Table 18

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties1 by Population Group, 2007
Population group Population
range
Violent crime Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle
theft
Number of
agencies
2007
estimated
population
Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate Number of
offenses
known
Rate
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 100,000 and over 151,320 394.7 1,804 4.7 8,767 22.9 43,001 112.2 97,748 255.0 1,037,241 2,705.7 252,419 658.4 663,226 1,730.1 121,596 317.2 143 38,335,337
25,000 to 99,999 45,085 219.3 595 2.9 4,479 21.8 5,050 24.6 34,961 170.0 376,633 1,831.7 107,850 524.5 237,508 1,155.1 31,275 152.1 404 20,561,550
Under 25,000 17,136 407.6 231 5.5 1,636 38.9 2,235 53.2 13,034 310.1 130,669 3,108.3 29,789 708.6 77,724 1,848.9 23,156 550.8 1,127 4,203,831
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES 25,000 and over 23,104 220.1 295 2.8 2,404 22.9 1,990 19.0 18,415 175.4 183,457 1,747.5 60,651 577.7 108,796 1,036.3 14,010 133.5 267 10,498,166
10,000 to 24,999 15,936 180.5 245 2.8 1,649 18.7 1,048 11.9 12,994 147.2 126,152 1,428.7 40,605 459.9 76,023 861.0 9,524 107.9 545 8,829,893
Under 10,000 8,830 236.8 140 3.8 1,438 38.6 364 9.8 6,888 184.7 63,389 1,699.7 19,240 515.9 38,668 1,036.8 5,481 147.0 1,357 3,729,374

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