,577
Larceny & Theft	14,836
Vehicle Theft	7,720

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#51
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#51

*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	554,239	34,486	7,590	198	222	3,202	3,968	26,896	3,946	14,542	8,408
2003	557,620	41,757	9,061	249	274	3,941	4,597	32,696	4,671	18,119	9,906
2002	569,157	52,049	9,322	264	262	3,834	4,962	36,477	5,170	21,708	9,599
2001	573,822	44,427	9,195	231	181	3,780	5,003	35,232	4,949	22,313	7,970
2000	572,059	41,626	8,626	239	251	3,554	4,582	33,000	4,745	21,655	6,600
1999	519,000	41,868	8,448	241	248	3,344	4,615	33,420	5,067	21,701	6,652
1998	523,000	46,210	8,988	260	190	3,606	4,932	37,222	6,361	24,360	6,501
1997	529,000	52,049	10,708	301	218	4,501	5,688	41,341	6,963	26,809	7,569
1996	543,000	64,599	13,411	397	260	6,444	6,310	51,188	9,828	31,385	9,975
1995	554,000	67,441	14,744	360	292	6,864	7,228	52,697	10,185	32,319	10,193
1994	570,000	63,186	15,177	399	249	6,311	8,218	48,009	10,037	29,711	8,261
1993	578,000	67,979	16,888	454	324	7,107	9,003	51,091	11,534	31,495	8,062
1992	589,000	67,187	16,685	443	215	7,459	8,568	50,502	10,721	30,663	9,118
1991	598,000	64,393	14,671	482	214	7,269	6,706	49,722	12,405	29,182	8,135
1990	606,900	65,389	14,919	472	303	7,365	6,779	50,470	12,035	30,326	8,109