Table 12

Crime Trends
by Population Group, 2006-2007

Population group		Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson	Number of agencies	2007 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2006	1,320,967	15,972	81,741	423,509	799,745	9,131,100	1,994,361	6,013,629	1,123,110	66,480
	2007	1,305,814	15,707	78,669	422,184	789,254	8,988,919	1,989,593	5,970,603	1,028,723	62,000	13,468	272,223,974
	Percent change	-1.1	-1.7	-3.8	-0.3	-1.3	-1.6	-0.2	-0.7	-8.4	-6.7
TOTAL CITIES	2006	1,051,216	12,497	60,518	370,093	608,108	7,142,853	1,466,164	4,777,524	899,165	49,029
	2007	1,037,212	12,227	57,689	367,678	599,618	7,008,738	1,458,141	4,733,001	817,596	45,930	9,527	182,727,571
	Percent change	-1.3	-2.2	-4.7	-0.7	-1.4	-1.9	-0.5	-0.9	-9.1	-6.3
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	2006	499,515	6,878	20,314	205,368	266,955	2,470,035	521,783	1,504,248	444,004	19,416
	2007	486,694	6,509	19,097	201,730	259,358	2,412,156	519,248	1,493,204	399,704	18,020	72	54,390,034
	Percent change	-2.6	-5.4	-6.0	-1.8	-2.8	-2.3	-0.5	-0.7	-10.0	-7.2
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2006	217,074	3,089	6,739	97,212	110,034	933,153	180,151	579,452	173,550	6,832
	2007	209,002	2,790	6,203	94,385	105,624	923,358	187,272	579,090	156,996	6,343	10	25,220,230
	Percent change	-3.7	-9.7	-8.0	-2.9	-4.0	-1.0	+4.0	-0.1	-9.5	-7.2
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2006	158,661	2,197	7,188	60,655	88,621	871,317	194,906	521,463	154,948	6,803
	2007	158,406	2,195	6,876	61,177	88,158	850,503	188,743	523,071	138,689	6,231	24	16,012,700
	Percent change	-0.2	-0.1	-4.3	+0.9	-0.5	-2.4	-3.2	+0.3	-10.5	-8.4
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2006	123,780	1,592	6,387	47,501	68,300	665,565	146,726	403,333	115,506	5,781
	2007	119,286	1,524	6,018	46,168	65,576	638,295	143,233	391,043	104,019	5,446	38	13,157,104
	Percent change	-3.6	-4.3	-5.8	-2.8	-4.0	-4.1	-2.4	-3.0	-9.9	-5.8
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2006	172,672	2,128	10,271	61,369	98,904	1,202,994	254,612	791,870	156,512	7,413
	2007	171,921	2,164	9,822	61,515	98,420	1,180,160	254,933	780,935	144,292	7,280	182	27,358,620
	Percent change	-0.4	+1.7	-4.4	+0.2	-0.5	-1.9	+0.1	-1.4	-7.8	-1.8
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2006	139,544	1,400	9,556	44,967	83,621	1,108,140	231,346	753,096	123,698	7,806
	2007	138,191	1,447	9,128	45,485	82,131	1,085,205	229,805	743,212	112,188	7,015	434	29,826,593
	Percent change	-1.0	+3.4	-4.5	+1.2	-1.8	-2.1	-0.7	-1.3	-9.3	-10.1
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2006	93,956	864	7,487	27,572	58,033	853,125	168,378	609,597	75,150	5,372
	2007	93,018	875	7,267	27,578	57,298	839,615	166,475	604,540	68,600	5,102	724	24,939,612
	Percent change	-1.0	+1.3	-2.9	*	-1.3	-1.6	-1.1	-0.8	-8.7	-5.0
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2006	78,252	712	6,964	19,463	51,113	798,645	157,439	582,080	59,126	4,624
	2007	80,169	719	6,679	19,998	52,773	794,856	156,745	583,352	54,759	4,435	1,596	25,359,101
	Percent change	+2.4	+1.0	-4.1	+2.7	+3.2	-0.5	-0.4	+0.2	-7.4	-4.1
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2006	67,277	515	5,926	11,354	49,482	709,914	132,606	536,633	40,675	4,398
	2007	67,219	513	5,696	11,372	49,638	696,746	130,935	527,758	38,053	4,078	6,519	20,853,611
	Percent change	-0.1	-0.4	-3.9	+0.2	+0.3	-1.9	-1.3	-1.7	-6.4	-7.3
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2006	217,441	2,651	15,348	49,418	150,024	1,571,524	393,567	987,794	190,163	13,405
	2007	214,836	2,662	14,952	50,412	146,810	1,562,763	395,802	988,988	177,973	12,230	1,647	64,261,573
	Percent change	-1.2	+0.4	-2.6	+2.0	-2.1	-0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-6.4	-8.8
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES¹	2006	52,310	824	5,875	3,998	41,613	416,723	134,630	248,311	33,782	4,046
	2007	53,766	818	6,028	4,094	42,826	417,418	135,650	248,614	33,154	3,840	2,294	25,234,830
	Percent change	+2.8	-0.7	+2.6	+2.4	+2.9	+0.2	+0.8	+0.1	-1.9	-5.1
SUBURBAN AREA²	2006	361,169	3,903	26,748	88,639	241,879	3,059,794	672,929	2,069,505	317,360	22,403
	2007	359,085	3,891	26,002	90,090	239,102	3,032,594	673,059	2,065,399	294,136	20,632	7,078	113,965,191
	Percent change	-0.6	-0.3	-2.8	+1.6	-1.1	-0.9	*	-0.2	-7.3	-7.9

¹ Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
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.
^* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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(A comparison of 2006 and 2007 data for population groups)

Both violent crime and property crime decreased in the Nation in 2007 when compared with the 2006 figures. Violent crime was down 1.1 percent, and property crime declined 1.6 percent.
Each of the four violent crime categories showed decreases: murder declined 1.7 percent, forcible rape 3.8 percent, robbery 0.3 percent, and aggravated assault decreased 1.3 percent.
Each of the three property crime categories showed decreases: burglary declined 0.2 percent, larceny-theft 0.7 percent, and motor vehicle theft decreased 8.4 percent.
Among all population groups, cities with 250,000 or more inhabitants experienced the largest decrease (2.6 percent) for violent crime.
Among all population groups, cities with populations of 10,000 to 24,999 and nonmetropolitan counties experienced the only increases in violent crime: 2.4 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively.
Murder offenses declined 5.4 percent in cities with 250,000 or more inhabitants and increased 3.4 percent in cities with 50,000 to 99,999 residents.
Forcible rape declined in all city groupings and in metropolitan counties. The largest decrease (6.0 percent) occurred in cities with 250,000 or more inhabitants. The only increase (2.6 percent) for forcible rape occurred in nonmetropolitan counties.
Robbery offenses decreased 1.8 percent in the Nation’s largest cities (those with 250,000 or more residents) and rose 2.7 percent in cities with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants. Robbery also rose 2.4 percent in nonmetropolitan counties and 2.0 percent in metropolitan counties.