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Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2010

Population group Violent crime Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Number
of
agencies		 2010
estimated
population
Number of
offenses
known 		Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known 		Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,180,839 410.9 13,941 4.9 80,031 27.8 352,613 122.7 734,254 255.5 8,544,651 2,973.3 2,025,747 704.9 5,814,440 2,023.3 704,464 245.1 14,442 287,379,482
TOTAL CITIES 941,873 481.7 10,735 5.5 59,648 30.5 308,033 157.5 563,457 288.2 6,673,837 3,413.3 1,479,919 756.9 4,634,938 2,370.5 558,980 285.9 10,348 195,526,478
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 424,782 751.4 5,677 10.0 19,192 34.0 166,024 293.7 233,889 413.7 2,166,752 3,833.0 502,925 889.7 1,403,073 2,482.0 260,754 461.3 74 56,529,440
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 184,009 712.6 2,316 9.0 6,809 26.4 78,293 303.2 96,591 374.0 810,287 3,137.7 172,991 669.9 535,650 2,074.2 101,646 393.6 10 25,823,829
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 133,818 806.6 1,759 10.6 6,430 38.8 47,898 288.7 77,731 468.5 761,275 4,588.7 178,963 1,078.7 493,219 2,972.9 89,093 537.0 24 16,590,299
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 106,955 757.7 1,602 11.3 5,953 42.2 39,833 282.2 59,567 422.0 595,190 4,216.6 150,971 1,069.6 374,204 2,651.1 70,015 496.0 40 14,115,312
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 153,984 519.6 1,691 5.7 9,799 33.1 50,371 170.0 92,123 310.8 1,140,095 3,846.8 267,891 903.9 770,502 2,599.8 101,702 343.2 200 29,637,257
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 122,835 394.6 1,211 3.9 8,839 28.4 37,534 120.6 75,251 241.8 1,001,762 3,218.5 221,656 712.1 702,145 2,255.9 77,961 250.5 456 31,125,270
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 91,298 326.3 913 3.3 7,923 28.3 25,104 89.7 57,358 205.0 848,255 3,031.6 179,255 640.6 619,623 2,214.5 49,377 176.5 810 27,980,645
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 80,752 285.4 711 2.5 7,223 25.5 18,593 65.7 54,225 191.7 814,729 2,879.7 169,757 600.0 604,823 2,137.7 40,149 141.9 1,778 28,292,601
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 68,222 310.6 532 2.4 6,672 30.4 10,407 47.4 50,611 230.5 702,244 3,197.6 138,435 630.4 534,772 2,435.1 29,037 132.2 7,030 21,961,265
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 187,381 284.1 2,357 3.6 14,322 21.7 40,447 61.3 130,255 197.5 1,444,787 2,190.2 397,131 602.0 929,084 1,408.4 118,572 179.7 1,745 65,965,840
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES1 51,585 199.3 849 3.3 6,061 23.4 4,133 16.0 40,542 156.6 426,027 1,645.7 148,697 574.4 250,418 967.3 26,912 104.0 2,349 25,887,164
SUBURBAN AREA2 330,785 271.0 3,612 3.0 26,437 21.7 76,755 62.9 223,981 183.5 2,958,589 2,423.8 692,827 567.6 2,062,795 1,689.9 202,967 166.3 7,732 122,065,067
  • 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.

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