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Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants
by Population Group, 2009
Population group Violent crime Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle
theft		 Number of
agencies		 2009
estimated
population
Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,254,358 441.9 14,604 5.1 81,992 28.9 396,169 139.6 761,593 268.3 8,775,197 3,091.2 2,063,466 726.9 5,946,981 2,094.9 764,750 269.4 14,065 283,878,605
TOTAL CITIES 999,151 518.4 11,308 5.9 60,421 31.4 345,030 179.0 582,392 302.2 6,873,975 3,566.7 1,513,658 785.4 4,754,217 2,466.8 606,100 314.5 10,089 192,724,603
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 459,141 801.6 5,868 10.2 19,886 34.7 186,587 325.8 246,800 430.9 2,296,396 4,009.2 529,599 924.6 1,484,439 2,591.6 282,358 493.0 76 57,278,467
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 193,765 748.9 2,369 9.2 6,860 26.5 85,436 330.2 99,100 383.0 842,014 3,254.4 178,035 688.1 555,477 2,146.9 108,502 419.4 10 25,873,144
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 150,834 877.8 1,960 11.4 6,698 39.0 57,457 334.4 84,719 493.0 840,976 4,894.0 200,426 1,166.4 541,368 3,150.4 99,182 577.2 25 17,183,941
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 114,542 805.4 1,539 10.8 6,328 44.5 43,694 307.2 62,981 442.9 613,406 4,313.3 151,138 1,062.8 387,594 2,725.4 74,674 525.1 41 14,221,382
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 166,260 563.5 1,947 6.6 10,283 34.9 57,595 195.2 96,435 326.9 1,199,480 4,065.6 278,990 945.6 807,534 2,737.1 112,956 382.9 199 29,502,852
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 131,238 425.8 1,278 4.1 9,152 29.7 41,808 135.7 79,000 256.3 1,028,226 3,336.2 225,494 731.6 717,995 2,329.6 84,737 274.9 451 30,820,037
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 91,893 343.1 879 3.3 7,405 27.6 27,192 101.5 56,417 210.7 840,153 3,137.0 172,364 643.6 615,916 2,299.7 51,873 193.7 779 26,781,876
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 82,221 307.0 724 2.7 7,234 27.0 20,160 75.3 54,103 202.0 809,016 3,020.3 169,080 631.2 596,845 2,228.2 43,091 160.9 1,691 26,785,933
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 68,398 317.3 612 2.8 6,461 30.0 11,688 54.2 49,637 230.3 700,704 3,250.7 138,131 640.8 531,488 2,465.7 31,085 144.2 6,893 21,555,438
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 202,235 307.6 2,393 3.6 15,207 23.1 46,772 71.1 137,863 209.7 1,496,739 2,276.8 407,333 619.6 958,169 1,457.5 131,237 199.6 1,667 65,738,581
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES1 52,972 208.4 903 3.6 6,364 25.0 4,367 17.2 41,338 162.6 404,483 1,591.5 142,475 560.6 234,595 923.0 27,413 107.9 2,309 25,415,421
SUBURBAN AREAS2 346,293 291.3 3,609 3.0 26,612 22.4 86,048 72.4 230,024 193.5 2,987,781 2,513.2 697,060 586.3 2,069,736 1,741.0 220,985 185.9 7,447 118,881,839

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Crime in the United States, 2009
U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
September 2010