Table 14
Crime Trends
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties1 by Population Group, 2009–2010
| Population group | Population range |
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 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES |
100,000 and over | 2009 | 140,563 | 1,650 | 8,679 | 38,936 | 91,298 | 998,597 | 258,474 | 651,369 | 88,754 | 6,798 | ||
| 2010 | 130,199 | 1,635 | 8,166 | 34,690 | 85,708 | 957,763 | 250,812 | 627,292 | 79,659 | 6,051 | 152 | 40,546,466 | ||
| Percent change | -7.4 | -0.9 | -5.9 | -10.9 | -6.1 | -4.1 | -3.0 | -3.7 | -10.2 | -11.0 | ||||
| 25,000 to 99,999 | 2009 | 43,548 | 566 | 4,488 | 5,088 | 33,406 | 368,887 | 114,941 | 229,738 | 24,208 | 2,614 | |||
| 2010 | 40,484 | 534 | 4,129 | 4,321 | 31,500 | 370,265 | 115,042 | 232,619 | 22,604 | 2,237 | 426 | 22,168,732 | ||
| Percent change | -7.0 | -5.7 | -8.0 | -15.1 | -5.7 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +1.3 | -6.6 | -14.4 | ||||
| Under 25,000 | 2009 | 16,177 | 190 | 1,608 | 2,161 | 12,218 | 119,687 | 31,239 | 71,204 | 17,244 | 1,471 | |||
| 2010 | 15,958 | 200 | 1,491 | 2,086 | 12,181 | 119,366 | 29,437 | 73,301 | 16,628 | 1,312 | 1,121 | 4,574,163 | ||
| Percent change | -1.4 | +5.3 | -7.3 | -3.5 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -5.8 | +2.9 | -3.6 | -10.8 | ||||
|
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES |
25,000 and over | 2009 | 23,635 | 360 | 2,434 | 2,352 | 18,489 | 186,361 | 68,141 | 106,225 | 11,995 | 1,311 | ||
| 2010 | 22,125 | 352 | 2,284 | 2,227 | 17,262 | 190,651 | 68,558 | 110,657 | 11,436 | 1,250 | 292 | 11,495,405 | ||
| Percent change | -6.4 | -2.2 | -6.2 | -5.3 | -6.6 | +2.3 | +0.6 | +4.2 | -4.7 | -4.7 | ||||
| 10,000 to 24,999 | 2009 | 15,862 | 310 | 1,583 | 1,041 | 12,928 | 124,095 | 43,639 | 72,449 | 8,007 | 951 | |||
| 2010 | 14,849 | 226 | 1,560 | 962 | 12,101 | 127,417 | 44,876 | 74,864 | 7,677 | 928 | 571 | 9,159,539 | ||
| Percent change | -6.4 | -27.1 | -1.5 | -7.6 | -6.4 | +2.7 | +2.8 | +3.3 | -4.1 | -2.4 | ||||
| Under 10,000 | 2009 | 8,677 | 162 | 1,233 | 419 | 6,863 | 61,483 | 20,884 | 35,712 | 4,887 | 843 | |||
| 2010 | 8,375 | 141 | 1,192 | 358 | 6,684 | 62,858 | 20,271 | 37,835 | 4,752 | 748 | 1,345 | 3,972,118 | ||
| Percent change | -3.5 | -13.0 | -3.3 | -14.6 | -2.6 | +2.2 | -2.9 | +5.9 | -2.8 | -11.3 |
- 1 Metropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nonmetropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies that are not associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area. The offenses from state police agencies are not included in this table.
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