Violent Crime Rate
Data comes from the FBI Uniform Crime Rate database for 2008.
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South Lake Tahoe, California has a violent crime rate of 660 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with a rate of 511 in California and a rate of 676 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.
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Violent Crime Rate
Incidents per 100,000
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South Lake Tahoe
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660
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CA
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511
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National
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676
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South Lake Tahoe, California is in the 83% percentile rank in the state for Violent Crime. It is in the 85% percentile rank nationally. Lower numbers are better. In this case, 83% of cities in California have crime rates equal to or lower than South Lake Tahoe, or said another way, 17% of cities in California have crime rates higher than South Lake Tahoe.
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Review crime rate data for South Lake Tahoe, California
| Crime |
South Lake Tahoe |
CA |
Nation |
| Violent Crime Total |
659.8 |
511.0 |
676 |
| Murder / NNH |
4.3 |
5.7 |
6.5 |
| Forcible Rape |
47.1 |
24.1 |
31.1 |
| Robbery Rate |
132.8 |
205.6 |
197.4 |
| Aggravated Assault |
475.6 |
275.7 |
315 |
| Property Crime Total |
2437.8 |
3010.5 |
3726.9 |
| Burglary |
1113.9 |
638.9 |
812.3 |
| Larceny Theft |
1173.9 |
1832.5 |
2541.6 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft |
150.0 |
540.1 |
382.3 |
| Arson |
8.6 |
27.8 |
23.3 |
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Property Crime Rate
Property crime includes burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, and arson. Data comes from the FBI Uniform Crime Rate database for 2008.
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South Lake Tahoe, California has a property crime rate of 2437.8 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with an average rate of 3010.5 in California and an average rate of 3727 incidents per 100,000 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.
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Property Crime Rate
Incidents per 100,000
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South Lake Tahoe
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2437.8
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CA
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3010.5
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National
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3727
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South Lake Tahoe Property Crime:
State Percentile Rank - 42
National Percentile Rank - 51
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