Table 6

Crime in the United States
by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2006

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.1 162,776        
Includes Callahan,1 Jones, and Taylor Counties          
City of Abilene118,0095545671073755,0451,2823,460303
Total area actually reporting 100.0%6386751094485,7411,5313,852358
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  391.93.746.167.0275.23,526.9940.62,366.4219.9
Albany, GA M.S.A.  168,071        
Includes Baker, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, and Worth Counties          
City of Albany 77,8155538312432715,2791,6453,235399
Total area actually reporting 99.2%66911372623597,1002,1494,443508
Estimated total 100.0%67611372653637,1712,1624,494515
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  402.26.522.0157.7216.04,266.61,286.42,673.9306.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY M.S.A.  851,151        
Includes Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie Counties           
City of Albany 93,7731,2175503887744,8201,0583,521241
City of Schenectady 61,4447126523093453,4491,1191,994336
City of Troy 48,4393731181202342,2796141,482183
Total area actually reporting 100.0%3,165182079641,97623,3494,84917,3141,186
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  371.82.124.3113.3232.22,743.2569.72,034.2139.3
Albuquerque, NM M.S.A.   808,790        
Includes Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia Counties           
City of Albuquerque 500,9554,550342861,1713,05931,7576,35219,8905,515
Total area actually reporting 99.8%6,281724191,4094,38138,9788,96023,3086,710
Estimated total 100.0%6,291724201,4104,38939,0238,97223,3366,715
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  777.88.951.9174.3542.74,824.91,109.32,885.3830.3
Alexandria, LA M.S.A.   140,250        
Includes Grant and Rapides Parishes           
City of Alexandria 43,3111,0544291858364,4941,2992,937258
Total area actually reporting 94.2%1,43410702051,1496,8952,0684,319508
Estimated total 100.0%1,49710732161,1987,3582,1514,669538
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  1,067.47.152.0154.0854.25,246.31,533.73,329.1383.6
Altoona, PA M.S.A.   126,907        
Includes Blair County           
City of Altoona 47,218245032841291,50243997687
Total area actually reporting 94.8%3711481082143,0517622,126163
Estimated total 100.0%3861491122243,1927832,237172
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  304.20.838.688.3176.52,515.2617.01,762.7135.5
Amarillo, TX M.S.A.   245,428        
Includes Armstrong, Carson, Potter, and Randall Counties           
City of Amarillo 188,2081,6235984011,11911,0802,4127,6171,051
Total area actually reporting 100.0%1,72271034061,20611,8792,5918,1821,106
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  701.62.942.0165.4491.44,840.11,055.73,333.8450.6
Ames, IA M.S.A.   80,377        
Includes Story County           
City of Ames 52,541147024171061,4653631,06141
Total area actually reporting 100.0%205035191512,1405121,55969
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  255.00.043.523.6187.92,662.5637.01,939.685.8
Anchorage, AK M.S.A.   294,862       
Includes Anchorage Municipality and Matanuska-Susitna Borough           
City of Anchorage 277,6922,592172484651,86211,7211,7338,5431,445
Total area actually reporting 97.1%2,675172524781,92812,2141,7718,9661,477
Estimated total 100.0%2,749172564901,98612,8751,8359,5241,516
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  932.35.886.8166.2673.54,366.4622.33,230.0514.1
Anderson, SC M.S.A.   178,243        
Includes Anderson County           
City of Anderson 26,302256422391911,6013241,144133
Total area actually reporting 100.0%1,16318901598968,2131,9525,486775
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  652.510.150.589.2502.74,607.81,095.13,077.8434.8
Ann Arbor, MI M.S.A.   340,995        
Includes Washtenaw County           
City of Ann Arbor 112,989344032852272,9236312,119173
Total area actually reporting 100.0%1,06091142686699,5422,0616,691790
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  310.92.633.478.6196.22,798.3604.41,962.2231.7
Appleton, WI M.S.A.   215,932        
Includes Calumet and Outagamie Counties           
City of Appleton 70,475188126261352,1353811,69064
Total area actually reporting 100.0%273254391784,9286964,067165
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  126.40.925.018.182.42,282.2322.31,883.576.4
Asheville, NC M.S.A.   400,669        
Includes Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison Counties           
City of Asheville 73,6724734492062144,0997932,834472
Total area actually reporting 99.5%1,1351110431370711,8463,4827,1931,171
Estimated total 100.0%1,1461110531671411,9623,5107,2751,177
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  286.02.726.278.9178.22,985.5876.01,815.7293.8
Athens-Clarke County, GA M.S.A.   180,707        
Includes Clarke, Madison, Oconee, and Oglethorpe Counties           
City of Athens-Clarke County 106,7003735531251905,6341,1164,154364
Total area actually reporting 84.2%4947621352906,9611,3025,197462
Estimated total 100.0%5969681723477,8561,5365,731589
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  329.85.037.695.2192.04,347.4850.03,171.4325.9
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA M.S.A.2   5,075,647        
Includes Barrow,2 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 Walton Counties           
City of Atlanta 485,8047,5481101712,9594,30832,2317,40118,9525,878
City of Marietta 63,2284001192351452,6225481,626448
Total area actually reporting 98.0%26,2983721,07410,45114,401  115,92728,114
Estimated total 100.0%26,7623771,09810,62014,667  118,84928,594
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  527.37.421.6209.2289.0  2,341.6563.4
Atlantic City, NJ M.S.A.   271,221        
Includes Atlantic County           
City of Atlantic City 40,39984218463554233,8595073,148204
Total area actually reporting 100.0%1,519307959981110,5341,9858,072477
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  560.111.129.1220.9299.03,883.9731.92,976.2175.9
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC M.S.A.   534,131        
Includes Burke, Columbia, McDuffie, and Richmond Counties, GA and Aiken and Edgefield Counties, SC           
Total area actually reporting 96.3%1,9663122283887523,5934,95215,9722,669
Estimated total 100.0%2,0413222686691724,2745,11716,3992,758
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  382.16.042.3162.1171.74,544.6958.03,070.2516.4
Austin-Round Rock, TX M.S.A.   1,493,692        
Includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties           
City of Austin 709,8133,658203191,3581,96141,5737,46731,5622,544
City of Round Rock 88,76210402331501,9682771,64249
Total area actually reporting 99.9%5,154295231,5653,03758,85711,42244,0643,371
Estimated total 100.0%5,157295231,5663,03958,89211,42944,0893,374
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  345.31.935.0104.8203.53,942.7765.22,951.7225.9
Bakersfield, CA M.S.A.   763,641        
Includes Kern County           
City of Bakersfield 298,1981,575244354995915,9153,7299,6232,563
Total area actually reporting 100.0%4,189652011,0592,86433,4648,71218,9915,761
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  548.68.526.3138.7375.04,382.21,140.92,486.9754.4
Baltimore-Towson, MD M.S.A.   2,662,948        
Includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne's Counties and Baltimore City           
City of Baltimore 637,55610,8162761384,2296,17332,3217,60818,4516,262
Total area actually reporting 100.0%21,9373555017,84213,23992,74819,05260,99712,699
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  823.813.318.8294.5497.23,482.9715.42,290.6476.9
Bangor, ME M.S.A.   147,076        
Includes Penobscot County           
City of Bangor 31,076522124251,8972161,63348
Total area actually reporting 100.0%11131433614,6267843,699143
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  75.52.09.522.441.53,145.3533.12,515.097.2
Barnstable Town, MA M.S.A.3   227,875        
Includes Barnstable County           
City of Barnstable 48,113330133322641,32050872587
Total area actually reporting 97.5% 46185 6,0062,1863,497323
Estimated total 100.0% 46289 6,1162,2133,569334
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   1.827.239.1 2,683.9971.11,566.2146.6
Baton Rouge, LA M.S.A.   695,541        
Includes Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana Parishes           
City of Baton Rouge 210,4862,95457931,0491,75514,6844,0219,2091,454
Total area actually reporting 92.4%5,411952191,4613,63632,5667,97121,7812,814
Estimated total 100.0%5,7111002361,5093,86634,6018,44323,1732,985
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  821.114.433.9217.0555.84,974.71,213.93,331.7429.2
Battle Creek, MI M.S.A.   138,844        
Includes Calhoun County           
City of Battle Creek 62,6287817671165913,4778312,428218
Total area actually reporting 100.0%1,104111031538375,7071,3664,011330
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  795.17.974.2110.2602.84,110.4983.82,888.9237.7
Bay City, MI M.S.A.   108,757        
Includes Bay County           
City of Bay City 34,79214502932841,340340880120
Total area actually reporting 100.0%280264501642,8196621,940217
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  257.51.858.846.0150.82,592.0608.71,783.8199.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX M.S.A.   394,399         
Includes Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange Counties           
City of Beaumont 114,9671,15510753447266,9621,8874,525550
City of Port Arthur 58,2903942121402402,0758141,014247
Total area actually reporting 100.0%2,228181626181,43015,6784,5319,7501,397
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  564.94.641.1156.7362.63,975.21,148.82,472.1354.2
Bellingham, WA M.S.A.   186,623        
Includes Whatcom County           
City of Bellingham 75,82819603376875,3347914,267276
Total area actually reporting 100.0%432176982578,8401,8186,504518
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  231.50.540.752.5137.74,736.8974.23,485.1277.6
Bend, OR M.S.A.   143,700        
Includes Deschutes County           
City of Bend 68,25314912232942,9124892,193230
Total area actually reporting 100.0%313243482205,1119643,771376
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  217.81.429.933.4153.13,556.7670.82,624.2261.7
Billings, MT M.S.A.   147,997       
Includes Carbon and Yellowstone Counties           
City of Billings 99,667209228441354,3044653,518321
Total area actually reporting 99.1%268337481805,2846054,288391
Estimated total 100.0%272338481835,3276094,324394
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  183.82.025.732.4123.73,599.4411.52,921.7266.2
Binghamton, NY M.S.A.   249,087        
Includes Broome and Tioga Counties           
City of Binghamton 45,61420629631322,3532882,01649
Total area actually reporting 100.0%5296681173386,4389835,307148
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  212.42.427.347.0135.72,584.6394.62,130.659.4
Birmingham-Hoover, AL M.S.A.   1,099,986         
Includes Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker Counties           
City of Birmingham 233,5773,1751042201,4291,42219,0074,81312,1132,081
City of Hoover 68,07912921781292,3873121,917158
Total area actually reporting 89.1%5,7421324512,4132,74643,18910,61828,4574,114
Estimated total 100.0%6,1871384872,5722,99047,47511,56531,4634,447
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  562.512.544.3233.8271.84,316.01,051.42,860.3404.3
Bismarck, ND M.S.A.   99,220        
Includes Burleigh and Morton Counties           
City of Bismarck 57,304138115101121,5902561,24292
Total area actually reporting 100.0%191229111492,2244121,678134
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  192.52.029.211.1150.22,241.5415.21,691.2135.1
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA M.S.A.   152,562         
Includes Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties and Radford City           
City of Blacksburg 39,52076117104863411747740
City of Christiansburg 18,10529079136319850924
City of Radford 14,720551873954011140128
Total area actually reporting 99.5%321864501993,9717433,013215
Estimated total 100.0%324864512013,9977473,033217
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants  212.45.242.033.4131.72,619.9489.61,988.0142.2
Bloomington, IN M.S.A.   178,886        
Includes Greene, Monroe, and Owen Counties           
City of Bloomington 69,474238126651462,8846632,077144
Total area actually reporting 95.3%4004