Table 12

Crime Trends
by Population Group, 2005-2006

Population group		Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson	Number of agencies	2006 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2005	1,284,185	15,568	81,674	395,510	791,433	9,288,388	1,973,124	6,150,982	1,164,282	64,733
	2006	1,308,436	15,854	80,414	422,375	789,793	9,080,788	1,990,468	5,971,647	1,118,673	66,065	13,048	269,116,153
	Percent change	+1.9	+1.8	-1.5	+6.8	-0.2	-2.2	+0.9	-2.9	-3.9	+2.1
TOTAL CITIES	2005	1,024,110	12,250	60,197	346,251	605,412	7,301,826	1,455,331	4,910,707	935,788	47,520
	2006	1,044,375	12,483	59,501	368,886	603,505	7,109,568	1,467,168	4,745,380	897,020	48,580	9,342	180,561,790
	Percent change	+2.0	+1.9	-1.2	+6.5	-0.3	-2.6	+0.8	-3.4	-4.1	+2.2
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	2005	492,570	6,587	20,327	195,365	270,291	2,522,159	517,553	1,548,399	456,207	19,469
	2006	497,476	6,875	19,677	204,495	266,429	2,450,869	520,809	1,490,873	439,187	19,291	70	53,487,428
	Percent change	+1.0	+4.4	-3.2	+4.7	-1.4	-2.8	+0.6	-3.7	-3.7	-0.9
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2005	216,601	2,891	7,093	94,309	112,308	963,317	184,430	598,587	180,300	6,727
	2006	217,072	3,087	6,739	97,212	110,034	933,155	180,151	579,452	173,552	6,832	10	25,080,811
	Percent change	+0.2	+6.8	-5.0	+3.1	-2.0	-3.1	-2.3	-3.2	-3.7	+1.6
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2005	150,566	2,088	7,128	54,614	86,736	850,158	182,862	516,025	151,271	6,313
	2006	150,827	2,107	6,935	57,042	84,743	832,624	189,200	496,716	146,708	6,387	23	15,374,394
	Percent change	+0.2	+0.9	-2.7	+4.4	-2.3	-2.1	+3.5	-3.7	-3.0	+1.2
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2005	125,403	1,608	6,106	46,442	71,247	708,684	150,261	433,787	124,636	6,429
	2006	129,577	1,681	6,003	50,241	71,652	685,090	151,458	414,705	118,927	6,072	37	13,032,223
	Percent change	+3.3	+4.5	-1.7	+8.2	+0.6	-3.3	+0.8	-4.4	-4.6	-5.6
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2005	170,215	2,192	10,429	57,147	100,447	1,278,174	259,441	846,656	172,077	7,909
	2006	174,186	2,157	10,342	62,416	99,271	1,235,046	261,270	811,664	162,112	7,874	186	27,908,022
	Percent change	+2.3	-1.6	-0.8	+9.2	-1.2	-3.4	+0.7	-4.1	-5.8	-0.4
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2005	130,009	1,409	9,205	40,197	79,198	1,085,500	222,861	739,162	123,477	6,464
	2006	134,619	1,335	9,318	43,378	80,588	1,060,259	224,139	716,467	119,653	7,152	417	28,595,956
	Percent change	+3.5	-5.3	+1.2	+7.9	+1.8	-2.3	+0.6	-3.1	-3.1	+10.6
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2005	92,546	904	7,821	25,586	58,235	894,445	172,036	641,104	81,305	5,270
	2006	96,065	903	7,629	28,251	59,282	874,003	174,604	621,757	77,642	5,420	725	25,030,551
	Percent change	+3.8	-0.1	-2.5	+10.4	+1.8	-2.3	+1.5	-3.0	-4.5	+2.8
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2005	75,143	664	6,790	17,857	49,832	816,256	154,388	600,628	61,240	4,384
	2006	77,279	716	6,865	19,403	50,295	798,600	156,728	582,994	58,878	4,651	1,594	25,246,097
	Percent change	+2.8	+7.8	+1.1	+8.7	+0.9	-2.2	+1.5	-2.9	-3.9	+6.1
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2005	63,627	494	5,625	10,099	47,409	705,292	129,052	534,758	41,482	4,024
	2006	64,750	497	5,670	10,943	47,640	690,791	129,618	521,625	39,548	4,192	6,350	20,293,736
	Percent change	+1.8	+0.6	+0.8	+8.4	+0.5	-2.1	+0.4	-2.5	-4.7	+4.2
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2005	207,758	2,426	15,444	45,372	144,516	1,561,909	381,613	986,909	193,387	13,217
	2006	213,839	2,575	15,201	49,490	146,573	1,556,482	390,885	977,608	187,989	13,573	1,549	63,500,951
	Percent change	+2.9	+6.1	-1.6	+9.1	+1.4	-0.3	+2.4	-0.9	-2.8	+2.7
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES¹	2005	52,317	892	6,033	3,887	41,505	424,653	136,180	253,366	35,107	3,996
	2006	50,222	796	5,712	3,999	39,715	414,738	132,415	248,659	33,664	3,912	2,157	25,053,412
	Percent change	-4.0	-10.8	-5.3	+2.9	-4.3	-2.3	-2.8	-1.9	-4.1	-2.1
SUBURBAN AREA²	2005	348,523	3,635	26,915	81,744	236,229	3,082,730	660,245	2,093,579	328,906	21,744
	2006	359,075	3,852	26,682	89,646	238,895	3,058,006	675,520	2,065,196	317,290	22,621	6,908	112,961,096
	Percent change	+3.0	+6.0	-0.9	+9.7	+1.1	-0.8	+2.3	-1.4	-3.5	+4.0

¹ Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
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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(A comparison of 2005 and 2006 data)

Violent crime offenses increased 1.9 percent in the Nation in 2006 when compared with 2005 data, and property crime decreased 2.2 percent.
Offenses in two of the four violent crime catagories showed increases. Murder increased 1.8 percent, and robbery increased 6.8 percent.
Forcible rape offenses showed a decrease of 1.5 percent in 2006, and aggravated assault offenses were down slightly (-0.2 percent).
Cities with populations of 25,000 to 49,999 had the largest increase for violent crimes, 3.8 percent.
The country’s largest cities, those with populations of 250,000 and over, had a
1.0-percent increase in violent crime.
Among the population groups, the nation’s metropolitan counties also had an increase in violent crime, rising 2.9 percent; however, nonmetropolitan counties experienced a decrease of 4.0 percent, the only population group that experienced a decline in violent crime.
Robbery offenses increased by 6.5 percent in the Nation’s cities, rose 9.1 percent in the metropolitan counties, and were up 2.9 percent in the nonmetropolitan counties.
In the Nation’s cities, property crime fell by 2.6 percent when compared with 2005 offense data. In nonmetropolitan counties, property crime was down 2.3 percent; in metropolitan counties, property crime went down slightly (-0.3 percent).