Table 19

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 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	Number of agencies	2008 estimated population
Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Number of agencies	2008 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Number of offenses known	72,389	5,888	163,163	28,754	32,693	150,874	154,145	136,025	241,311	189,094	1,200,143	634,256	126,350	624,282	154,528	83,017	13,389	260,212,782
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Rate	27.8	2.3	62.7	11.1	12.6	58.0	59.2	52.3	92.7	72.7	461.2	243.7	48.6	239.9	59.4	31.9
TOTAL CITIES	Number of offenses known	52,969	4,649	137,978	24,846	27,808	131,872	121,672	107,519	179,963	132,654	879,009	458,372	97,890	504,754	120,171	53,543	9,583	173,798,468
TOTAL CITIES	Rate	30.5	2.7	79.4	14.3	16.0	75.9	70.0	61.9	103.5	76.3	505.8	263.7	56.3	290.4	69.1	30.8
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Number of offenses known	16,215	1,876	74,719	11,753	12,318	61,200	62,451	42,014	73,196	34,231	333,540	120,761	30,550	223,718	68,272	19,026	72	44,473,657
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Rate	36.5	4.2	168.0	26.4	27.7	137.6	140.4	94.5	164.6	77.0	750.0	271.5	68.7	503.0	153.5	42.8
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	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	8	14,369,058
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Rate	31.2	5.4	170.0	33.4	29.7	147.1	122.6	91.6	144.0	70.1	689.9	240.7	50.7	463.7	212.6	50.3
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	5,988	595	29,425	3,990	4,707	21,203	25,913	16,862	29,796	11,826	138,274	43,530	13,584	86,983	23,182	7,288	24	16,335,957
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Rate	36.7	3.6	180.1	24.4	28.8	129.8	158.6	103.2	182.4	72.4	846.4	266.5	83.2	532.5	141.9	44.6
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	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	40	13,768,642
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Rate	41.8	3.7	151.6	21.6	24.3	137.0	137.4	87.1	164.9	89.5	698.2	309.7	70.3	509.1	105.7	32.7
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Number of offenses known	9,138	736	25,223	4,639	5,725	24,147	21,359	20,090	33,053	17,857	157,019	83,291	18,382	95,245	20,481	9,327	185	27,356,767
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Rate	33.4	2.7	92.2	17.0	20.9	88.3	78.1	73.4	120.8	65.3	574.0	304.5	67.2	348.2	74.9	34.1
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Number of offenses known	8,688	636	15,818	3,688	4,029	20,066	14,902	16,431	26,880	22,527	130,062	79,739	16,209	77,939	14,221	8,201	438	29,917,008
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Rate	29.0	2.1	52.9	12.3	13.5	67.1	49.8	54.9	89.8	75.3	434.7	266.5	54.2	260.5	47.5	27.4
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Number of offenses known	6,793	426	9,780	2,217	2,751	11,673	9,125	11,086	18,315	16,768	93,607	58,466	12,715	45,256	6,961	6,689	733	25,136,755
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Rate	27.0	1.7	38.9	8.8	10.9	46.4	36.3	44.1	72.9	66.7	372.4	232.6	50.6	180.0	27.7	26.6
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Number of offenses known	6,605	460	7,926	1,584	1,958	9,054	7,832	9,998	15,782	18,938	91,762	61,451	11,061	37,357	6,171	5,401	1,633	25,771,354
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Rate	25.6	1.8	30.8	6.1	7.6	35.1	30.4	38.8	61.2	73.5	356.1	238.4	42.9	145.0	23.9	21.0
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Number of offenses known	5,530	515	4,512	965	1,027	5,732	6,003	7,900	12,737	22,333	73,019	54,664	8,973	25,239	4,065	4,899	6,522	21,142,927
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Rate	26.2	2.4	21.3	4.6	4.9	27.1	28.4	37.4	60.2	105.6	345.4	258.5	42.4	119.4	19.2	23.2
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number of offenses known	14,008	906	23,476	3,576	4,344	17,540	25,661	22,852	49,899	40,394	240,803	130,827	22,791	101,128	29,670	22,588	1,600	62,755,364
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Rate	22.3	1.4	37.4	5.7	6.9	27.9	40.9	36.4	79.5	64.4	383.7	208.5	36.3	161.1	47.3	36.0
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number of offenses known	5,412	333	1,709	332	541	1,462	6,812	5,654	11,449	16,046	80,331	45,057	5,669	18,400	4,687	6,886	2,206	23,658,950
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Rate	22.9	1.4	7.2	1.4	2.3	6.2	28.8	23.9	48.4	67.8	339.5	190.4	24.0	77.8	19.8	29.1
SUBURBAN AREAS¹	Number of offenses known	24,810	1,686	38,600	6,657	8,098	35,656	38,923	39,127	78,148	74,651	398,660	241,317	43,997	180,117	42,324	33,935	7,154	113,895,695
SUBURBAN AREAS¹	Rate	21.8	1.5	33.9	5.8	7.1	31.3	34.2	34.4	68.6	65.5	350.0	211.9	38.6	158.1	37.2	29.8

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.

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