Table 13

Crime Trends
by Suburban and Nonsuburban Cities¹ by Population Group, 2008-2009

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	2009 estimated population
TOTAL SUBURBAN CITIES:	2008	150,689	1,292	11,701	41,905	95,791	1,559,540	300,205	1,152,914	106,421	8,593
	2009	144,571	1,217	10,904	39,616	92,834	1,501,318	291,529	1,119,451	90,338	7,779	5,949	54,189,402
	Percent change	-4.1	-5.8	-6.8	-5.5	-3.1	-3.7	-2.9	-2.9	-15.1	-9.5
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2008	57,730	522	4,204	18,156	34,848	560,042	109,615	405,691	44,736	3,053
	2009	55,251	494	3,926	17,290	33,541	540,299	105,866	396,668	37,765	2,902	594	20,197,988
	Percent change	-4.3	-5.4	-6.6	-4.8	-3.8	-3.5	-3.4	-2.2	-15.6	-4.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2008	53,580	466	4,147	15,207	33,760	552,170	109,268	405,096	37,806	3,018
	2009	51,510	436	3,965	14,140	32,969	528,623	106,545	389,909	32,169	2,581	1,270	20,307,949
	Percent change	-3.9	-6.4	-4.4	-7.0	-2.3	-4.3	-2.5	-3.7	-14.9	-14.5
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2008	39,379	304	3,350	8,542	27,183	447,328	81,322	342,127	23,879	2,522
	2009	37,810	287	3,013	8,186	26,324	432,396	79,118	332,874	20,404	2,296	4,085	13,683,465
	Percent change	-4.0	-5.6	-10.1	-4.2	-3.2	-3.3	-2.7	-2.7	-14.6	-9.0
TOTAL NONSUBURBAN CITIES:	2008	102,500	941	9,444	20,959	71,156	889,430	191,559	655,549	42,322	6,040
	2009	98,313	1,000	9,326	19,766	68,221	861,164	191,128	633,884	36,152	5,246	3,716	22,467,476
	Percent change	-4.1	+6.3	-1.2	-5.7	-4.1	-3.2	-0.2	-3.3	-14.6	-13.1
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	2008	38,657	353	3,285	10,321	24,698	308,842	66,579	225,235	17,028	2,069
	2009	36,369	397	3,173	9,979	22,820	302,887	66,679	221,884	14,324	1,845	196	6,924,800
	Percent change	-5.9	+12.5	-3.4	-3.3	-7.6	-1.9	+0.2	-1.5	-15.9	-10.8
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	2008	31,343	266	2,913	6,515	21,649	293,233	63,213	217,117	12,903	1,508
	2009	31,040	289	2,921	6,096	21,734	282,569	63,696	207,886	10,987	1,322	440	6,772,615
	Percent change	-1.0	+8.6	+0.3	-6.4	+0.4	-3.6	+0.8	-4.3	-14.8	-12.3
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	2008	32,500	322	3,246	4,123	24,809	287,355	61,767	213,197	12,391	2,463
	2009	30,904	314	3,232	3,691	23,667	275,708	60,753	204,114	10,841	2,079	3,080	8,770,061
	Percent change	-4.9	-2.5	-0.4	-10.5	-4.6	-4.1	-1.6	-4.3	-12.5	-15.6

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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