Table 15

Crime Trends
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2004-2005

Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Arson			Number of agencies	2005 estimated population
Population group		Rape by force	Assault to rape-attempts	Firearm	Knife or cutting instrument	Other weapon	Strong-arm	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	2005 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2004	72,625	6,591	126,145	28,365	29,912	129,841	128,657	126,999	243,453	176,603	1,102,724	594,513	112,970	762,424	189,795	93,947	26,009	18,391	15,503
	2005	71,835	6,484	135,444	29,485	30,321	131,878	139,994	130,113	241,384	175,641	1,105,250	599,631	113,877	765,835	191,273	94,242	25,610	17,368	16,242	12,974	247,500,172
	Percent change	-1.1	-1.6	+7.4	+3.9	+1.4	+1.6	+8.8	+2.5	-0.8	-0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+0.4	+0.8	+0.3	-1.5	-5.6	+4.8
TOTAL CITIES	2004	53,085	4,992	108,166	24,568	25,381	114,338	98,651	98,249	176,672	122,809	800,777	432,379	86,281	624,865	148,521	62,521	19,525	12,539	10,967
	2005	52,299	5,057	115,375	25,691	25,609	115,928	107,698	100,837	175,902	121,339	807,738	434,425	87,817	626,437	148,913	62,727	19,300	12,088	11,798	9,251	162,399,127
	Percent change	-1.5	+1.3	+6.7	+4.6	+0.9	+1.4	+9.2	+2.6	-0.4	-1.2	+0.9	+0.5	+1.8	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	-1.2	-3.6	+7.6
GROUP I (all cities 250,000 and over)	2004	16,127	2,033	57,108	11,476	11,646	53,792	46,581	36,392	67,307	28,804	285,148	118,763	23,805	266,765	83,683	24,652	7,338	6,272	2,765
	2005	15,936	1,988	62,037	12,024	11,298	53,850	52,325	37,141	65,540	28,307	286,513	118,434	24,580	271,003	82,838	24,813	7,122	6,096	3,429	63	39,810,525
	Percent change	-1.2	-2.2	+8.6	+4.8	-3.0	+0.1	+12.3	+2.1	-2.6	-1.7	+0.5	-0.3	+3.3	+1.6	-1.0	+0.7	-2.9	-2.8	+24.0
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2004	4,910	863	23,863	5,141	4,185	19,626	14,476	10,660	17,613	6,998	93,746	36,545	6,408	94,246	37,082	8,347	2,004	2,696	1,017
	2005	4,856	825	25,025	5,256	4,241	19,101	15,658	10,570	17,132	6,679	92,544	36,896	6,466	93,184	37,905	8,334	2,217	2,545	1,283	8	13,896,753
	Percent change	-1.1	-4.4	+4.9	+2.2	+1.3	-2.7	+8.2	-0.8	-2.7	-4.6	-1.3	+1.0	+0.9	-1.1	+2.2	-0.2	+10.6	-5.6	+26.2
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2004	5,322	651	16,570	3,284	3,670	14,710	15,034	12,621	22,500	9,415	100,123	41,717	10,067	82,005	22,295	10,753	2,337	1,338	853
	2005	5,370	596	18,850	3,543	3,393	15,833	17,988	13,226	21,464	9,566	99,940	40,581	10,072	86,085	20,898	10,812	2,005	1,476	1,190	20	13,202,512
	Percent change	+0.9	-8.4	+13.8	+7.9	-7.5	+7.6	+19.6	+4.8	-4.6	+1.6	-0.2	-2.7	*	+5.0	-6.3	+0.5	-14.2	+10.3	+39.5
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2004	5,895	519	16,675	3,051	3,791	19,456	17,071	13,111	27,194	12,391	91,279	40,501	7,330	90,514	24,306	5,552	2,997	2,238	895
	2005	5,710	567	18,162	3,225	3,664	18,916	18,679	13,345	26,944	12,062	94,029	40,957	8,042	91,734	24,035	5,667	2,900	2,075	956	35	12,711,260
	Percent change	-3.1	+9.2	+8.9	+5.7	-3.4	-2.8	+9.4	+1.8	-0.9	-2.7	+3.0	+1.1	+9.7	+1.3	-1.1	+2.1	-3.2	-7.3	+6.8
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2004	8,728	789	20,279	4,423	4,605	19,574	18,289	17,633	33,307	16,366	137,896	73,606	15,189	123,793	25,139	10,114	3,125	2,111	1,733
	2005	8,445	799	20,761	4,688	4,994	19,960	19,605	18,691	33,828	16,858	139,247	72,194	15,819	120,137	25,340	10,066	3,302	1,974	1,964	169	25,188,117
	Percent change	-3.2	+1.3	+2.4	+6.0	+8.4	+2.0	+7.2	+6.0	+1.6	+3.0	+1.0	-1.9	+4.1	-3.0	+0.8	-0.5	+5.7	-6.5	+13.3
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2004	8,932	689	13,211	3,858	3,669	17,473	13,499	15,784	29,002	21,020	126,068	74,109	16,285	95,286	16,832	8,789	2,732	1,664	1,979
	2005	8,741	665	13,979	3,921	3,839	18,096	14,342	16,151	28,609	20,470	128,085	75,119	16,267	93,877	17,464	8,912	2,681	1,564	1,926	410	28,007,923
	Percent change	-2.1	-3.5	+5.8	+1.6	+4.6	+3.6	+6.2	+2.3	-1.4	-2.6	+1.6	+1.4	-0.1	-1.5	+3.8	+1.4	-1.9	-6.0	-2.7
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2004	7,441	501	8,073	2,241	2,629	10,917	8,248	10,868	18,586	17,405	94,157	57,294	12,060	61,383	9,534	7,105	2,247	1,075	1,820
	2005	7,279	555	8,550	2,451	2,743	11,313	8,929	11,053	19,190	17,112	95,258	58,851	12,168	63,019	9,396	7,079	2,193	1,042	1,845	693	23,998,926
	Percent change	-2.2	+10.8	+5.9	+9.4	+4.3	+3.6	+8.3	+1.7	+3.2	-1.7	+1.2	+2.7	+0.9	+2.7	-1.4	-0.4	-2.4	-3.1	+1.4
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2004	6,667	485	6,025	1,670	1,766	7,907	6,789	9,681	15,796	17,798	87,341	57,831	10,353	46,375	7,940	6,113	2,034	848	1,432
	2005	6,649	536	6,411	1,653	1,763	7,960	6,997	9,585	15,966	17,342	88,113	58,198	10,400	46,948	8,408	6,191	2,056	829	1,379	1,591	25,206,502
	Percent change	-0.3	+10.5	+6.4	-1.0	-0.2	+0.7	+3.1	-1.0	+1.1	-2.6	+0.9	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+5.9	+1.3	+1.1	-2.2	-3.7
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2004	5,190	495	3,470	900	1,066	4,675	5,245	7,891	12,674	21,416	70,167	50,776	8,589	31,263	5,393	5,748	2,049	569	1,238
	2005	5,249	514	3,637	954	972	4,749	5,500	8,216	12,769	21,250	70,522	51,629	8,583	31,453	5,467	5,666	1,946	583	1,255	6,325	20,187,134
	Percent change	+1.1	+3.8	+4.8	+6.0	-8.8	+1.6	+4.9	+4.1	+0.7	-0.8	+0.5	+1.7	-0.1	+0.6	+1.4	-1.4	-5.0	+2.5	+1.4
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2004	13,957	1,143	16,426	3,435	4,023	14,072	22,792	22,648	54,546	37,925	214,445	116,730	20,270	117,079	35,447	23,378	4,539	4,876	3,637
	2005	13,687	976	18,640	3,383	4,166	14,456	25,275	23,199	53,183	37,666	212,183	120,803	19,850	117,835	36,184	23,611	4,522	4,448	3,451	1,523	60,129,356
	Percent change	-1.9	-14.6	+13.5	-1.5	+3.6	+2.7	+10.9	+2.4	-2.5	-0.7	-1.1	+3.5	-2.1	+0.6	+2.1	+1.0	-0.4	-8.8	-5.1
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2004	5,583	456	1,553	362	508	1,431	7,214	6,102	12,235	15,869	87,502	45,404	6,419	20,480	5,827	8,048	1,945	976	899
	2005	5,849	451	1,429	411	546	1,494	7,021	6,077	12,299	16,636	85,329	44,403	6,210	21,563	6,176	7,904	1,788	832	993	2,200	24,971,689
	Percent change	+4.8	-1.1	-8.0	+13.5	+7.5	+4.4	-2.7	-0.4	+0.5	+4.8	-2.5	-2.2	-3.3	+5.3	+6.0	-1.8	-8.1	-14.8	+10.5
SUBURBAN AREA¹	2004	25,015	1,966	28,876	6,551	7,696	29,763	33,910	38,201	83,254	72,003	362,906	220,341	40,392	220,499	51,903	36,393	8,309	6,565	6,620
	2005	24,571	1,918	31,561	6,614	7,820	30,459	37,231	39,229	82,729	70,710	363,806	226,956	40,105	222,950	52,793	36,614	8,287	5,997	6,472	6,849	108,886,972
	Percent change	-1.8	-2.4	+9.3	+1.0	+1.6	+2.3	+9.8	+2.7	-0.6	-1.8	+0.2	+3.0	-0.7	+1.1	+1.7	+0.6	-0.3	-8.7	-2.2

¹Suburban 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.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.