Crime in the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2005

Population group Violent crime Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Number
of
agencies		 2005 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
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,287,981 490.5 15,495 5.9 84,524 32.2 395,974 150.8 791,988 301.6 9,283,808 3,535.4 1,969,907 750.2 6,151,484 2,342.6 1,162,417 442.7 12,618 262,596,173
TOTAL CITIES 1,028,872 580.2 12,265 6.9 62,754 35.4 347,710 196.1 606,143 341.8 7,330,956 4,133.9 1,456,606 821.4 4,938,679 2,784.9 935,671 527.6 8,958 177,338,654
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 491,646 941.2 6,585 12.6 21,300 40.8 195,446 374.2 268,315 513.7 2,504,191 4,794.0 508,754 974.0 1,542,661 2,953.3 452,776 866.8 67 52,235,624
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 217,527 874.1 2,891 11.6 8,019 32.2 94,309 379.0 112,308 451.3 963,317 3,870.9 184,430 741.1 598,587 2,405.3 180,300 724.5 10 24,885,884
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 146,755 991.5 2,080 14.1 6,580 44.5 54,668 369.3 83,427 563.6 840,078 5,675.6 176,438 1,192.0 516,344 3,488.4 147,296 995.1 22 14,801,594
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 127,364 1,015.0 1,614 12.9 6,701 53.4 46,469 370.3 72,580 578.4 700,796 5,584.9 147,886 1,178.5 427,730 3,408.7 125,180 997.6 35 12,548,146
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 170,530 616.2 2,275 8.2 10,739 38.8 57,649 208.3 99,867 360.9 1,286,452 4,648.4 261,840 946.1 850,933 3,074.7 173,679 627.6 184 27,675,027
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 134,946 474.4 1,371 4.8 9,772 34.4 41,276 145.1 82,527 290.1 1,107,923 3,895.1 227,646 800.3 756,768 2,660.6 123,509 434.2 416 28,443,673
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 91,699 374.1 875 3.6 7,977 32.5 25,207 102.8 57,640 235.2 890,406 3,632.7 170,680 696.3 638,267 2,604.0 81,459 332.3 708 24,511,015
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 75,675 303.1 662 2.7 7,159 28.7 17,831 71.4 50,023 200.4 830,854 3,327.8 157,266 629.9 611,747 2,450.2 61,841 247.7 1,577 24,967,155
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 64,376 330.0 497 2.5 5,807 29.8 10,301 52.8 47,771 244.9 711,130 3,645.7 130,420 668.6 538,303 2,759.7 42,407 217.4 6,006 19,506,160
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 205,817 338.0 2,353 3.9 15,398 25.3 44,325 72.8 143,741 236.0 1,528,167 2,509.4 377,001 619.1 960,087 1,576.6 191,079 313.8 1,531 60,897,351
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES1 53,292 218.8 877 3.6 6,372 26.2 3,939 16.2 42,104 172.8 424,685 1,743.4 136,300 559.5 252,718 1,037.4 35,667 146.4 2,129 24,360,168
SUBURBAN AREA2 345,997 316.3 3,524 3.2 27,257 24.9 80,112 73.2 235,104 214.9 3,063,460 2,800.6 658,151 601.7 2,077,882 1,899.6 327,427 299.3 6,681 109,385,350

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Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006