Table 19

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2006

Population group   Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Motor vehicle theft Number
of
agencies
2006
estimated
population
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
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: Number of offenses known 72,830 6,398 157,275 32,072 34,395 148,593 160,319 137,270 252,109 181,531 1,149,577 613,260 124,275 777,634 188,450 91,311 12,565 249,598,585
Rate 29.2 2.6 63.0 12.8 13.8 59.5 64.2 55.0 101.0 72.7 460.6 245.7 49.8 311.6 75.5 36.6    
TOTAL CITIES Number of offenses known 53,551 5,056 133,672 27,680 29,193 129,939 127,162 107,607 186,164 127,458 843,170 444,773 95,176 635,367 147,893 61,178 8,986 165,111,407
Rate 32.4 3.1 81.0 16.8 17.7 78.7 77.0 65.2 112.8 77.2 510.7 269.4 57.6 384.8 89.6 37.1    
GROUP I (250,000 and over) Number of offenses known 16,343 2,084 72,998 13,264 13,690 61,517 66,678 42,983 75,528 33,384 311,546 121,047 29,599 287,845 84,428 24,282 67 41,788,112
Rate 39.1 5.0 174.7 31.7 32.8 147.2 159.6 102.9 180.7 79.9 745.5 289.7 70.8 688.8 202.0 58.1    
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) Number of 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 8 14,058,014
Rate 34.1 6.2 189.2 39.3 32.9 150.0 149.7 95.7 152.2 69.5 647.9 255.4 48.9 633.3 274.2 58.4    
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) Number of offenses known 5,690 670 24,885 4,212 5,128 18,947 24,472 15,734 27,607 10,881 120,239 41,995 13,275 105,700 23,292 10,757 22 14,516,874
Rate 39.2 4.6 171.4 29.0 35.3 130.5 168.6 108.4 190.2 75.0 828.3 289.3 91.4 728.1 160.4 74.1    
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) Number of offenses known 5,857 542 21,515 3,522 3,942 21,480 21,156 13,789 26,520 12,733 100,227 43,151 9,444 93,111 22,594 5,313 37 13,213,224
Rate 44.3 4.1 162.8 26.7 29.8 162.6 160.1 104.4 200.7 96.4 758.5 326.6 71.5 704.7 171.0 40.2    
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) Number of offenses known 9,133 753 24,147 5,055 5,286 23,141 22,204 19,271 34,796 17,307 147,553 75,205 17,391 118,590 24,282 9,780 175 26,102,993
Rate 35.0 2.9 92.5 19.4 20.3 88.7 85.1 73.8 133.3 66.3 565.3 288.1 66.6 454.3 93.0 37.5    
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) Number of offenses known 9,083 671 15,725 4,046 4,253 19,688 15,807 16,598 27,630 20,794 131,483 77,565 15,757 94,394 17,084 9,102 414 28,477,729
Rate 31.9 2.4 55.2 14.2 14.9 69.1 55.5 58.3 97.0 73.0 461.7 272.4 55.3 331.5 60.0 32.0    
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) Number of offenses known 7,107 550 9,872 2,596 2,964 12,177 9,843 11,643 19,990 17,411 98,571 60,976 12,551 60,770 9,104 7,132 709 24,554,854
Rate 28.9 2.2 40.2 10.6 12.1 49.6 40.1 47.4 81.4 70.9 401.4 248.3 51.1 247.5 37.1 29.0    
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) Number of offenses known 6,566 480 7,088 1,758 1,994 8,193 7,169 9,318 15,556 17,238 85,145 58,152 10,762 43,956 7,922 5,823 1,539 24,399,587
Rate 26.9 2.0 29.0 7.2 8.2 33.6 29.4 38.2 63.8 70.6 349.0 238.3 44.1 180.2 32.5 23.9    
GROUP VI (under 10,000) Number of offenses known 5,319 518 3,842 961 1,006 5,223 5,461 7,794 12,664 21,324 68,872 51,828 9,116 29,812 5,073 5,059 6,082 19,788,132
Rate 26.9 2.6 19.4 4.9 5.1 26.4 27.6 39.4 64.0 107.8 348.0 261.9 46.1 150.7 25.6 25.6    
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES Number of offenses known 13,857 984 22,169 4,011 4,678 17,204 26,540 24,007 54,554 38,932 224,939 127,762 23,551 122,333 35,341 23,380 1,496 60,839,013
Rate 22.8 1.6 36.4 6.6 7.7 28.3 43.6 39.5 89.7 64.0 369.7 210.0 38.7 201.1 58.1 38.4    
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES Number of offenses known 5,422 358 1,434 381 524 1,450 6,617 5,656 11,391 15,141 81,468 40,725 5,548 19,934 5,216 6,753 2,083 23,648,165
Rate 22.9 1.5 6.1 1.6 2.2 6.1 28.0 23.9 48.2 64.0 344.5 172.2 23.5 84.3 22.1 28.6    
SUBURBAN AREA1 Number of offenses known 24,674 1,838 36,825 7,575 8,687 34,814 39,485 40,331 84,148 71,888 377,432 236,718 44,285 223,264 51,225 35,381 6,665 109,136,000
Rate 22.6 1.7 33.7 6.9 8.0 31.9 36.2 37.0 77.1 65.9 345.8 216.9 40.6 204.6 46.9 32.4    

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