Table 1

January to December 2009
Percent Change
by Population Group

Population group	Number of agencies	Population	Violent crime	Murder	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson
Total	13,237	265,670,842	-5.5	-7.2	-3.1	-8.1	-4.2	-4.9	-1.7	-4.2	-17.2	-10.4
Cities:
1,000,000 and over	10	25,873,144	-6.9	-11.2	-1.2	-9.7	-4.6	-7.9	-5.7	-5.5	-21.1	-12.8
500,000 to 999,999	24	16,653,305	-7.5	-11.7	-1.3	-9.6	-6.3	-4.8	-1.9	-2.8	-18.5	-4.4
250,000 to 499,999	41	14,221,382	-6.2	-8.0	-0.9	-7.1	-6.0	-4.6	-1.5	-2.9	-17.3	-12.4
100,000 to 249,999	198	29,419,083	-6.1	-6.2	-4.3	-10.3	-3.5	-3.7	-0.3	-2.9	-15.5	-10.4
50,000 to 99,999	413	28,340,331	-4.3	-6.0	-4.0	-5.0	-4.0	-4.9	-1.4	-4.3	-17.0	-8.7
25,000 to 49,999	723	24,856,909	-4.7	+5.3	-5.2	-3.9	-5.1	-3.1	-2.5	-2.1	-15.6	-6.7
10,000 to 24,999	1,577	24,916,580	-2.2	-2.2	-1.1	-6.3	-0.9	-4.2	-1.1	-4.2	-14.2	-13.2
Under 10,000	6,600	21,083,558	-4.9	-9.6	-7.3	-5.3	-4.5	-3.9	-2.0	-3.8	-14.3	-11.3
Counties:
Metropolitan¹	1,462	56,659,715	-4.0	-6.8	-3.7	-6.7	-3.0	-5.8	-1.1	-5.9	-16.9	-12.7
Nonmetropolitan²	2,189	23,646,835	-3.0	+1.8	+0.3	-0.7	-3.7	-6.7	+0.5	-9.5	-14.6	-7.9

¹Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police within Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
²Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas.