Arson Table 1
Arson Rate
by Population Group, 2012
[13,151 agencies; 2012 estimated population
257,826,887; rate per 100,000 inhabitants]
Population group | Rate |
---|---|
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES | 18.7 |
TOTAL CITIES | 21.6 |
Group I (250,000 and over) | 30.5 |
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | 25.1 |
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | 28.2 |
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | 36.4 |
Group II (100,000 to 249,999) | 21.6 |
Group III (50,000 to 99,999) | 17.3 |
Group IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 16.2 |
Group V (10,000 to 24,999) | 13.2 |
Group VI (under 10,000) | 29.8 |
Metropolitan counties | 13.2 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 13.0 |
Suburban areas1 | 13.4 |
- 1 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.