Table 19

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2009

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	2009 estimated population
Population group		Forcible rape		Robbery				Aggravated assault				Burglary			Motor vehicle theft			Number of agencies	2009 estimated population
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Number of offenses known	73,009	5,460	149,335	26,831	30,388	144,115	146,773	131,547	234,973	188,668	1,199,163	640,632	126,944	520,600	123,989	77,834	13,896	267,022,671
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES:	Rate	27.3	2.0	55.9	10.0	11.4	54.0	55.0	49.3	88.0	70.7	449.1	239.9	47.5	195.0	46.4	29.1
TOTAL CITIES	Number of offenses known	53,125	4,297	126,619	23,039	25,762	125,920	114,636	103,086	175,596	131,626	869,607	461,585	97,453	422,702	95,536	49,435	9,950	177,300,290
TOTAL CITIES	Rate	30.0	2.4	71.4	13.0	14.5	71.0	64.7	58.1	99.0	74.2	490.5	260.3	55.0	238.4	53.9	27.9
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Number of offenses known	16,429	1,712	68,752	10,727	11,264	57,663	57,717	39,174	70,483	31,681	327,880	117,940	30,707	181,542	52,750	17,279	73	45,390,374
GROUP I (250,000 and over)	Rate	36.2	3.8	151.5	23.6	24.8	127.0	127.2	86.3	155.3	69.8	722.4	259.8	67.7	400.0	116.2	38.1
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	4,610	663	23,022	4,216	3,867	19,857	15,865	12,223	20,897	7,931	94,331	31,731	6,699	51,675	23,518	7,146	8	14,623,806
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset)	Rate	31.5	4.5	157.4	28.8	26.4	135.8	108.5	83.6	142.9	54.2	645.1	217.0	45.8	353.4	160.8	48.9
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	5,988	552	26,382	3,618	4,143	19,607	23,237	15,440	28,993	11,488	135,228	43,439	13,961	70,730	17,753	6,075	24	16,545,186
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset)	Rate	36.2	3.3	159.5	21.9	25.0	118.5	140.4	93.3	175.2	69.4	817.3	262.5	84.4	427.5	107.3	36.7
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Number of offenses known	5,831	497	19,348	2,893	3,254	18,199	18,615	11,511	20,593	12,262	98,321	42,770	10,047	59,137	11,479	4,058	41	14,221,382
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset)	Rate	41.0	3.5	136.0	20.3	22.9	128.0	130.9	80.9	144.8	86.2	691.4	300.7	70.6	415.8	80.7	28.5
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Number of offenses known	8,963	596	21,889	4,261	5,012	22,431	20,151	19,942	31,854	18,203	154,817	84,947	18,603	80,782	17,617	9,028	188	27,736,985
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999)	Rate	32.3	2.1	78.9	15.4	18.1	80.9	72.7	71.9	114.8	65.6	558.2	306.3	67.1	291.2	63.5	32.5
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Number of offenses known	8,422	616	14,713	3,420	3,929	19,345	14,190	15,875	26,055	22,046	127,975	78,948	15,806	65,519	10,994	7,806	445	30,435,124
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999)	Rate	27.7	2.0	48.3	11.2	12.9	63.6	46.6	52.2	85.6	72.4	420.5	259.4	51.9	215.3	36.1	25.6
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Number of offenses known	6,815	425	9,856	2,164	2,677	12,026	9,017	10,603	18,126	17,451	94,886	62,607	11,769	39,908	5,582	5,743	762	26,193,713
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999)	Rate	26.0	1.6	37.6	8.3	10.2	45.9	34.4	40.5	69.2	66.6	362.2	239.0	44.9	152.4	21.3	21.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Number of offenses known	6,630	449	7,371	1,560	1,870	8,872	7,820	9,795	16,337	19,352	91,707	62,070	11,360	32,249	5,152	5,002	1,660	26,268,856
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999)	Rate	25.2	1.7	28.1	5.9	7.1	33.8	29.8	37.3	62.2	73.7	349.1	236.3	43.2	122.8	19.6	19.0
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Number of offenses known	5,866	499	4,038	907	1,010	5,583	5,741	7,697	12,741	22,893	72,342	55,073	9,208	22,702	3,441	4,577	6,822	21,275,238
GROUP VI (under 10,000)	Rate	27.6	2.3	19.0	4.3	4.7	26.2	27.0	36.2	59.9	107.6	340.0	258.9	43.3	106.7	16.2	21.5
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number of offenses known	13,988	838	20,886	3,424	4,057	16,619	24,902	22,658	47,962	41,142	242,312	131,013	23,485	81,826	24,199	21,554	1,652	64,586,131
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Rate	21.7	1.3	32.3	5.3	6.3	25.7	38.6	35.1	74.3	63.7	375.2	202.9	36.4	126.7	37.5	33.4
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Number of offenses known	5,896	325	1,830	368	569	1,576	7,235	5,803	11,415	15,900	87,244	48,034	6,006	16,072	4,254	6,845	2,294	25,136,250
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	Rate	23.5	1.3	7.3	1.5	2.3	6.3	28.8	23.1	45.4	63.3	347.1	191.1	23.9	63.9	16.9	27.2
SUBURBAN AREAS¹	Number of offenses known	24,460	1,535	35,109	6,353	7,682	34,530	37,369	38,287	76,306	75,660	397,690	239,777	44,679	149,610	34,816	31,741	7,345	116,691,591
SUBURBAN AREAS¹	Rate	21.0	1.3	30.1	5.4	6.6	29.6	32.0	32.8	65.4	64.8	340.8	205.5	38.3	128.2	29.8	27.2

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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