Table 12

Crime Trends
by Population Group, 2007-2008

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	2008 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2007	1,325,306	16,107	80,800	428,740	799,659	9,114,239	2,017,411	6,054,038	1,042,790	63,340
	2008	1,292,673	15,433	78,833	423,771	774,636	9,004,837	2,049,232	6,046,758	908,847	61,050	13,865	278,355,520
	Percent change	-2.5	-4.2	-2.4	-1.2	-3.1	-1.2	+1.6	-0.1	-12.8	-3.6
TOTAL CITIES	2007	1,056,651	12,623	59,707	374,129	610,192	7,123,311	1,484,130	4,808,063	831,118	47,266
	2008	1,030,681	11,922	58,251	369,384	591,124	7,005,641	1,502,430	4,784,605	718,606	45,539	9,872	188,370,552
	Percent change	-2.5	-5.6	-2.4	-1.3	-3.1	-1.7	+1.2	-0.5	-13.5	-3.7
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	2007	501,856	6,857	19,985	206,542	268,472	2,488,280	537,931	1,539,319	411,030	18,499
	2008	489,075	6,502	19,145	203,730	259,698	2,411,508	541,896	1,520,608	349,004	17,706	76	56,533,626
	Percent change	-2.5	-5.2	-4.2	-1.4	-3.3	-3.1	+0.7	-1.2	-15.1	-4.3
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2007	209,001	2,789	6,203	94,385	105,624	923,358	187,272	579,090	156,996	6,343
	2008	205,683	2,670	6,136	93,467	103,410	904,743	186,911	582,015	135,817	5,963	10	25,543,437
	Percent change	-1.6	-4.3	-1.1	-1.0	-2.1	-2.0	-0.2	+0.5	-13.5	-6.0
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2007	166,502	2,325	7,037	64,756	92,384	887,207	197,684	543,906	145,617	6,396
	2008	162,302	2,151	6,720	63,351	90,080	863,699	203,220	537,518	122,961	5,872	25	16,970,506
	Percent change	-2.5	-7.5	-4.5	-2.2	-2.5	-2.6	+2.8	-1.2	-15.6	-8.2
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2007	126,353	1,743	6,745	47,401	70,464	677,715	152,975	416,323	108,417	5,760
	2008	121,090	1,681	6,289	46,912	66,208	643,066	151,765	401,075	90,226	5,871	41	14,019,683
	Percent change	-4.2	-3.6	-6.8	-1.0	-6.0	-5.1	-0.8	-3.7	-16.8	+1.9
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2007	175,657	2,186	10,379	62,922	100,170	1,205,107	260,130	797,113	147,864	7,785
	2008	169,212	1,981	10,057	61,874	95,300	1,195,752	268,600	798,869	128,283	7,357	192	28,438,286
	Percent change	-3.7	-9.4	-3.1	-1.7	-4.9	-0.8	+3.3	+0.2	-13.2	-5.5
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2007	136,981	1,434	9,231	45,126	81,190	1,077,362	226,799	738,847	111,716	7,031
	2008	134,031	1,360	9,119	44,032	79,520	1,064,589	225,361	740,309	98,919	6,838	444	30,327,776
	Percent change	-2.2	-5.2	-1.2	-2.4	-2.1	-1.2	-0.6	+0.2	-11.5	-2.7
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2007	92,211	876	7,473	27,474	56,388	836,207	166,258	603,044	66,905	5,099
	2008	91,541	831	7,276	27,221	56,213	828,384	167,855	600,722	59,807	5,002	745	25,544,892
	Percent change	-0.7	-5.1	-2.6	-0.9	-0.3	-0.9	+1.0	-0.4	-10.6	-1.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2007	80,245	735	6,814	20,334	52,362	801,505	158,092	588,600	54,813	4,467
	2008	79,142	689	6,759	20,358	51,336	800,460	161,949	590,024	48,487	4,405	1,636	25,846,912
	Percent change	-1.4	-6.3	-0.8	+0.1	-2.0	-0.1	+2.4	+0.2	-11.5	-1.4
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2007	69,701	535	5,825	11,731	51,610	714,850	134,920	541,140	38,790	4,385
	2008	67,680	559	5,895	12,169	49,057	704,948	136,769	534,073	34,106	4,231	6,779	21,679,060
	Percent change	-2.9	+4.5	+1.2	+3.7	-4.9	-1.4	+1.4	-1.3	-12.1	-3.5
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2007	214,809	2,660	14,964	50,415	146,770	1,565,883	396,792	991,215	177,876	12,338
	2008	209,222	2,612	14,893	50,087	141,630	1,573,253	407,774	1,007,198	158,281	11,986	1,659	64,890,568
	Percent change	-2.6	-1.8	-0.5	-0.7	-3.5	+0.5	+2.8	+1.6	-11.0	-2.9
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES¹	2007	53,846	824	6,129	4,196	42,697	425,045	136,489	254,760	33,796	3,736
	2008	52,770	899	5,689	4,300	41,882	425,943	139,028	254,955	31,960	3,525	2,334	25,094,400
	Percent change	-2.0	+9.1	-7.2	+2.5	-1.9	+0.2	+1.9	+0.1	-5.4	-5.6
SUBURBAN AREAS²	2007	362,044	3,913	26,443	91,111	240,577	3,067,134	680,382	2,092,372	294,380	20,970
	2008	353,894	3,831	26,316	90,417	233,330	3,072,578	697,477	2,113,639	261,462	20,262	7,321	116,592,948
	Percent change	-2.3	-2.1	-0.5	-0.8	-3.0	+0.2	+2.5	+1.0	-11.2	-3.4

¹ Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
² Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude 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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