Table 27

Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2007

Population group		Rape by force	Assault to rape- attempts	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other weapon	Strongarm	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			Arson¹			Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Offenses known	66,469	5,682	142,220	28,303	30,654	134,480	140,206	123,029	217,114	173,682	1,067,533	566,213	110,793	673,193	157,865	73,848	24,551	16,124	16,959	13,511	242,183,651
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Percent cleared by arrest	38.7	42.6	20.5	28.9	27.8	30.1	38.8	60.9	54.2	60.3	11.5	13.9	10.5	12.8	10.3	11.2	22.4	8.6	20.7
TOTAL CITIES	Offenses known	49,480	4,583	123,394	24,931	26,507	120,224	113,135	98,916	167,085	122,562	796,659	416,993	87,395	551,829	127,545	48,183	18,668	11,362	12,449	9,676	161,869,593
TOTAL CITIES	Percent cleared by arrest	37.6	41.8	20.5	28.7	27.7	29.6	36.5	60.2	52.9	59.8	11.0	13.7	10.2	12.0	9.3	10.1	22.0	8.1	20.7
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Offenses known	15,451	1,870	68,219	11,801	12,301	56,481	57,741	38,222	67,890	29,610	295,915	111,067	27,365	245,603	76,346	16,908	6,462	5,582	3,610	63	39,428,308
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Percent cleared by arrest	40.3	41.4	18.5	25.7	23.5	26.4	32.4	56.7	48.8	50.4	8.4	10.8	9.3	10.1	7.1	8.1	19.5	5.5	17.6
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Offenses known	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
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Percent cleared by arrest	46.4	46.6	18.4	25.1	25.6	28.9	28.9	52.5	46.9	52.1	7.4	9.2	10.4	11.0	5.3	7.5	18.0	4.8	13.7
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Offenses known	5,459	604	23,858	3,700	4,497	17,185	21,728	14,226	26,073	10,621	110,828	37,402	12,320	89,303	20,933	5,560	2,261	1,578	1,079	20	13,096,918
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Percent cleared by arrest	37.9	34.9	17.9	24.5	22.9	23.5	35.4	56.2	47.1	46.5	8.1	9.7	8.1	9.7	8.7	9.3	21.9	7.2	19.9
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Offenses known	5,434	496	18,529	2,835	3,245	17,780	16,569	11,009	21,902	10,430	86,577	37,871	7,743	75,910	18,140	3,875	2,270	1,693	1,169	35	12,155,790
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Percent cleared by arrest	37.5	41.1	19.3	28.2	21.3	26.1	32.7	62.1	52.6	52.8	10.0	13.4	10.2	9.6	9.0	7.4	18.5	5.0	19.9
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Offenses known	8,009	765	21,107	4,456	4,696	21,259	19,520	17,483	29,240	16,012	133,598	68,286	14,455	102,382	19,229	7,538	3,035	1,694	1,781	158	23,724,578
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	37.3	45.0	21.1	28.3	28.8	29.9	35.3	61.2	52.1	61.6	10.3	13.3	9.9	9.9	9.7	8.4	20.9	7.8	19.5
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Offenses known	8,028	625	14,481	3,673	3,802	17,962	13,974	15,027	24,793	19,884	120,817	74,093	14,859	82,908	13,837	7,458	2,850	1,692	2,229	410	28,281,097
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	33.2	41.0	21.9	29.7	30.6	31.3	38.4	60.8	55.4	59.6	11.9	14.6	10.1	11.6	11.5	9.4	19.3	8.3	19.8
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Offenses known	6,673	450	8,693	2,321	2,767	11,482	8,687	10,844	17,775	16,598	91,504	56,658	11,820	51,946	7,504	6,276	1,979	1,018	1,952	713	24,562,182
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	35.3	38.7	24.5	33.0	31.7	33.6	43.4	62.3	56.7	62.6	11.9	13.8	10.4	13.6	13.7	11.0	24.2	12.7	21.2
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Offenses known	6,166	408	7,133	1,689	1,848	7,950	7,315	9,485	15,126	18,068	84,652	55,219	10,123	40,975	6,089	5,125	2,143	767	1,447	1,557	24,705,932
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	39.0	42.6	26.7	37.2	35.7	37.9	47.9	64.3	58.9	64.1	14.3	16.1	11.8	19.1	16.3	12.5	25.7	14.9	25.3
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Offenses known	5,153	465	3,761	991	1,093	5,090	5,898	7,855	12,261	22,390	70,173	51,670	8,773	28,015	4,540	4,878	2,199	609	1,430	6,775	21,167,496
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Percent cleared by arrest	38.5	41.9	27.4	39.1	35.7	37.2	51.5	66.5	59.9	65.8	16.2	16.6	11.8	24.4	21.4	17.2	28.3	17.1	25.9
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Offenses known	11,315	762	17,218	3,036	3,608	12,919	20,399	18,492	38,395	34,559	189,461	107,197	17,620	100,871	25,474	18,776	4,114	3,931	3,352	1,552	55,508,270
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent cleared by arrest	40.7	47.1	19.1	29.4	27.7	32.8	45.1	63.3	58.1	62.7	12.3	14.2	10.9	15.0	13.1	11.8	22.6	7.9	20.5
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Offenses known	5,674	337	1,608	336	539	1,337	6,672	5,621	11,634	16,561	81,413	42,023	5,778	20,493	4,846	6,889	1,769	831	1,158	2,283	24,805,788
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent cleared by arrest	43.7	43.0	36.3	39.3	37.7	41.7	59.7	65.8	59.8	58.9	15.3	14.8	12.5	25.0	22.9	17.1	26.8	17.8	21.0
SUBURBAN AREA²	Offenses known	21,341	1,479	30,186	6,172	7,213	28,966	32,177	33,778	64,926	66,615	332,281	208,251	37,095	188,486	38,087	29,328	7,578	5,400	6,625	7,008	104,399,866
SUBURBAN AREA²	Percent cleared by arrest	39.5	45.6	21.1	32.1	30.7	34.6	45.7	64.1	58.8	64.2	12.8	14.8	11.0	15.3	13.5	11.9	24.3	9.6	22.0

¹ Not all agencies submit reports for arson to the FBI. As a result, the number of reports the FBI uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for arson is less than the number it uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for all other offenses. Agencies must report arson clearances by detailed property classification as specified on the Monthly Return of Arson Offenses Known to Law Enforcement to be included in this table; therefore, clearances in this table may differ from other clearance tables.
² 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.

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