Table 15

Crime Trends
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2006-2007

Population group		Rape by force	Assault to rape- attempts	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other weapon	Strong- arm	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other weapon	Hands, fists, feet, etc.	Forcible entry	Unlawful entry	Attempted forcible entry	Autos	Trucks and buses	Other vehicles	Structure	Mobile	Other	Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Arson			Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2006	72,555	6,320	153,984	31,798	33,928	146,375	157,679	136,371	250,473	187,341	1,145,764	618,929	124,760	769,813	187,272	89,944	26,729	18,051	18,824
	2007	70,136	5,980	156,191	30,287	33,391	145,992	153,326	135,389	245,570	186,367	1,150,463	612,002	122,461	702,737	174,464	83,013	25,077	16,604	17,264	13,442	255,978,005
	Percent change	-3.3	-5.4	+1.4	-4.8	-1.6	-0.3	-2.8	-0.7	-2.0	-0.5	+0.4	-1.1	-1.8	-8.7	-6.8	-7.7	-6.2	-8.0	-8.3
TOTAL CITIES	2006	52,948	4,982	130,348	27,399	28,644	127,837	123,469	106,052	183,171	129,519	832,298	445,061	94,861	623,539	145,967	58,721	19,889	12,853	13,532
	2007	50,664	4,706	131,527	26,017	27,942	127,456	120,054	104,917	180,423	127,496	831,876	438,158	94,488	565,557	136,152	52,486	18,912	11,667	12,530	9,507	167,809,773
	Percent change	-4.3	-5.5	+0.9	-5.0	-2.5	-0.3	-2.8	-1.1	-1.5	-1.6	-0.1	-1.6	-0.4	-9.3	-6.7	-10.6	-4.9	-9.2	-7.4
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	2006	16,257	2,067	69,825	12,919	13,113	58,370	62,983	40,841	71,278	32,758	299,408	120,422	28,833	278,150	82,921	21,584	6,968	6,498	4,051
	2007	15,523	1,833	69,576	12,077	12,516	57,673	59,729	39,731	69,491	30,754	303,405	113,489	28,352	250,106	78,059	17,735	6,456	5,796	3,811	66	41,081,765
	Percent change	-4.5	-11.3	-0.4	-6.5	-4.6	-1.2	-5.2	-2.7	-2.5	-6.1	+1.3	-5.8	-1.7	-10.1	-5.9	-17.8	-7.3	-10.8	-5.9
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2006	4,796	872	26,598	5,530	4,620	21,090	21,050	13,460	21,401	9,770	91,080	35,901	6,880	89,034	38,542	8,210	2,059	2,580	1,481
	2007	4,558	770	25,832	5,266	4,559	21,516	19,444	12,987	19,915	8,559	98,510	35,794	7,302	80,390	37,273	7,473	1,931	2,311	1,362	8	14,175,600
	Percent change	-5.0	-11.7	-2.9	-4.8	-1.3	+2.0	-7.6	-3.5	-6.9	-12.4	+8.2	-0.3	+6.1	-9.7	-3.3	-9.0	-6.2	-10.4	-8.0
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2006	5,672	647	23,396	4,059	4,943	17,175	23,527	14,536	25,784	10,397	117,184	41,443	13,111	101,952	22,325	8,416	2,418	1,933	1,405
	2007	5,483	550	23,818	3,712	4,558	17,163	22,711	14,634	25,816	10,396	113,754	38,226	12,077	89,512	22,164	6,194	2,174	1,692	1,310	21	14,002,903
	Percent change	-3.3	-15.0	+1.8	-8.5	-7.8	-0.1	-3.5	+0.7	+0.1	*	-2.9	-7.8	-7.9	-12.2	-0.7	-26.4	-10.1	-12.5	-6.8
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2006	5,789	548	19,831	3,330	3,550	20,105	18,406	12,845	24,093	12,591	91,144	43,078	8,842	87,164	22,054	4,958	2,491	1,985	1,165
	2007	5,482	513	19,926	3,099	3,399	18,994	17,574	12,110	23,760	11,799	91,141	39,469	8,973	80,204	18,622	4,068	2,351	1,793	1,139	37	12,903,262
	Percent change	-5.3	-6.4	+0.5	-6.9	-4.3	-5.5	-4.5	-5.7	-1.4	-6.3	*	-8.4	+1.5	-8.0	-15.6	-18.0	-5.6	-9.7	-2.2
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2006	8,990	745	23,330	4,923	5,195	23,373	21,569	19,002	34,824	16,875	144,190	73,705	17,228	113,561	23,868	9,422	3,084	1,936	1,947
	2007	8,477	810	23,402	4,849	5,157	23,398	21,061	19,149	34,202	17,043	143,057	75,968	17,423	103,934	21,906	8,867	3,237	1,789	1,793	173	25,864,109
	Percent change	-5.7	+8.7	+0.3	-1.5	-0.7	+0.1	-2.4	+0.8	-1.8	+1.0	-0.8	+3.1	+1.1	-8.5	-8.2	-5.9	+5.0	-7.6	-7.9
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2006	8,869	651	16,129	4,128	4,497	20,089	16,076	17,155	28,874	21,426	134,370	79,741	16,478	97,311	17,274	9,536	3,377	1,873	2,443
	2007	8,434	671	17,116	3,949	4,278	20,044	15,901	16,509	28,135	21,506	132,918	80,044	16,327	88,044	15,883	8,520	2,944	1,711	2,230	433	29,776,050
	Percent change	-4.9	+3.1	+6.1	-4.3	-4.9	-0.2	-1.1	-3.8	-2.6	+0.4	-1.1	+0.4	-0.9	-9.5	-8.1	-10.7	-12.8	-8.6	-8.7
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2006	6,948	537	9,955	2,645	2,776	12,215	9,766	11,364	19,240	17,663	96,714	59,270	12,339	59,353	8,730	7,127	2,174	1,036	2,046
	2007	6,780	485	9,822	2,384	2,886	12,487	9,474	11,449	19,304	17,064	95,419	58,053	12,936	53,439	8,473	6,723	2,082	1,029	1,886	723	24,913,403
	Percent change	-2.4	-9.7	-1.3	-9.9	+4.0	+2.2	-3.0	+0.7	+0.3	-3.4	-1.3	-2.1	+4.8	-10.0	-2.9	-5.7	-4.2	-0.7	-7.8
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2006	6,499	452	7,169	1,799	2,026	8,412	7,368	9,688	15,962	18,042	87,050	59,198	10,735	44,866	8,024	5,869	2,140	868	1,521
	2007	6,242	423	7,696	1,747	1,984	8,536	7,909	10,017	16,488	18,355	87,387	58,241	10,641	41,861	7,050	5,557	2,203	771	1,401	1,594	25,323,890
	Percent change	-4.0	-6.4	+7.4	-2.9	-2.1	+1.5	+7.3	+3.4	+3.3	+1.7	+0.4	-1.6	-0.9	-6.7	-12.1	-5.3	+2.9	-11.2	-7.9
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2006	5,385	530	3,940	985	1,037	5,378	5,707	8,002	12,993	22,755	70,566	52,725	9,248	30,298	5,150	5,183	2,146	642	1,524
	2007	5,208	484	3,915	1,011	1,121	5,318	5,980	8,062	12,803	22,774	69,690	52,363	8,809	28,173	4,781	5,084	1,990	571	1,409	6,518	20,850,556
	Percent change	-3.3	-8.7	-0.6	+2.6	+8.1	-1.1	+4.8	+0.7	-1.5	+0.1	-1.2	-0.7	-4.7	-7.0	-7.2	-1.9	-7.3	-11.1	-7.5
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2006	14,087	990	22,071	3,998	4,706	17,092	27,053	24,404	55,470	41,158	228,287	130,684	23,883	125,115	35,930	24,053	4,868	4,345	4,179
	2007	13,804	920	22,941	3,899	4,885	17,107	26,242	24,327	52,729	41,693	233,779	129,224	21,959	116,470	33,131	23,318	4,402	4,103	3,578	1,644	62,976,299
	Percent change	-2.0	-7.1	+3.9	-2.5	+3.8	+0.1	-3.0	-0.3	-4.9	+1.3	+2.4	-1.1	-8.1	-6.9	-7.8	-3.1	-9.6	-5.6	-14.4
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2006	5,520	348	1,565	401	578	1,446	7,157	5,915	11,832	16,664	85,179	43,184	6,016	21,159	5,375	7,170	1,972	853	1,113
	2007	5,668	354	1,723	371	564	1,429	7,030	6,145	12,418	17,178	84,808	44,620	6,014	20,710	5,181	7,209	1,763	834	1,156	2,291	25,191,933
	Percent change	+2.7	+1.7	+10.1	-7.5	-2.4	-1.2	-1.8	+3.9	+5.0	+3.1	-0.4	+3.3	*	-2.1	-3.6	+0.5	-10.6	-2.2	+3.9
SUBURBAN AREA¹	2006	24,644	1,808	36,547	7,503	8,587	34,407	39,968	40,557	84,725	74,630	378,881	238,275	44,441	224,516	51,527	36,031	8,721	5,938	7,559
	2007	24,072	1,683	37,715	7,143	8,781	34,828	39,502	40,702	82,158	74,893	384,030	235,030	42,620	206,662	47,547	34,754	8,010	5,577	6,751	7,072	112,636,189
	Percent change	-2.3	-6.9	+3.2	-4.8	+2.3	+1.2	-1.2	+0.4	-3.0	+0.4	+1.4	-1.4	-4.1	-8.0	-7.7	-3.5	-8.2	-6.1	-10.7

¹ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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