Table 15

Crime Trends
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2005-2006

Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Arson			Number of agencies	2006 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	2006 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2005	71,544	6,469	141,307	30,010	31,695	135,088	151,527	136,537	251,806	180,245	1,121,947	607,756	116,814	779,905	192,635	95,234	26,318	17,695	16,821
	2006	70,812	6,237	153,285	31,694	33,759	146,698	155,770	136,005	249,739	180,680	1,135,984	607,694	123,283	753,081	184,255	91,316	26,229	17,820	18,240	13,009	252,262,599
	Percent change	-1.0	-3.6	+8.5	+5.6	+6.5	+8.6	+2.8	-0.4	-0.8	+0.2	+1.3	*	+5.5	-3.4	-4.4	-4.1	-0.3	+0.7	+8.4
TOTAL CITIES	2005	51,890	5,077	119,583	26,040	26,630	118,390	118,433	106,355	184,593	126,587	815,000	438,333	89,494	633,820	149,268	63,167	19,693	12,347	12,119
	2006	51,625	4,899	129,959	27,287	28,508	128,171	122,188	105,776	183,066	125,877	826,859	435,006	93,568	609,144	143,586	60,591	19,501	12,678	13,248	9,309	165,022,332
	Percent change	-0.5	-3.5	+8.7	+4.8	+7.1	+8.3	+3.2	-0.5	-0.8	-0.6	+1.5	-0.8	+4.6	-3.9	-3.8	-4.1	-1.0	+2.7	+9.3
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	2005	16,138	2,014	65,538	12,317	12,149	56,116	62,378	42,202	74,075	32,917	289,418	120,360	26,288	276,374	83,258	25,171	7,195	6,345	3,752
	2006	15,786	2,050	70,019	12,946	13,137	60,007	63,434	41,722	73,579	31,649	297,844	114,366	28,451	268,846	80,293	23,878	6,901	6,403	3,987	64	40,498,965
	Percent change	-2.2	+1.8	+6.8	+5.1	+8.1	+6.9	+1.7	-1.1	-0.7	-3.9	+2.9	-5.0	+8.2	-2.7	-3.6	-5.1	-4.1	+0.9	+6.3
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2005	4,856	825	25,025	5,256	4,241	19,101	21,424	13,833	21,653	9,505	92,544	36,896	6,466	93,184	37,905	8,334	2,217	2,545	1,283
	2006	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	2,059	2,580	1,481	8	14,058,014
	Percent change	-1.2	+5.7	+6.3	+5.2	+8.9	+10.4	-1.7	-2.7	-1.2	+2.8	-1.6	-2.7	+6.4	-4.5	+1.7	-1.5	-7.1	+1.4	+15.4
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2005	5,827	612	22,463	3,836	4,128	17,003	22,879	15,396	26,461	11,054	105,134	40,706	11,375	90,666	22,518	11,129	2,199	1,797	1,305
	2006	5,579	669	22,717	4,027	4,676	18,144	22,683	15,343	26,853	9,940	112,445	37,371	12,537	91,340	19,898	10,532	2,274	1,781	1,365	21	13,935,869
	Percent change	-4.3	+9.3	+1.1	+5.0	+13.3	+6.7	-0.9	-0.3	+1.5	-10.1	+7.0	-8.2	+10.2	+0.7	-11.6	-5.4	+3.4	-0.9	+4.6
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2005	5,455	577	18,050	3,225	3,780	20,012	18,075	12,973	25,961	12,358	91,740	42,758	8,447	92,524	22,835	5,708	2,779	2,003	1,164
	2006	5,411	509	20,704	3,389	3,841	20,773	19,701	12,919	25,325	11,939	94,319	41,094	9,034	88,472	21,853	5,134	2,568	2,042	1,141	35	12,505,082
	Percent change	-0.8	-11.8	+14.7	+5.1	+1.6	+3.8	+9.0	-0.4	-2.4	-3.4	+2.8	-3.9	+6.9	-4.4	-4.3	-10.1	-7.6	+1.9	-2.0
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2005	8,686	811	21,239	4,762	5,072	20,192	19,802	19,139	34,750	17,264	142,441	73,559	16,147	120,148	25,048	10,210	3,256	1,926	1,990
	2006	8,616	709	23,535	4,951	5,195	22,726	20,678	18,729	33,911	16,573	143,246	73,014	16,977	112,470	24,030	9,588	3,163	1,945	2,034	172	25,727,612
	Percent change	-0.8	-12.6	+10.8	+4.0	+2.4	+12.5	+4.4	-2.1	-2.4	-4.0	+0.6	-0.7	+5.1	-6.4	-4.1	-6.1	-2.9	+1.0	+2.2
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2005	8,479	637	14,079	3,869	3,812	18,025	14,754	15,836	27,298	20,291	129,096	75,682	15,567	95,789	17,784	8,878	2,822	1,607	1,920
	2006	8,600	632	15,252	3,961	4,190	19,477	15,459	16,319	27,309	20,551	129,346	76,669	15,385	92,608	16,987	8,910	2,994	1,726	2,311	414	28,415,901
	Percent change	+1.4	-0.8	+8.3	+2.4	+9.9	+8.1	+4.8	+3.1	*	+1.3	+0.2	+1.3	-1.2	-3.3	-4.5	+0.4	+6.1	+7.4	+20.4
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2005	7,235	567	8,739	2,490	2,874	11,435	9,103	11,538	19,786	17,738	98,517	60,312	12,438	64,387	9,475	7,223	2,205	1,031	1,922
	2006	7,068	544	10,158	2,663	2,965	12,434	9,890	11,596	19,871	17,825	100,303	61,209	12,736	61,081	9,180	7,197	2,153	1,092	2,059	721	24,881,889
	Percent change	-2.3	-4.1	+16.2	+6.9	+3.2	+8.7	+8.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	+1.8	+1.5	+2.4	-5.1	-3.1	-0.4	-2.4	+5.9	+7.1
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2005	6,264	523	6,438	1,657	1,777	7,974	6,943	9,461	15,825	17,541	86,527	57,282	10,341	46,506	8,391	6,174	2,090	837	1,352
	2006	6,396	467	7,119	1,813	1,992	8,460	7,214	9,528	15,622	17,875	87,020	58,398	11,004	44,795	8,042	5,920	2,157	862	1,534	1,593	25,224,468
	Percent change	+2.1	-10.7	+10.6	+9.4	+12.1	+6.1	+3.9	+0.7	-1.3	+1.9	+0.6	+1.9	+6.4	-3.7	-4.2	-4.1	+3.2	+3.0	+13.5
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2005	5,088	525	3,550	945	946	4,648	5,453	8,179	12,859	20,836	69,001	51,138	8,713	30,616	5,312	5,511	2,125	601	1,183
	2006	5,159	497	3,876	953	1,029	5,067	5,513	7,882	12,774	21,404	69,100	51,350	9,015	29,344	5,054	5,098	2,133	650	1,323	6,345	20,273,497
	Percent change	+1.4	-5.3	+9.2	+0.8	+8.8	+9.0	+1.1	-3.6	-0.7	+2.7	+0.1	+0.4	+3.5	-4.2	-4.9	-7.5	+0.4	+8.2	+11.8
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2005	14,025	993	20,314	3,555	4,529	15,178	26,065	24,035	54,871	37,685	220,909	125,573	21,155	124,976	37,173	24,280	4,576	4,495	3,681
	2006	13,829	985	21,810	4,009	4,694	17,002	26,739	24,316	54,975	39,565	224,906	130,686	23,646	123,062	35,089	23,546	4,755	4,303	3,998	1,544	62,193,418
	Percent change	-1.4	-0.8	+7.4	+12.8	+3.6	+12.0	+2.6	+1.2	+0.2	+5.0	+1.8	+4.1	+11.8	-1.5	-5.6	-3.0	+3.9	-4.3	+8.6
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2005	5,629	399	1,410	415	536	1,520	7,029	6,147	12,342	15,973	86,038	43,850	6,165	21,109	6,194	7,787	2,049	853	1,021
	2006	5,358	353	1,516	398	557	1,525	6,843	5,913	11,698	15,238	84,219	42,002	6,069	20,875	5,580	7,179	1,973	839	994	2,156	25,046,849
	Percent change	-4.8	-11.5	+7.5	-4.1	+3.9	+0.3	-2.6	-3.8	-5.2	-4.6	-2.1	-4.2	-1.6	-1.1	-9.9	-7.8	-3.7	-1.6	-2.6
SUBURBAN AREA¹	2005	24,522	1,937	33,514	6,818	8,204	31,358	38,246	40,343	84,602	71,050	372,783	231,089	41,523	230,569	53,883	37,246	8,400	6,062	6,629
	2006	24,442	1,826	36,629	7,580	8,750	34,641	39,649	40,569	84,503	72,070	378,436	239,174	42,790	223,842	51,053	35,608	8,661	5,974	7,254	6,897	111,495,563
	Percent change	-0.3	-5.7	+9.3	+11.2	+6.7	+10.5	+3.7	+0.6	-0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+3.5	+3.1	-2.9	-5.3	-4.4	+3.1	-1.5	+9.4

¹ 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.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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