Table 14
Crime Trends
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties1 by Population Group, 2013–2014
| Population group | Population range |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition)2 |
Rape (legacy definition)3 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
Number of agencies |
2014 estimated population |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES |
100,000 and over | 2013 | 121,374 | 1,480 | 6,516 | 1,985 | 30,818 | 80,575 | 893,783 | 227,136 | 597,010 | 69,637 | 4,784 | ||
| 2014 | 119,673 | 1,466 | 6,404 | 2,062 | 29,713 | 80,028 | 843,382 | 199,489 | 574,426 | 69,467 | 4,409 | 171 | 45,141,214 | ||
| Percent change | -1.4 | -0.9 | -1.7 | +3.9 | -3.6 | -0.7 | -5.6 | -12.2 | -3.8 | -0.2 | -7.8 | ||||
| 25,000 to 99,999 | 2013 | 43,442 | 688 | 3,445 | 1,015 | 5,575 | 32,719 | 374,549 | 115,422 | 235,770 | 23,357 | 2,195 | |||
| 2014 | 43,159 | 621 | 3,518 | 1,046 | 5,187 | 32,787 | 353,110 | 103,923 | 225,930 | 23,257 | 2,140 | 461 | 24,139,193 | ||
| Percent change | -0.7 | -9.7 | +2.1 | +3.1 | -7.0 | +0.2 | -5.7 | -10.0 | -4.2 | -0.4 | -2.5 | ||||
| Under 25,000 | 2013 | 15,572 | 216 | 1,431 | 180 | 1,924 | 11,821 | 121,065 | 28,816 | 74,391 | 17,858 | 1,291 | |||
| 2014 | 16,168 | 231 | 1,278 | 173 | 1,899 | 12,587 | 112,042 | 26,119 | 69,947 | 15,976 | 1,094 | 1,226 | 4,845,770 | ||
| Percent change | +3.8 | +6.9 | -10.7 | -3.9 | -1.3 | +6.5 | -7.5 | -9.4 | -6.0 | -10.5 | -15.3 | ||||
|
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES |
25,000 and over | 2013 | 16,555 | 284 | 1,809 | 372 | 1,308 | 12,782 | 147,731 | 50,861 | 88,388 | 8,482 | 960 | ||
| 2014 | 16,364 | 245 | 1,823 | 350 | 1,268 | 12,678 | 136,505 | 45,003 | 83,113 | 8,389 | 967 | 268 | 10,015,452 | ||
| Percent change | -1.2 | -13.7 | +0.8 | -5.9 | -3.1 | -0.8 | -7.6 | -11.5 | -6.0 | -1.1 | +0.7 | ||||
| 10,000 to 24,999 | 2013 | 14,626 | 290 | 1,458 | 337 | 833 | 11,708 | 122,913 | 41,489 | 74,275 | 7,149 | 785 | |||
| 2014 | 14,825 | 257 | 1,552 | 321 | 834 | 11,861 | 111,915 | 36,988 | 68,030 | 6,897 | 830 | 588 | 9,487,954 | ||
| Percent change | +1.4 | -11.4 | +6.4 | -4.7 | +0.1 | +1.3 | -8.9 | -10.8 | -8.4 | -3.5 | +5.7 | ||||
| Under 10,000 | 2013 | 9,032 | 174 | 1,785 | 88 | 303 | 6,682 | 62,107 | 19,515 | 37,280 | 5,312 | 660 | |||
| 2014 | 8,856 | 141 | 1,687 | 77 | 291 | 6,660 | 57,043 | 17,381 | 34,504 | 5,158 | 664 | 1,354 | 4,246,622 | ||
| Percent change | -1.9 | -19.0 | -5.5 | -12.5 | -4.0 | -0.3 | -8.2 | -10.9 | -7.4 | -2.9 | +0.6 |
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1 Metropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nonmetropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies that are not associated with a Metropolitan
Statistical Area. The offenses from state police agencies are not included in this table. - 2 The figures shown in the rape (revised definition) column include only those reported by law enforcement agencies that used the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 3 The figures shown in the rape (legacy definition) column include only those reported by law enforcement agencies that used the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
