Table 18

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties1 by Population Group, 2006

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
2006
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 154,268 404.2 1,854 4.9 9,139 23.9 42,012 110.1 101,263 265.3 1,039,674 2,724.0 248,708 651.6 661,713 1,733.7 129,253 338.6 142 38,167,764
25,000 to 99,999 42,938 215.3 534 2.7 4,305 21.6 4,894 24.5 33,205 166.5 375,195 1,881.4 109,382 548.5 233,720 1,172.0 32,093 160.9 390 19,942,456
Under 25,000 15,631 401.3 194 5.0 1,650 42.4 2,473 63.5 11,314 290.5 121,804 3,127.0 27,825 714.3 69,681 1,788.9 24,298 623.8 969 3,895,201
NONMETROPOLITAN
COUNTIES
25,000 and over 20,201 197.1 282 2.8 2,120 20.7 1,934 18.9 15,865 154.8 176,780 1,724.5 58,473 570.4 104,674 1,021.1 13,633 133.0 262 10,251,334
10,000 to 24,999 15,105 176.4 230 2.7 1,522 17.8 919 10.7 12,434 145.2 118,512 1,383.7 39,004 455.4 70,379 821.7 9,129 106.6 528 8,564,553
Under 10,000 8,218 236.1 142 4.1 1,321 38.0 332 9.5 6,423 184.5 61,038 1,753.7 18,783 539.7 36,811 1,057.7 5,444 156.4 1,155 3,480,451

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