Crime in the United States
by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2007
The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)
Program.
General comments
- This table provides crime data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
and their estimated populations, the counties included in each MSA, and
estimated populations for principal cities in MSAs. The table also includes
the rate (per 100,000 inhabitants) of offenses for each MSA and the estimated
and actual offense totals.
- This table provides crime statistics for the Metropolitan Divisions
(MDs), which are subdivisions of MSAs that have a core population of
at least 2.5 million people. The table also includes the rate (per 100,000
inhabitants) of offenses for each MD and estimated and actual offense
totals.
- The UCR Program does not have sufficient data to estimate for arson.
Caution against ranking
Any comparisons of crime among different locales should take into consideration
relevant factors in addition to the area’s crime statistics. Variables
Affecting Crime provides more details concerning the proper use of
UCR statistics.
Methodology
- The data used in creating this table were from all law enforcement
agencies in the UCR Program (including those submitting less than 12
months of data).
- Crime statistics include estimated offense totals (except arson) for
agencies submitting less than 12 months of offense reports for each year.
- This table includes all currently designated MSAs in which at least
75 percent of the agencies within the MSA reported data to the UCR Program
and for which the principal city/cities submitted 12 months of complete
data for 2007.
- The statistics under the heading “Total area actually reporting” represent
offense totals for agencies submitting 12 months of data and estimated
totals for agencies submitting less than 12 but more than 2 months of
data.
- The statistics under the heading “Estimated total” represent the above
“Total area actually reporting” plus estimated totals for agencies submitting
2 months or less of data.
Population estimation
For the 2007 population estimates used in this table, the FBI computed
individual rates of growth from one year to the next for every city/town
and county using 2000 decennial population counts and 2001 through 2006
population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Each agency’s rates of
growth were averaged; that average was then applied and added to its 2006
Census population estimate to derive the agency’s 2007 population estimate.
If you have questions about this table
Contact the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail
at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone
at (304) 625-4995.