Table 18

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties1 by Population Group, 2005

Population group Population range Violent crime Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Number of agencies 2005 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
METROPOLITAN
COUNTIES
100,000 and over 147,094 403.9 1,649 4.5 9,217 25.3 37,696 103.5 98,532 270.6 1,011,581 2,777.6 236,347 649.0 644,662 1,770.1 130,572 358.5 140 36,418,757
25,000 to 99,999 43,022 209.7 554 2.7 4,571 22.3 4,613 22.5 33,284 162.2 389,699 1,899.3 112,257 547.1 243,390 1,186.2 34,052 166.0 401 20,517,831
Under 25,000 15,701 396.4 150 3.8 1,610 40.6 2,016 50.9 11,925 301.1 126,887 3,203.6 28,397 717.0 72,035 1,818.7 26,455 667.9 990 3,960,763
NONMETROPOLITAN
COUNTIES
25,000 and over 23,039 220.0 335 3.2 2,446 23.4 2,043 19.5 18,215 174.0 193,953 1,852.3 63,438 605.9 115,049 1,098.8 15,466 147.7 266 10,470,877
10,000 to 24,999 15,864 181.5 259 3.0 1,651 18.9 944 10.8 13,010 148.8 122,801 1,404.7 40,837 467.1 72,363 827.8 9,601 109.8 537 8,741,871
Under 10,000 8,473 236.3 135 3.8 1,276 35.6 325 9.1 6,737 187.9 62,409 1,740.7 19,412 541.4 37,238 1,038.6 5,759 160.6 1,175 3,585,374

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