Table 6


Crime in the United States
by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2005

Metropolitan Statistical Area Counties/principal cities Population Violent crime Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft
Abilene, TX M.S.A.Callahan, Jones, and Taylor161,123       
City of Abilene116,6955765781463475,5041,5213,685298
Total area actually reporting100.0%6407821563956,1961,7694,076351
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 397.24.350.996.8245.23,845.51,097.92,529.7217.8
Akron, OH M.S.A.Portage and Summit702,386       
City of Akron212,2721,2652718362543012,0403,4097,2531,378
Total area actually reporting96.7%1,8273832580366125,0115,87317,0532,085
Estimated total100.0%1,8713833281968225,7226,00217,5892,131
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 266.45.447.3116.697.13,662.1854.52,504.2303.4
Albany, GA M.S.A.Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth167,284       
City of Albany78,3535168402162524,9911,7042,958329
Total area actually reporting99.4%6228512313326,7352,1774,148410
Estimated total100.0%6278512333356,7872,1864,186415
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 374.84.830.5139.3200.34,057.21,306.82,502.3248.1
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY M.S.A.Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie846,480         
City of Albany94,3611,2758684397604,8831,3283,186369
City of Schenectady61,2136098412523083,0497951,975279
City of Troy48,231309418782092,0535171,333203
Total area actually reporting100.0%3,096252259061,94022,5344,51116,6931,330
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 365.73.026.6107.0229.22,662.1532.91,972.0157.1
Albuquerque, NM M.S.A.Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia791,750       
City of Albuquerque490,6314,670532851,1503,18230,2435,74420,7033,796
Total area actually reporting99.8%6,630743771,3364,84338,8508,67825,0555,117
Estimated total100.0%6,642743771,3374,85438,9108,69325,0945,123
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 838.99.347.6168.9613.14,914.41,097.93,169.4647.0
Alexandria, LA M.S.A.Grant and Rapides Parishes147,408       
City of Alexandria46,0511,0229211478453,7879482,629210
Total area actually reporting94.2%1,39810511601,1776,5961,7924,332472
Estimated total100.0%1,44911531691,2167,0561,8734,680503
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 983.07.536.0114.6824.94,786.71,270.63,174.9341.2
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ M.S.A.Warren County, NJ and Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties, PA781,316         
City of Allentown, PA106,93386321455122855,7711,3933,905473
City of Bethlehem, PA72,5772682171141352,3014091,700192
Total area actually reporting92.9%2,200311398101,22018,7643,27914,2641,221
Estimated total100.0%2,335321488461,30919,9383,45315,1861,299
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 298.94.118.9108.3167.52,551.8441.91,943.6166.3
Altoona, PA M.S.A.Blair127,708       
City of Altoona47,92218652669861,6534631,11773
Total area actually reporting90.8%310739881762,8607272,000133
Estimated total100.0%339741961953,1117642,197150
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 265.45.532.175.2152.72,436.0598.21,720.3117.5
Amarillo, TX M.S.A.Armstrong, Carson, Potter, and Randall239,998       
City of Amarillo183,7651,53710883471,09211,8502,5498,2451,056
Total area actually reporting100.0%1,62311963521,16412,8392,8118,8941,134
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 676.34.640.0146.7485.05,349.61,171.33,705.9472.5
Ames, IA M.S.A.Story80,727       
City of Ames52,5299801414701,5374651,02844
Total area actually reporting100.0%151030181032,2206341,52066
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 187.10.037.222.3127.62,750.0785.41,882.981.8
Anchorage, AK M.S.A.Anchorage Municipality and Matanuska-Susitna Borough291,624      
City of Anchorage276,1092,031162243841,40711,3651,7838,2481,334
Total area actually reporting100.0%2,198162283971,55712,4701,8829,1651,423
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 753.75.578.2136.1533.94,276.1645.43,142.7488.0
Anderson, IN M.S.A.Madison131,322       
City of Anderson58,26215021963662,6886111,886191
Total area actually reporting100.0%20032276994,1898513,106232
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 152.32.316.857.975.43,189.9648.02,365.2176.7
Anderson, SC M.S.A.Anderson175,907       
City of Anderson26,064166210321221,6143341,145135
Total area actually reporting100.0%1,09316681608498,7852,0835,889813
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 621.49.138.791.0482.64,994.11,184.13,347.8462.2
Ann Arbor, MI M.S.A.Washtenaw339,467       
City of Ann Arbor113,6603580371022193,3798592,282238
Total area actually reporting100.0%1,169814527374310,1602,3116,913936
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 344.42.442.780.4218.92,992.9680.82,036.4275.7
Appleton, WI M.S.A.Calumet and Outagamie214,153       
City of Appleton70,640173027161302,0834031,63545
Total area actually reporting100.0%239238211784,5886943,750144
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 111.60.917.79.883.12,142.4324.11,751.167.2
Asheville, NC M.S.A.Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison393,687       
City of Asheville71,5714342162291875,2669913,642633
Total area actually reporting99.7%1,006148032059212,7983,3718,1621,265
Estimated total100.0%1,012148032259612,8673,3878,2111,269
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 257.13.620.381.8151.43,268.3860.32,085.7322.3
Athens-Clarke County, GA M.S.A.Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe178,545       
City of Athens-Clarke County105,7273575411351765,5931,0474,185361
Total area actually reporting99.7%4975461522947,4201,3225,610488
Estimated total100.0%5005461532967,4491,3275,631491
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 280.02.825.885.7165.84,172.1743.23,153.8275.0
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA M.S.A.Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton4,837,981         
City of Atlanta430,6667,213902232,8614,03931,3976,64818,9935,756
City of Marietta62,2153316111941202,3714261,548397
Total area actually reporting98.3%23,4453311,0569,34812,710195,23744,603121,64428,990
Estimated total100.0%23,8033341,0739,47612,920199,09245,325124,36729,400
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 492.06.922.2195.9267.14,115.2936.92,570.6607.7
Atlantic City, NJ M.S.A.Atlantic269,281       
City of Atlantic City40,6697539443743264,5145223,838154
Total area actually reporting100.0%1,390168456272810,7561,8218,472463
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 516.25.931.2208.7270.33,994.3676.23,146.2171.9
Auburn-Opelika, AL M.S.A.Lee121,450         
City of Auburn48,64315411852832,1724641,63969
City of Opelika23,626272517412091,7273191,34761
Total area actually reporting100.0%4846431153205,2541,1993,811244
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 398.54.935.494.7263.54,326.1987.23,137.9200.9
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC M.S.A.Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond Counties, GA and Aiken and Edgefield Counties, SC527,083       
Total area actually reporting99.3%2,0502725079398023,6204,73716,2612,622
Estimated total100.0%2,0682725179999123,8164,77016,4052,641
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 392.35.147.6151.6188.04,518.5905.03,112.4501.1
Austin-Round Rock, TX M.S.A.Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson1,435,502         
City of Austin693,0193,393263121,1821,87341,6687,28531,8352,548
City of Round Rock83,39012102124762,2052811,87351
Total area actually reporting100.0%4,970425031,3873,03859,34711,24644,6473,454
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 346.22.935.096.6211.64,134.2783.43,110.2240.6
Bakersfield, CA M.S.A.Kern739,726       
City of Bakersfield285,8211,70632455301,09916,4383,74610,0342,658
Total area actually reporting100.0%3,899692059522,67333,9798,47219,6125,895
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 527.19.327.7128.7361.44,593.51,145.32,651.3796.9
Baltimore-Towson, MD M.S.A.Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne's Counties and Baltimore City2,659,312         
City of Baltimore641,09711,2482691623,9106,90733,2417,33819,6916,212
Total area actually reporting100.0%22,2623385457,07714,30292,21318,06762,16711,979
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 837.112.720.5266.1537.83,467.6679.42,337.7450.5
Bangor, ME M.S.A.Penobscot148,674       
City of Bangor31,697650626331,5682191,30445
Total area actually reporting100.0%12301533754,2447803,326138
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 82.70.010.122.250.42,854.6524.62,237.192.8
Barnstable Town, MA M.S.A.Barnstable228,050       
City of Barnstable48,403346234252851,23842972485
Total area actually reporting97.5%911373677685,2341,8303,102302
Estimated total100.0%926374707795,3431,8563,174313
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 406.11.332.430.7341.62,342.9813.91,391.8137.3
Baton Rouge, LA M.S.A.Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana Parishes729,999       
City of Baton Rouge224,4872,69849839931,57314,3783,9408,9491,489
Total area actually reporting96.2%5,119852151,3863,43333,3827,38323,2882,711
Estimated total100.0%5,250872221,4093,53234,4807,59724,0892,794
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 719.211.930.4193.0483.84,723.31,040.73,299.9382.7
Battle Creek, MI M.S.A.Calhoun139,180       
City of Battle Creek63,0547556611095793,4726912,594187
Total area actually reporting100.0%1,06871051438135,7051,1464,253306
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 767.45.075.4102.7584.14,099.0823.43,055.8219.9
Bay City, MI M.S.A.Bay109,569       
City of Bay City35,346168030311071,15529278974
Total area actually reporting100.0%307175501812,9426542,098190
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 280.20.968.545.6165.22,685.1596.91,914.8173.4
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX M.S.A.Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange389,750         
City of Beaumont114,1411,13011973376858,3202,0575,735528
City of Port Arthur57,66037011261182152,8099381,632239
Total area actually reporting100.0%2,132301765611,36517,5314,84811,4001,283
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 547.07.745.2143.9350.24,498.01,243.92,925.0329.2
Bellingham, WA M.S.A.Whatcom182,606       
City of Bellingham73,98017432853905,5737094,555309
Total area actually reporting100.0%419572822609,5241,7547,174596
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 229.52.739.444.9142.45,215.6960.53,928.7326.4
Bend, OR M.S.A.Deschutes136,218       
City of Bend63,75113322119913,1595092,401249
Total area actually reporting100.0%291453342005,9731,1114,387475
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 213.62.938.925.0146.84,384.9815.63,220.6348.7
Billings, MT M.S.A.1Carbon and Yellowstone145,842      
City of Billings97,898201534501125,5205984,563359
Total area actually reporting99.5%317543542156,6907975,467426
Estimated total100.0%319543542176,7148005,487427
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 218.73.429.537.0148.84,603.6548.53,762.3292.8
Binghamton, NY M.S.A.Broome and Tioga249,588       
City of Binghamton45,93017731961941,9022361,64620
Total area actually reporting100.0%432856982706,2408695,244127
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 173.13.222.439.3108.22,500.1348.22,101.150.9
Bismarck, ND M.S.A.Burleigh and Morton98,280       
City of Bismarck56,82551088351,4881971,164127
Total area actually reporting100.0%10801911782,1652751,697193
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 109.90.019.311.279.42,202.9279.81,726.7196.4
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA M.S.A.Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties and Radford City153,046         
City of Blacksburg39,7785508133456210543522
City of Christiansburg17,74728055186387651844
City of Radford14,9835001083251712935731
Total area actually reporting100.0%299250531944,0957453,160190
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 195.41.332.734.6126.82,675.7486.82,064.7124.1
Bloomington, IN M.S.A.Greene, Monroe, and Owen178,566       
City of Bloomington69,15817102554922,6835661,969148
Total area actually reporting82.3%278352631604,1549033,005246
Estimated total100.0%331357741974,8101,0323,476302
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 185.41.731.941.4110.32,693.7577.91,946.6169.1
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH M.S.A.Metropolitan Divisions of Boston-Quincy, MA; Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA; and Essex County, MA and Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH4,416,837         
City of Boston, MA567,5897,479732682,6494,48925,2054,53115,9574,717
City of Cambridge, MA100,4924943182392343,3096232,396290
City of Quincy, MA89,661339226922191,422387883152
City of Newton, MA83,5701141615921,09826978346
City of Framingham, MA65,416184012481241,5563121,025219
City of Waltham, MA59,068770715556618549878
Total area actually reporting95.7%17,1891179385,17410,96095,15219,85563,07512,222
Estimated total100.0%17,5871199805,25611,23298,49220,57065,40912,513
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 398.22.722.2119.0254.32,229.9465.71,480.9283.3
Boston-Quincy, MA M.D.Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk1,805,283       
Total area actually reporting95.3%10,463915033,4466,42346,9169,00730,7377,172
Estimated total100.0%10,700925203,4966,59248,5729,40331,8287,341
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 592.75.128.8193.7365.22,690.5520.91,763.0406.6
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA M.D.Middlesex1,460,573         
Total area actually reporting98.8%3,456132061,0022,23527,4766,04518,5832,848
Estimated total100.0%3,503132091,0122,26927,8106,12518,8032,882
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 239.80.914.369.3155.31,904.0419.41,287.4197.3
Essex County, MA M.D.Essex736,938         
Total area actually reporting98.0%2,85491096592,07715,1953,9199,3881,888
Estimated total100.0%2,89691126682,10715,4883,9899,5811,918
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 393.01.215.290.6285.92,101.7541.31,300.1260.3
Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH M.D.Rockingham and Strafford414,043         
Total area actually reporting81.8%4164120672255,5658844,367314
Estimated total100.0%4885139802646,6221,0535,197372
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 117.91.233.619.363.81,599.4254.31,255.289.8
Bowling Green, KY M.S.A.Edmonson and Warren109,812       
City of Bowling Green51,634328347881903,0205842,282154
Total area actually reporting100.0%345347902053,7717552,817199
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 314.22.742.882.0186.73,434.1687.52,565.3181.2
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA M.S.A.Kitsap242,375         
City of Bremerton36,454402280732471,8904251,267198
Total area actually reporting100.0%1,01972111196826,9771,8194,572586
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants 420.42.987.149.1281.42,878.6750.51,886.3241.8
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT M.S.A.1Fairfield886,621         
City of Bridgeport140,1771,50819656487767,1181,3834,4521,283
City of Stamford1120,4563551181571792,3904271,740223
City of Norwalk84,562308<