Table 12

Crime Trends
by Population Group, 2004-2005

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	2005 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2004	1,242,275	15,023	84,608	380,740	761,904	9,420,361	1,954,079	6,300,090	1,166,192	65,868
	2005	1,273,754	15,625	83,312	397,356	777,461	9,277,285	1,966,159	6,143,800	1,167,326	64,062	13,052	266,142,177
	Percent change	+2.5	+4.0	-1.5	+4.4	+2.0	-1.5	+0.6	-2.5	+0.1	-2.7
TOTAL CITIES	2004	989,444	11,694	62,616	335,637	579,497	7,448,682	1,443,472	5,062,434	942,776	48,188
	2005	1,015,579	12,362	61,666	349,047	592,504	7,321,880	1,457,027	4,924,744	940,109	47,168	9,283	178,931,386
	Percent change	+2.6	+5.7	-1.5	+4.0	+2.2	-1.7	+0.9	-2.7	-0.3	-2.1
GROUP I (all cities 250,000 and over)	2004	467,868	6,547	21,328	190,117	249,876	2,594,174	514,028	1,616,790	463,356	20,279
	2005	482,899	6,779	20,950	197,991	257,179	2,537,521	518,045	1,557,575	461,901	19,437	70	53,583,154
	Percent change	+3.2	+3.5	-1.8	+4.1	+2.9	-2.2	+0.8	-3.7	-0.3	-4.2
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2004	200,986	2,875	7,201	93,100	97,810	996,170	187,227	625,397	183,546	6,499
	2005	200,225	2,891	7,093	94,309	95,932	963,317	184,430	598,587	180,300	6,727	10	24,885,884
	Percent change	-0.4	+0.6	-1.5	+1.3	-1.9	-3.3	-1.5	-4.3	-1.8	+3.5
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2004	139,055	2,060	7,105	51,118	78,772	866,158	179,717	532,598	153,843	7,140
	2005	151,803	2,135	6,958	56,353	86,357	851,735	181,568	516,344	153,823	6,388	23	15,331,041
	Percent change	+9.2	+3.6	-2.1	+10.2	+9.6	-1.7	+1.0	-3.1	*	-10.5
250,000 to 499,999 (Group 1 subset)	2004	127,827	1,612	7,022	45,899	73,294	731,846	147,084	458,795	125,967	6,640
	2005	130,871	1,753	6,899	47,329	74,890	722,469	152,047	442,644	127,778	6,322	37	13,366,229
	Percent change	+2.4	+8.7	-1.8	+3.1	+2.2	-1.3	+3.4	-3.5	+1.4	-4.8
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2004	163,542	2,002	10,641	55,101	95,798	1,312,244	258,761	878,205	175,278	7,799
	2005	169,574	2,250	10,295	57,168	99,861	1,277,844	260,122	845,581	172,141	7,974	184	27,597,669
	Percent change	+3.7	+12.4	-3.3	+3.8	+4.2	-2.6	+0.5	-3.7	-1.8	+2.2
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2004	130,907	1,191	9,785	38,908	81,023	1,111,214	220,603	767,847	122,764	6,516
	2005	132,761	1,322	9,585	40,614	81,240	1,092,987	223,622	747,316	122,049	6,319	413	28,195,726
	Percent change	+1.4	+11.0	-2.0	+4.4	+0.3	-1.6	+1.4	-2.7	-0.6	-3.0
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2004	88,179	822	7,999	23,994	55,364	872,496	164,414	629,745	78,337	5,250
	2005	90,392	855	7,871	25,160	56,506	868,768	167,103	621,934	79,731	5,185	696	24,124,825
	Percent change	+2.5	+4.0	-1.6	+4.9	+2.1	-0.4	+1.6	-1.2	+1.8	-1.2
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2004	75,270	666	7,159	17,372	50,073	837,342	155,825	621,022	60,495	4,401
	2005	75,533	660	7,190	17,790	49,893	829,194	157,096	610,489	61,609	4,358	1,592	25,225,550
	Percent change	+0.3	-0.9	+0.4	+2.4	-0.4	-1.0	+0.8	-1.7	+1.8	-1.0
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2004	63,678	466	5,704	10,145	47,363	721,212	129,841	548,825	42,546	3,943
	2005	64,420	496	5,775	10,324	47,825	715,566	131,039	541,849	42,678	3,895	6,328	20,204,462
	Percent change	+1.2	+6.4	+1.2	+1.8	+1.0	-0.8	+0.9	-1.3	+0.3	-1.2
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2004	200,368	2,397	15,900	41,237	140,834	1,544,274	371,003	984,308	188,963	13,692
	2005	204,903	2,386	15,316	44,414	142,787	1,531,141	372,925	966,736	191,480	13,120	1,542	62,213,302
	Percent change	+2.3	-0.5	-3.7	+7.7	+1.4	-0.9	+0.5	-1.8	+1.3	-4.2
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES¹	2004	52,463	932	6,092	3,866	41,573	427,405	139,604	253,348	34,453	3,988
	2005	53,272	877	6,330	3,895	42,170	424,264	136,207	252,320	35,737	3,774	2,227	24,997,489
	Percent change	+1.5	-5.9	+3.9	+0.8	+1.4	-0.7	-2.4	-0.4	+3.7	-5.4
SUBURBAN AREA²	2004	338,151	3,514	27,839	76,236	230,562	3,076,368	643,725	2,110,522	322,121	22,306
	2005	344,503	3,538	27,182	80,280	233,503	3,056,118	651,416	2,078,266	326,436	21,631	6,873	111,066,865
	Percent change	+1.9	+0.7	-2.4	+5.3	+1.3	-0.7	+1.2	-1.5	+1.3	-3.0

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 2004 and 2005 data)

Violent crime increased 2.5 percent in 2005 and property crime decreased 1.5 percent.
Three of the four violent crimes showed increases:
- Murder increased 4.0 percent.
- Robbery increased 4.4 percent.
- Aggravated assault increased 2.0 percent.
Forcible rape offenses, however, showed a decrease of 1.5 percent in 2005.
Murder offenses decreased in nonmetropolitan counties and metropolitan counties, 5.9 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.
The only decrease in murder within the city groupings occurred in cities with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants.