Table 1

January to June 2008
Percent Change
by Population Group

Population group	Number of agencies	Population	Violent crime	Murder	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson
Total	11,515	237,559,360	-3.5	-4.4	-3.3	-2.2	-4.1	-2.5	-0.8	-1.2	-12.6	-5.6
Cities:
1,000,00 0 and over	10	25,220,230	-0.8	-5.5	+3.4	-0.4	-1.2	-4.2	-3.2	-1.8	-13.9	-10.9
500,000 to 999,999	20	13,610,740	-2.7	-11.3	-5.2	-3.2	-1.9	-4.1	+0.8	-2.9	-14.8	-9.1
250,000 to 499,999	38	13,316,876	-5.2	-3.4	-2.4	-1.2	-8.2	-4.3	*	-2.9	-15.2	+2.0
100,000 to 249,999	182	27,451,673	-4.8	-9.0	-3.6	-3.6	-5.6	-2.0	+0.2	-0.7	-12.6	-7.6
50,000 to 99,999	361	25,040,604	-4.0	+3.3	-3.6	-4.4	-3.9	-1.7	-2.0	-0.3	-10.0	-1.1
25,000 to 49,999	619	21,242,043	-1.7	+1.5	-5.1	-4.7	+0.2	-2.2	-0.6	-1.6	-10.8	-2.0
10,000 to 24,999	1,404	22,304,499	-3.0	-10.2	-6.8	-1.5	-2.9	-2.0	-2.0	-1.1	-11.4	-3.1
Under 10,000	5,747	18,739,111	-4.4	+9.8	-3.6	+1.2	-5.8	-3.6	-2.4	-3.1	-14.4	-7.2
Counties:
Metropolitan¹	1,258	50,033,168	-4.1	-1.3	+1.0	-1.4	-5.6	*	+1.5	+1.5	-10.7	-3.6
Nonmetropolitan²	1,876	20,600,416	-7.5	+3.8	-12.7	-8.4	-6.9	-3.2	-3.1	-3.0	-4.5	-16.2

¹Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police within Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
²Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
*Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.