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Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2013

Population group Violent crime Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Rape (revised
definition)1
Rape (legacy
definition)2
Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Number
of
agencies
2013
estimated
population
Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,114,351 382.1 13,483 4.6 53,621 39.8 36,209 23.1 329,441 112.9 681,597 233.7 8,033,404 2,754.2 1,781,179 610.7 5,586,992 1,915.5 665,233 228.1 14,439 291,676,240
TOTAL CITIES 895,791 449.7 10,346 5.2 37,637 44.0 28,923 25.4 290,331 145.7 528,554 265.3 6,368,265 3,196.7 1,311,054 658.1 4,522,141 2,270.0 535,070 268.6 10,444 199,216,695
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 415,673 734.7 5,282 9.3 10,086 65.7 11,824 28.7 160,525 283.7 227,956 402.9 2,086,616 3,688.0 443,718 784.3 1,398,837 2,472.4 244,061 431.4 76 56,578,450
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 172,961 672.1 1,930 7.5 1,279 82.3 6,035 25.0 71,478 277.7 92,239 358.4 760,143 2,953.6 151,503 588.7 521,708 2,027.2 86,932 337.8 10 25,735,804
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 132,681 831.1 1,712 10.7 4,584 65.3 3,183 35.6 46,085 288.7 77,117 483.1 722,024 4,522.8 153,021 958.5 485,605 3,041.9 83,398 522.4 23 15,964,113
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 110,031 739.5 1,640 11.0 4,223 62.3 2,606 32.2 42,962 288.8 58,600 393.9 604,449 4,062.6 139,194 935.5 391,524 2,631.5 73,731 495.6 43 14,878,533
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 147,135 462.9 1,781 5.6 6,540 50.5 4,531 24.1 48,035 151.1 86,248 271.3 1,121,035 3,526.7 243,270 765.3 772,410 2,430.0 105,355 331.4 214 31,786,896
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 111,639 346.2 1,169 3.6 5,909 40.4 3,625 20.6 33,087 102.6 67,849 210.4 935,283 2,900.3 193,189 599.1 668,768 2,073.8 73,326 227.4 467 32,247,892
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 80,625 283.3 827 2.9 5,138 36.3 3,037 21.2 22,060 77.5 49,563 174.1 794,193 2,790.2 155,391 545.9 592,993 2,083.3 45,809 160.9 825 28,464,143
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 75,568 268.7 701 2.5 5,331 35.2 2,873 22.1 16,795 59.7 49,868 177.3 767,121 2,727.3 151,190 537.5 578,075 2,055.2 37,856 134.6 1,765 28,127,503
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 65,151 296.0 586 2.7 4,633 34.8 3,033 34.8 9,829 44.7 47,070 213.8 664,017 3,016.6 124,296 564.7 511,058 2,321.7 28,663 130.2 7,097 22,011,811
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 176,598 256.1 2,337 3.4 10,858 31.7 5,717 16.5 36,566 53.0 121,120 175.7 1,330,333 1,929.3 357,567 518.6 864,293 1,253.4 108,473 157.3 1,741 68,954,749
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES3 41,962 178.5 800 3.4 5,126 34.1 1,569 18.5 2,544 10.8 31,923 135.8 334,806 1,424.4 112,558 478.9 200,558 853.3 21,690 92.3 2,254 23,504,796
SUBURBAN AREA4 312,722 247.0 3,609 2.9 19,718 30.8 11,018 17.6 70,836 55.9 207,541 163.9 2,791,140 2,204.6 626,125 494.5 1,976,444 1,561.1 188,571 148.9 7,921 126,607,539
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. Rates were calculated using the population of only those agencies that submitted rape based on the revised definition. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. Rates were calculated using the population of only those agencies that submitted rape based on the legacy definition. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
  • 4 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.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.