Table 15

Crime Trends
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2007-2008

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	2008 estimated population
Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Arson			Number of agencies	2008 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	2007	72,772	6,223	161,921	31,199	34,565	150,350	158,059	138,098	251,979	192,236	1,180,109	627,757	125,586	725,930	177,071	84,686	26,095	17,000	17,669
	2008	71,264	5,803	161,283	28,649	32,556	149,367	153,476	135,306	240,996	189,334	1,203,298	634,240	126,348	618,801	154,261	83,409	25,712	17,048	16,212	13,843	263,379,547
	Percent change	-2.1	-6.7	-0.4	-8.2	-5.8	-0.7	-2.9	-2.0	-4.4	-1.5	+2.0	+1.0	+0.6	-14.8	-12.9	-1.5	-1.5	+0.3	-8.2
TOTAL CITIES	2007	53,165	4,908	137,254	26,907	29,116	131,572	125,084	107,751	186,440	132,827	861,304	450,815	97,410	586,909	138,776	53,928	19,776	12,023	12,799
	2008	52,068	4,560	136,086	24,712	27,588	130,169	120,215	106,152	178,256	131,758	874,323	455,234	97,516	496,920	119,254	53,139	19,420	12,109	11,783	9,857	174,498,252
	Percent change	-2.1	-7.1	-0.9	-8.2	-5.2	-1.1	-3.9	-1.5	-4.4	-0.8	+1.5	+1.0	+0.1	-15.3	-14.1	-1.5	-1.8	+0.7	-7.9
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	2007	16,779	1,970	74,461	12,604	13,209	60,426	64,169	41,875	74,070	33,881	325,934	120,614	30,766	265,047	80,977	18,882	6,991	5,999	3,886
	2008	16,055	1,850	72,978	11,533	12,146	59,179	61,613	40,964	71,925	33,781	330,747	119,900	30,423	218,106	67,983	18,736	6,994	5,927	3,314	71	43,881,824
	Percent change	-4.3	-6.1	-2.0	-8.5	-8.0	-2.1	-4.0	-2.2	-2.9	-0.3	+1.5	-0.6	-1.1	-17.7	-16.0	-0.8	*	-1.2	-14.7
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	2007	4,558	770	25,832	5,266	4,559	21,516	19,444	12,987	19,915	8,559	98,510	35,794	7,302	80,390	37,273	7,473	1,931	2,311	1,362
	2008	4,477	769	24,427	4,793	4,269	21,139	17,617	13,163	20,691	10,076	99,131	34,584	7,288	66,634	30,542	7,232	1,888	2,408	1,030	8	14,369,058
	Percent change	-1.8	-0.1	-5.4	-9.0	-6.4	-1.8	-9.4	+1.4	+3.9	+17.7	+0.6	-3.4	-0.2	-17.1	-18.1	-3.2	-2.2	+4.2	-24.4
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	2007	6,073	626	28,289	4,087	4,965	19,535	25,342	16,453	29,408	11,756	130,898	41,584	13,901	99,918	25,658	6,902	2,587	1,775	1,314
	2008	5,828	569	27,684	3,770	4,535	19,182	25,075	15,812	28,525	11,376	135,481	42,669	13,457	81,371	22,893	6,998	2,403	1,644	1,134	23	15,744,124
	Percent change	-4.0	-9.1	-2.1	-7.8	-8.7	-1.8	-1.1	-3.9	-3.0	-3.2	+3.5	+2.6	-3.2	-18.6	-10.8	+1.4	-7.1	-7.4	-13.7
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	2007	6,148	574	20,340	3,251	3,685	19,375	19,383	12,435	24,747	13,566	96,526	43,236	9,563	84,739	18,046	4,507	2,473	1,913	1,210
	2008	5,750	512	20,867	2,970	3,342	18,858	18,921	11,989	22,709	12,329	96,135	42,647	9,678	70,101	14,548	4,506	2,703	1,875	1,150	40	13,768,642
	Percent change	-6.5	-10.8	+2.6	-8.6	-9.3	-2.7	-2.4	-3.6	-8.2	-9.1	-0.4	-1.4	+1.2	-17.3	-19.4	*	+9.3	-2.0	-5.0
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	2007	9,163	837	24,562	5,089	5,515	24,464	22,443	20,132	35,797	18,098	149,767	79,449	17,905	110,747	22,695	9,342	3,324	1,863	1,951
	2008	8,981	722	24,749	4,596	5,664	24,063	21,004	19,884	32,973	17,775	154,367	82,558	18,122	93,895	20,388	9,235	3,121	1,956	1,861	185	27,258,935
	Percent change	-2.0	-13.7	+0.8	-9.7	+2.7	-1.6	-6.4	-1.2	-7.9	-1.8	+3.1	+3.9	+1.2	-15.2	-10.2	-1.1	-6.1	+5.0	-4.6
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	2007	8,539	686	16,607	4,025	4,338	20,075	15,200	16,451	28,307	21,411	130,586	79,470	16,394	88,252	15,052	8,245	2,951	1,745	2,244
	2008	8,490	613	15,952	3,743	4,090	20,178	14,758	16,416	26,814	21,987	129,594	79,061	16,288	76,909	13,696	8,075	2,947	1,741	2,127	444	30,327,776
	Percent change	-0.6	-10.6	-3.9	-7.0	-5.7	+0.5	-2.9	-0.2	-5.3	+2.7	-0.8	-0.5	-0.6	-12.9	-9.0	-2.1	-0.1	-0.2	-5.2
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2007	6,997	476	9,750	2,407	2,866	12,451	9,266	11,197	18,925	17,000	95,000	58,557	12,701	52,093	8,227	6,585	2,089	1,011	1,890
	2008	6,838	438	10,123	2,306	2,737	12,055	9,381	11,248	18,507	17,077	96,183	58,982	12,690	45,944	7,054	6,809	2,050	1,022	1,816	745	25,544,892
	Percent change	-2.3	-8.0	+3.8	-4.2	-4.5	-3.2	+1.2	+0.5	-2.2	+0.5	+1.2	+0.7	-0.1	-11.8	-14.3	+3.4	-1.9	+1.1	-3.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2007	6,369	432	7,826	1,742	2,072	8,651	7,791	9,828	16,151	18,506	88,182	58,750	10,631	42,133	6,937	5,624	2,168	782	1,419
	2008	6,315	432	7,802	1,571	1,932	9,009	7,544	9,748	15,299	18,637	90,368	60,161	10,947	37,011	6,043	5,341	2,105	829	1,391	1,634	25,808,805
	Percent change	-0.8	0.0	-0.3	-9.8	-6.8	+4.1	-3.2	-0.8	-5.3	+0.7	+2.5	+2.4	+3.0	-12.2	-12.9	-5.0	-2.9	+6.0	-2.0
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2007	5,318	507	4,048	1,040	1,116	5,505	6,215	8,268	13,190	23,931	71,835	53,975	9,013	28,637	4,888	5,250	2,253	623	1,409
	2008	5,389	505	4,482	963	1,019	5,685	5,915	7,892	12,738	22,501	73,064	54,572	9,046	25,055	4,090	4,943	2,203	634	1,274	6,778	21,676,020
	Percent change	+1.3	-0.4	+10.7	-7.4	-8.7	+3.3	-4.8	-4.5	-3.4	-6.0	+1.7	+1.1	+0.4	-12.5	-16.3	-5.8	-2.2	+1.8	-9.6
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2007	13,870	945	22,957	3,925	4,894	17,230	26,159	24,232	53,112	42,137	234,579	131,479	22,112	118,127	33,005	23,257	4,542	4,157	3,676
	2008	13,871	898	23,431	3,602	4,382	17,614	26,189	23,295	50,656	40,801	243,132	132,545	22,804	102,318	30,012	22,989	4,645	4,090	3,476	1,655	63,876,299
	Percent change	*	-5.0	+2.1	-8.2	-10.5	+2.2	+0.1	-3.9	-4.6	-3.2	+3.6	+0.8	+3.1	-13.4	-9.1	-1.2	+2.3	-1.6	-5.4
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	2007	5,737	370	1,710	367	555	1,548	6,816	6,115	12,427	17,272	84,226	45,463	6,064	20,894	5,290	7,501	1,777	820	1,194
	2008	5,325	345	1,766	335	586	1,584	7,072	5,859	12,084	16,775	85,843	46,461	6,028	19,563	4,995	7,281	1,647	849	953	2,331	25,004,996
	Percent change	-7.2	-6.8	+3.3	-8.7	+5.6	+2.3	+3.8	-4.2	-2.8	-2.9	+1.9	+2.2	-0.6	-6.4	-5.6	-2.9	-7.3	+3.5	-20.2
SUBURBAN AREAS¹	2007	24,548	1,735	38,093	7,308	8,880	35,390	39,531	40,756	82,725	76,396	388,168	240,163	43,043	208,586	47,349	34,842	8,213	5,660	6,932
	2008	24,509	1,672	38,570	6,720	8,148	35,884	39,315	39,454	78,561	75,277	401,093	242,864	43,957	181,408	42,621	34,394	8,218	5,584	6,488	7,315	115,559,504
	Percent change	-0.2	-3.6	+1.3	-8.0	-8.2	+1.4	-0.5	-3.2	-5.0	-1.5	+3.3	+1.1	+2.1	-13.0	-10.0	-1.3	+0.1	-1.3	-6.4

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

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