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Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2007
Population group 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
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,310,062 484.3 15,872 5.9 81,398 30.1 421,286 155.7 791,506 292.6 9,026,804 3,337.0 1,987,601 734.8 6,008,141 2,221.1 1,031,062 381.2 13,424 270,507,141
TOTAL CITIES 1,042,793 570.5 12,426 6.8 60,193 32.9 366,962 200.7 603,212 330.0 7,069,874 3,867.5 1,464,743 801.3 4,782,773 2,616.4 822,358 449.9 9,428 182,801,234
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 482,214 893.8 6,440 11.9 19,577 36.3 198,421 367.8 257,776 477.8 2,407,464 4,462.4 511,856 948.8 1,501,615 2,783.3 393,993 730.3 71 53,950,146
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 209,784 831.8 2,790 11.1 6,985 27.7 94,385 374.2 105,624 418.8 923,358 3,661.2 187,272 742.5 579,090 2,296.1 156,996 622.5 10 25,220,230
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 158,406 989.3 2,195 13.7 6,876 42.9 61,177 382.1 88,158 550.6 868,175 5,421.8 188,743 1,178.7 540,743 3,377.0 138,689 866.1 24 16,012,700
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 114,024 896.6 1,455 11.4 5,716 44.9 42,859 337.0 63,994 503.2 615,931 4,843.3 135,841 1,068.2 381,782 3,002.1 98,308 773.0 37 12,717,216
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 177,852 635.6 2,396 8.6 10,619 37.9 63,376 226.5 101,461 362.6 1,218,215 4,353.5 262,786 939.1 802,535 2,868.0 152,894 546.4 186 27,982,204
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 138,044 467.6 1,432 4.9 9,440 32.0 45,208 153.1 81,964 277.6 1,074,797 3,640.7 227,456 770.5 735,297 2,490.7 112,044 379.5 429 29,521,792
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 94,816 377.0 880 3.5 7,571 30.1 27,957 111.2 58,408 232.3 850,936 3,383.8 168,866 671.5 612,512 2,435.7 69,558 276.6 729 25,147,055
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 81,046 319.5 746 2.9 7,040 27.8 20,306 80.1 52,954 208.8 807,069 3,181.7 159,940 630.5 592,013 2,333.9 55,116 217.3 1,597 25,366,317
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 68,821 330.3 532 2.6 5,946 28.5 11,694 56.1 50,649 243.1 711,393 3,414.6 133,839 642.4 538,801 2,586.2 38,753 186.0 6,416 20,833,720
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 213,529 338.4 2,630 4.2 14,870 23.6 50,286 79.7 145,743 231.0 1,544,543 2,447.7 390,058 618.2 978,458 1,550.6 176,027 279.0 1,674 63,100,718
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES1 53,740 218.4 816 3.3 6,335 25.7 4,038 16.4 42,551 172.9 412,387 1,676.0 132,800 539.7 246,910 1,003.5 32,677 132.8 2,322 24,605,189
SUBURBAN AREA2 360,216 318.5 3,871 3.4 26,443 23.4 90,648 80.1 239,254 211.5 3,039,970 2,687.8 672,268 594.4 2,073,913 1,833.7 293,789 259.8 7,073 113,100,574

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Crime in the United States, 2007
U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
September 2008