Table 12
Crime Trends
by Population Group, 2009–2010
| Population group |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Forcible rape |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
Number of agencies |
2010 estimated population |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: | 2009 | 1,253,786 | 14,668 | 79,306 | 394,107 | 765,705 | 8,783,560 | 2,068,376 | 5,950,908 | 764,276 | 56,477 | ||
| 2010 | 1,181,579 | 14,077 | 76,322 | 355,795 | 735,385 | 8,543,699 | 2,034,268 | 5,801,900 | 707,531 | 52,191 | 14,706 | 291,385,855 | |
| Percent change | -5.8 | -4.0 | -3.8 | -9.7 | -4.0 | -2.7 | -1.6 | -2.5 | -7.4 | -7.6 | |||
| TOTAL CITIES | 2009 | 998,731 | 11,318 | 58,265 | 343,360 | 585,788 | 6,875,514 | 1,515,174 | 4,754,923 | 605,417 | 41,914 | ||
| 2010 | 943,322 | 10,861 | 56,651 | 310,450 | 565,360 | 6,666,087 | 1,489,019 | 4,615,865 | 561,203 | 39,169 | 10,611 | 197,239,780 | |
| Percent change | -5.5 | -4.0 | -2.8 | -9.6 | -3.5 | -3.0 | -1.7 | -2.9 | -7.3 | -6.5 | |||
| GROUP I (250,000 and over) | 2009 | 453,671 | 5,808 | 18,889 | 184,802 | 244,172 | 2,240,358 | 521,170 | 1,440,506 | 278,682 | 15,164 | ||
| 2010 | 428,565 | 5,731 | 18,673 | 167,555 | 236,606 | 2,164,781 | 509,242 | 1,392,700 | 262,839 | 14,006 | 75 | 57,354,512 | |
| Percent change | -5.5 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -9.3 | -3.1 | -3.4 | -2.3 | -3.3 | -5.7 | -7.6 | |||
| 1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | 2009 | 193,010 | 2,369 | 6,105 | 85,436 | 99,100 | 842,014 | 178,035 | 555,477 | 108,502 | 4,587 | ||
| 2010 | 183,262 | 2,316 | 6,062 | 78,293 | 96,591 | 810,287 | 172,991 | 535,650 | 101,646 | 3,890 | 10 | 25,823,829 | |
| Percent change | -5.1 | -2.2 | -0.7 | -8.4 | -2.5 | -3.8 | -2.8 | -3.6 | -6.3 | -15.2 | |||
| 500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | 2009 | 146,001 | 1,903 | 6,501 | 55,448 | 82,149 | 798,436 | 192,180 | 509,521 | 96,735 | 5,405 | ||
| 2010 | 138,348 | 1,813 | 6,658 | 49,429 | 80,448 | 767,672 | 185,280 | 491,214 | 91,178 | 5,291 | 25 | 17,415,371 | |
| Percent change | -5.2 | -4.7 | +2.4 | -10.9 | -2.1 | -3.9 | -3.6 | -3.6 | -5.7 | -2.1 | |||
| 250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | 2009 | 114,660 | 1,536 | 6,283 | 43,918 | 62,923 | 599,908 | 150,955 | 375,508 | 73,445 | 5,172 | ||
| 2010 | 106,955 | 1,602 | 5,953 | 39,833 | 59,567 | 586,822 | 150,971 | 365,836 | 70,015 | 4,825 | 40 | 14,115,312 | |
| Percent change | -6.7 | +4.3 | -5.3 | -9.3 | -5.3 | -2.2 | * | -2.6 | -4.7 | -6.7 | |||
| GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) | 2009 | 165,046 | 1,875 | 10,022 | 56,341 | 96,808 | 1,198,242 | 275,636 | 808,869 | 113,737 | 6,686 | ||
| 2010 | 156,707 | 1,744 | 9,481 | 51,275 | 94,207 | 1,155,269 | 273,363 | 778,735 | 103,171 | 6,426 | 203 | 30,280,703 | |
| Percent change | -5.1 | -7.0 | -5.4 | -9.0 | -2.7 | -3.6 | -0.8 | -3.7 | -9.3 | -3.9 | |||
| GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) | 2009 | 131,509 | 1,272 | 8,769 | 42,113 | 79,355 | 1,040,159 | 228,051 | 728,515 | 83,593 | 6,346 | ||
| 2010 | 123,175 | 1,248 | 8,492 | 37,895 | 75,540 | 1,006,803 | 223,639 | 706,049 | 77,115 | 5,886 | 458 | 31,381,299 | |
| Percent change | -6.3 | -1.9 | -3.2 | -10.0 | -4.8 | -3.2 | -1.9 | -3.1 | -7.7 | -7.2 | |||
| GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 2009 | 95,293 | 934 | 7,198 | 28,129 | 59,032 | 861,663 | 177,532 | 630,329 | 53,802 | 4,881 | ||
| 2010 | 89,599 | 914 | 7,107 | 25,031 | 56,547 | 839,961 | 178,140 | 612,266 | 49,555 | 4,427 | 808 | 27,927,972 | |
| Percent change | -6.0 | -2.1 | -1.3 | -11.0 | -4.2 | -2.5 | +0.3 | -2.9 | -7.9 | -9.3 | |||
| GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | 2009 | 82,409 | 748 | 6,906 | 20,435 | 54,320 | 819,189 | 170,827 | 604,783 | 43,579 | 3,985 | ||
| 2010 | 77,803 | 700 | 6,481 | 18,285 | 52,337 | 796,254 | 166,235 | 590,495 | 39,524 | 3,754 | 1,743 | 27,712,113 | |
| Percent change | -5.6 | -6.4 | -6.2 | -10.5 | -3.7 | -2.8 | -2.7 | -2.4 | -9.3 | -5.8 | |||
| GROUP VI (under 10,000) | 2009 | 70,803 | 681 | 6,481 | 11,540 | 52,101 | 715,903 | 141,958 | 541,921 | 32,024 | 4,852 | ||
| 2010 | 67,473 | 524 | 6,417 | 10,409 | 50,123 | 703,019 | 138,400 | 535,620 | 28,999 | 4,670 | 7,324 | 22,583,181 | |
| Percent change | -4.7 | -23.1 | -1.0 | -9.8 | -3.8 | -1.8 | -2.5 | -1.2 | -9.4 | -3.8 | |||
| METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | 2009 | 200,546 | 2,407 | 14,784 | 46,206 | 137,149 | 1,489,728 | 405,436 | 953,993 | 130,299 | 10,893 | ||
| 2010 | 186,939 | 2,369 | 13,844 | 41,111 | 129,615 | 1,450,064 | 396,185 | 934,912 | 118,967 | 9,608 | 1,710 | 67,489,063 | |
| Percent change | -6.8 | -1.6 | -6.4 | -11.0 | -5.5 | -2.7 | -2.3 | -2.0 | -8.7 | -11.8 | |||
| NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES1 | 2009 | 54,509 | 943 | 6,257 | 4,541 | 42,768 | 418,318 | 147,766 | 241,992 | 28,560 | 3,670 | ||
| 2010 | 51,318 | 847 | 5,827 | 4,234 | 40,410 | 427,548 | 149,064 | 251,123 | 27,361 | 3,414 | 2,385 | 26,657,012 | |
| Percent change | -5.9 | -10.2 | -6.9 | -6.8 | -5.5 | +2.2 | +0.9 | +3.8 | -4.2 | -7.0 | |||
| SUBURBAN AREAS2 | 2009 | 348,688 | 3,684 | 25,803 | 86,425 | 232,776 | 3,018,216 | 702,080 | 2,093,365 | 222,771 | 18,895 | ||
| 2010 | 326,791 | 3,606 | 24,748 | 77,080 | 221,357 | 2,940,843 | 688,618 | 2,049,413 | 202,812 | 16,860 | 7,765 | 123,142,328 | |
| Percent change | -6.3 | -2.1 | -4.1 | -10.8 | -4.9 | -2.6 | -1.9 | -2.1 | -9.0 | -10.8 |
- 1 Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
- 2 Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
- * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
Data Declaration
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