Table 19

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
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	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	Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Number of offenses known	72,559	6,177	158,240	30,689	33,358	147,285	155,963	137,032	249,372	187,366	1,161,059	615,925	123,077	714,975	175,948	83,595	13,360	255,465,442
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Rate	28.4	2.4	61.9	12.0	13.1	57.7	61.1	53.6	97.6	73.3	454.5	241.1	48.2	279.9	68.9	32.7
TOTAL CITIES	Number of offenses known	52,800	4,911	133,664	26,415	27,929	128,705	122,796	106,678	183,793	129,537	846,982	443,002	95,810	577,830	138,003	53,464	9,406	168,757,929
TOTAL CITIES	Rate	31.3	2.9	79.2	15.7	16.5	76.3	72.8	63.2	108.9	76.8	501.9	262.5	56.8	342.4	81.8	31.7
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Number of offenses known	15,949	1,920	70,146	12,239	12,275	57,919	60,423	40,260	71,094	31,522	307,961	113,670	29,608	250,472	79,167	18,230	66	41,439,145
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Rate	38.5	4.6	169.3	29.5	29.6	139.8	145.8	97.2	171.6	76.1	743.2	274.3	71.4	604.4	191.0	44.0
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Number of 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	8	14,175,600
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Rate	32.2	5.4	182.2	37.1	32.2	151.8	137.2	91.6	140.5	60.4	694.9	252.5	51.5	567.1	262.9	52.7
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	5,923	615	25,971	3,958	4,781	18,587	23,950	15,538	27,828	11,417	123,307	40,743	13,392	95,375	23,428	6,747	22	14,800,171
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Rate	40.0	4.2	175.5	26.7	32.3	125.6	161.8	105.0	188.0	77.1	833.1	275.3	90.5	644.4	158.3	45.6
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	5,468	535	18,343	3,015	2,935	17,816	17,029	11,735	23,351	11,546	86,144	37,133	8,914	74,707	18,466	4,010	36	12,463,374
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Rate	43.9	4.3	147.2	24.2	23.5	142.9	136.6	94.2	187.4	92.6	691.2	297.9	71.5	599.4	148.2	32.2
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Number of offenses known	9,096	840	24,751	5,031	5,306	24,284	22,770	19,959	35,053	18,057	150,485	78,982	17,500	114,996	22,726	9,291	177	26,581,642
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Rate	34.2	3.2	93.1	18.9	20.0	91.4	85.7	75.1	131.9	67.9	566.1	297.1	65.8	432.6	85.5	35.0
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Number of offenses known	8,692	690	16,927	3,901	4,273	19,783	15,837	16,442	28,095	21,373	130,534	79,005	16,171	87,185	15,625	8,375	428	29,424,744
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Rate	29.5	2.3	57.5	13.3	14.5	67.2	53.8	55.9	95.5	72.6	443.6	268.5	55.0	296.3	53.1	28.5
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Number of offenses known	7,068	503	9,927	2,435	2,944	12,651	9,603	11,693	19,905	17,207	96,749	58,990	13,127	54,293	8,513	6,752	729	25,147,055
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Rate	28.1	2.0	39.5	9.7	11.7	50.3	38.2	46.5	79.2	68.4	384.7	234.6	52.2	215.9	33.9	26.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Number of offenses known	6,571	446	7,865	1,766	1,990	8,634	8,062	10,128	16,564	18,131	89,839	58,886	10,590	42,297	7,065	5,575	1,595	25,341,547
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Rate	25.9	1.8	31.0	7.0	7.9	34.1	31.8	40.0	65.4	71.5	354.5	232.4	41.8	166.9	27.9	22.0
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Number of offenses known	5,424	512	4,048	1,043	1,141	5,434	6,101	8,196	13,082	23,247	71,414	53,469	8,814	28,587	4,907	5,241	6,411	20,823,796
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Rate	26.0	2.5	19.4	5.0	5.5	26.1	29.3	39.4	62.8	111.6	342.9	256.8	42.3	137.3	23.6	25.2
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number of offenses known	13,787	919	22,851	3,905	4,880	17,190	26,174	24,239	53,176	40,899	231,053	128,826	21,708	116,862	32,823	22,937	1,659	62,129,516
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Rate	22.2	1.5	36.8	6.3	7.9	27.7	42.1	39.0	85.6	65.8	371.9	207.4	34.9	188.1	52.8	36.9
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number of offenses known	5,972	347	1,725	369	549	1,390	6,993	6,115	12,403	16,930	83,024	44,097	5,559	20,283	5,122	7,194	2,295	24,577,997
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Rate	24.3	1.4	7.0	1.5	2.2	5.7	28.5	24.9	50.5	68.9	337.8	179.4	22.6	82.5	20.8	29.3
SUBURBAN AREA¹	Number of offenses known	24,534	1,720	37,873	7,239	8,858	35,164	39,552	40,926	83,329	74,157	384,243	236,458	42,591	208,236	47,437	34,527	7,054	112,103,749
SUBURBAN AREA¹	Rate	21.9	1.5	33.8	6.5	7.9	31.4	35.3	36.5	74.3	66.2	342.8	210.9	38.0	185.8	42.3	30.8

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.

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