Table 27

Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2006

Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Arson¹			Number of agencies	2006 estimated population
Population group		Rape by force	Assault to rape-attempts	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other weapon	Strongarm	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other weapon	Hands, fists, feet, etc.	Forcible entry	Unlawful entry	Attempted forcible entry	Autos	Trucks and buses	Other vehicles	Structure	Mobile	Other	Number of agencies	2006 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Offenses known	66,717	5,951	143,148	29,946	31,303	134,886	146,364	123,792	217,803	170,819	1,061,741	569,166	113,712	728,191	170,385	82,549	25,595	17,361	17,925	13,159	238,918,460
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Percent cleared by arrest	39.5	42.0	19.7	28.0	26.9	29.0	37.9	60.7	54.3	61.1	11.8	13.9	10.3	12.8	10.7	10.3	22.5	8.2	19.4
TOTAL CITIES	Offenses known	49,975	4,740	124,200	26,398	27,232	120,437	118,439	99,803	168,938	121,946	790,086	419,714	87,936	600,932	137,098	55,914	19,274	12,408	13,139	9,419	159,266,331
TOTAL CITIES	Percent cleared by arrest	38.3	39.9	19.5	27.4	26.3	28.5	35.0	59.6	52.7	60.2	11.3	13.6	10.2	12.0	9.8	9.3	21.7	7.7	19.2
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Offenses known	15,321	1,997	69,850	12,769	13,117	58,119	63,291	40,184	70,170	30,654	293,246	114,345	27,145	272,993	80,426	22,800	6,864	6,147	3,834	62	39,101,896
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Percent cleared by arrest	38.9	36.8	17.0	23.2	22.4	24.5	30.0	55.3	47.4	49.2	8.5	10.8	8.7	9.6	7.4	6.6	18.0	4.6	16.7
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Offenses known	4,796	872	26,598	5,530	4,620	21,090	21,050	13,460	21,401	9,770	91,080	35,901	6,880	89,034	38,542	8,212	2,059	2,580	1,481	8	14,058,014
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Percent cleared by arrest	41.9	39.1	17.2	21.8	23.5	27.2	27.7	50.2	44.3	47.2	7.9	9.6	10.7	9.4	5.1	5.3	18.8	3.9	12.1
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Offenses known	5,264	649	23,479	4,019	4,875	17,539	22,626	14,503	25,856	10,135	109,522	38,578	12,312	98,535	20,895	9,710	2,193	1,603	1,197	20	12,808,359
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Percent cleared by arrest	33.5	33.3	14.6	23.3	21.3	20.2	29.8	54.9	45.0	44.4	7.4	8.8	7.2	9.4	9.6	5.0	18.5	6.1	18.0
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Offenses known	5,261	476	19,773	3,220	3,622	19,490	19,615	12,221	22,913	10,749	92,644	39,866	7,953	85,424	20,989	4,878	2,612	1,964	1,156	34	12,235,523
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Percent cleared by arrest	41.7	37.4	19.6	25.3	22.5	25.5	32.7	61.3	53.1	55.4	10.4	13.8	9.3	9.9	9.5	12.0	17.0	4.4	21.1
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Offenses known	8,375	683	21,672	4,765	4,885	21,276	20,146	17,386	30,330	16,043	136,465	69,487	15,325	110,430	22,293	8,510	3,037	1,948	1,975	162	24,250,319
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	39.1	40.4	20.3	27.4	25.9	27.9	35.0	59.7	52.3	58.4	10.7	13.1	9.4	10.5	9.9	8.0	17.8	7.1	16.8
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Offenses known	8,139	607	13,836	3,728	3,755	17,624	14,054	15,100	24,335	19,754	118,718	71,947	14,494	87,970	14,865	8,016	3,145	1,751	2,383	391	26,858,143
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	36.2	41.0	21.3	29.7	30.5	32.0	37.2	60.8	56.7	61.2	11.9	14.5	10.7	11.8	12.0	8.6	21.6	8.1	21.4
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Offenses known	6,700	500	8,556	2,489	2,638	10,706	8,703	10,638	17,618	17,221	91,392	57,048	11,570	56,887	7,805	6,396	2,021	1,069	2,065	699	24,071,954
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	36.2	41.2	25.3	34.7	30.0	34.4	45.8	64.1	57.1	63.7	12.5	13.5	10.8	14.4	14.9	11.6	25.4	9.7	16.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Offenses known	6,202	447	6,493	1,691	1,839	7,621	6,714	8,779	14,151	16,525	80,971	55,789	10,370	42,974	6,834	5,232	2,088	844	1,529	1,541	24,397,493
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Percent cleared by arrest	39.0	41.8	27.3	38.1	34.7	36.8	47.5	65.3	59.7	67.0	14.9	16.3	11.5	19.0	17.2	13.7	28.8	17.3	24.0
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Offenses known	5,238	506	3,793	956	998	5,091	5,531	7,716	12,334	21,749	69,294	51,098	9,032	29,678	4,875	4,960	2,119	649	1,353	6,564	20,586,526
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Percent cleared by arrest	40.6	47.2	28.7	38.2	37.6	39.5	54.6	67.3	61.6	68.0	16.9	16.6	12.7	25.1	22.3	17.7	28.6	21.0	24.4
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Offenses known	11,398	853	17,474	3,179	3,519	13,035	21,121	18,497	37,765	33,095	187,830	107,998	19,688	106,615	28,024	19,717	4,374	4,112	3,705	1,500	54,711,611
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent cleared by arrest	42.5	50.2	20.0	30.7	29.9	31.7	46.6	64.6	59.3	63.9	12.5	14.4	10.4	15.2	12.8	10.8	24.3	8.0	18.8
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Offenses known	5,344	358	1,474	369	552	1,414	6,804	5,492	11,100	15,778	83,825	41,454	6,088	20,644	5,263	6,918	1,947	841	1,081	2,240	24,940,518
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Percent cleared by arrest	43.8	49.7	34.4	49.1	35.9	43.3	61.2	67.8	61.4	62.3	15.5	15.2	11.9	26.4	23.8	16.7	27.1	16.6	22.8
SUBURBAN AREA²	Offenses known	21,609	1,644	30,276	6,523	7,122	28,493	32,610	33,333	63,713	65,067	329,065	209,716	39,114	202,078	41,655	30,646	8,082	5,763	6,970	6,844	102,764,718
SUBURBAN AREA²	Percent cleared by arrest	40.6	47.9	21.8	33.0	31.3	33.5	46.8	65.1	59.5	65.3	13.0	14.7	10.8	15.4	13.5	11.5	25.4	9.6	19.4

¹ Not all agencies submit reports for arson to the FBI. As a result, the number of reports the FBI uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for arson is less than the number it uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for all other offenses. Agencies must report arson clearances by detailed property classification as specified on the Monthly Return of Arson Offenses Known to Law Enforcement to be included in this table; therefore, clearances in this table may differ from other clearance tables.
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.

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