Table 13

Crime Trends
by Suburban and Nonsuburban Cities¹ 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 SUBURBAN CITIES:	2007	147,235	1,253	11,479	40,696	93,807	1,501,251	283,590	1,101,157	116,504	8,632
	2008	144,672	1,219	11,423	40,330	91,700	1,499,325	289,703	1,106,441	103,181	8,276	5,662	51,702,380
	Percent change	-1.7	-2.7	-0.5	-0.9	-2.2	-0.1	+2.2	+0.5	-11.4	-4.1
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2007	56,321	533	4,236	18,013	33,539	539,118	105,124	385,203	48,791	3,140
	2008	55,620	494	4,142	17,642	33,342	537,683	106,531	387,708	43,444	2,960	561	19,044,685
	Percent change	-1.2	-7.3	-2.2	-2.1	-0.6	-0.3	+1.3	+0.7	-11.0	-5.7
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2007	51,476	450	4,075	14,522	32,429	522,042	99,743	380,967	41,332	2,943
	2008	50,473	436	4,020	14,403	31,614	528,017	104,115	387,331	36,571	2,938	1,224	19,462,232
	Percent change	-1.9	-3.1	-1.3	-0.8	-2.5	+1.1	+4.4	+1.7	-11.5	-0.2
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2007	39,438	270	3,168	8,161	27,839	440,091	78,723	334,987	26,381	2,549
	2008	38,579	289	3,261	8,285	26,744	433,625	79,057	331,402	23,166	2,378	3,877	13,195,463
	Percent change	-2.2	+7.0	+2.9	+1.5	-3.9	-1.5	+0.4	-1.1	-12.2	-6.7
TOTAL NONSUBURBAN CITIES:	2007	94,922	893	8,633	18,843	66,553	851,311	175,680	631,627	44,004	5,319
	2008	93,691	860	8,507	19,418	64,906	834,467	176,870	618,378	39,219	5,362	3,498	21,368,484
	Percent change	-1.3	-3.7	-1.5	+3.1	-2.5	-2.0	+0.7	-2.1	-10.9	+0.8
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2007	35,890	343	3,237	9,461	22,849	297,089	61,134	217,841	18,114	1,959
	2008	35,921	337	3,134	9,579	22,871	290,701	61,324	213,014	16,363	2,042	184	6,500,207
	Percent change	+0.1	-1.7	-3.2	+1.2	+0.1	-2.2	+0.3	-2.2	-9.7	+4.2
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2007	28,769	285	2,739	5,812	19,933	279,463	58,349	207,633	13,481	1,524
	2008	28,669	253	2,739	5,955	19,722	272,443	57,834	202,693	11,916	1,467	412	6,384,680
	Percent change	-0.3	-11.2	0.0	+2.5	-1.1	-2.5	-0.9	-2.4	-11.6	-3.7
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2007	30,263	265	2,657	3,570	23,771	274,759	56,197	206,153	12,409	1,836
	2008	29,101	270	2,634	3,884	22,313	271,323	57,712	202,671	10,940	1,853	2,902	8,483,597
	Percent change	-3.8	+1.9	-0.9	+8.8	-6.1	-1.3	+2.7	-1.7	-11.8	+0.9

¹ Suburban cities include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban cities exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. Nonsuburban cities include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants that are not associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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