Table 25
Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means
by Population Group, 2011
| Population group |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Forcible rape |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson1 |
Number of agencies |
2011 estimated population |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: | Offenses known | 1,046,123 | 12,706 | 72,666 | 304,089 | 656,662 | 8,107,267 | 1,976,408 | 5,485,117 | 645,742 | 48,348 | 14,442 | 276,800,696 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 47.7 | 64.8 | 41.2 | 28.7 | 56.9 | 18.6 | 12.7 | 21.5 | 11.9 | 18.8 | |||
| TOTAL CITIES | Offenses known | 821,378 | 9,606 | 53,842 | 262,724 | 495,206 | 6,244,313 | 1,428,258 | 4,307,219 | 508,836 | 35,938 | 10,492 | 181,952,742 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 45.6 | 63.8 | 39.5 | 28.1 | 55.2 | 18.6 | 12.1 | 21.7 | 10.6 | 18.1 | |||
| GROUP I (250,000 and over) | Offenses known | 336,980 | 4,652 | 17,263 | 128,820 | 186,245 | 1,862,252 | 464,300 | 1,172,918 | 225,034 | 13,324 | 71 | 44,231,430 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 40.0 | 59.3 | 42.5 | 24.9 | 49.7 | 13.7 | 9.3 | 16.6 | 7.4 | 14.1 | |||
| 1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | Offenses known | 98,579 | 1,277 | 4,855 | 40,501 | 51,946 | 532,624 | 128,009 | 334,812 | 69,803 | 3,604 | 8 | 14,331,558 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 40.6 | 65.2 | 46.6 | 26.4 | 50.5 | 12.6 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 5.8 | 11.8 | |||
| 500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | Offenses known | 133,879 | 1,756 | 6,656 | 48,380 | 77,087 | 747,268 | 184,976 | 475,738 | 86,554 | 4,742 | 24 | 16,335,382 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 39.2 | 53.2 | 40.1 | 24.1 | 48.3 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 15.1 | 8.1 | 14.9 | |||
| 250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | Offenses known | 104,522 | 1,619 | 5,752 | 39,939 | 57,212 | 582,360 | 151,315 | 362,368 | 68,677 | 4,978 | 39 | 13,564,490 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 40.5 | 61.2 | 41.8 | 24.5 | 51.0 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 19.3 | 8.2 | 14.9 | |||
| GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) | Offenses known | 148,578 | 1,762 | 9,193 | 49,049 | 88,574 | 1,115,907 | 266,887 | 750,082 | 98,938 | 6,091 | 201 | 30,152,852 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 44.5 | 63.5 | 39.4 | 28.3 | 53.6 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 20.7 | 9.9 | 15.7 | |||
| GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) | Offenses known | 112,281 | 1,043 | 8,002 | 34,129 | 69,107 | 961,962 | 215,193 | 674,348 | 72,421 | 5,136 | 439 | 30,567,766 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 48.4 | 66.1 | 37.5 | 30.3 | 58.4 | 20.1 | 12.5 | 23.5 | 11.2 | 19.9 | |||
| GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | Offenses known | 85,683 | 849 | 7,337 | 23,418 | 54,079 | 836,805 | 178,732 | 610,353 | 47,720 | 4,137 | 795 | 27,680,193 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 49.8 | 71.5 | 35.3 | 32.6 | 58.9 | 21.7 | 12.6 | 25.1 | 13.4 | 20.3 | |||
| GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | Offenses known | 76,444 | 776 | 6,497 | 17,126 | 52,045 | 782,279 | 167,552 | 576,771 | 37,956 | 3,562 | 1,699 | 26,893,603 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 54.2 | 76.0 | 38.8 | 35.3 | 62.0 | 23.5 | 15.0 | 26.4 | 17.7 | 24.2 | |||
| GROUP VI (under 10,000) | Offenses known | 61,412 | 524 | 5,550 | 10,182 | 45,156 | 685,108 | 135,594 | 522,747 | 26,767 | 3,688 | 7,287 | 22,426,898 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 57.3 | 69.5 | 39.5 | 38.1 | 63.8 | 22.3 | 17.8 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 25.7 | |||
| METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Offenses known | 176,184 | 2,275 | 13,470 | 37,500 | 122,939 | 1,428,627 | 396,689 | 921,069 | 110,869 | 9,168 | 1,696 | 68,427,437 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 54.0 | 65.7 | 45.2 | 31.7 | 61.6 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 20.7 | 15.0 | 19.5 | |||
| NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Offenses known | 48,561 | 825 | 5,354 | 3,865 | 38,517 | 434,327 | 151,461 | 256,829 | 26,037 | 3,242 | 2,254 | 26,420,517 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 60.4 | 74.8 | 47.7 | 40.7 | 63.8 | 19.0 | 16.2 | 20.1 | 24.5 | 24.9 | |||
| SUBURBAN AREAS2 | Offenses known | 309,126 | 3,472 | 24,338 | 71,107 | 210,209 | 2,882,202 | 687,279 | 2,004,919 | 190,004 | 15,842 | 7,725 | 122,581,768 |
| Percent cleared by arrest | 53.9 | 67.7 | 42.2 | 32.8 | 62.2 | 20.1 | 14.0 | 22.7 | 15.0 | 21.2 |
- 1 Not all agencies submit data reports for arson to the FBI. Therefore, the agency counts and estimated population presented in this table do not represent participation for the reporting of arson.
- 2 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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