Table 13
Crime Trends
by Suburban and Nonsuburban Cities1 by Population Group, 2012–2013
| Population group |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Forcible rape2 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
Number of agencies |
2013 estimated population |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL SUBURBAN CITIES: | 2012 | 142,445 | 1,436 | 10,138 | 36,194 | 94,677 | 1,562,159 | 304,197 | 1,174,358 | 83,604 | 8,051 | ||
| 2013 | 134,728 | 1,306 | 9,795 | 34,987 | 88,640 | 1,484,460 | 273,207 | 1,129,682 | 81,571 | 6,403 | 6,502 | 59,282,253 | |
| Percent change | -5.4 | -9.1 | -3.4 | -3.3 | -6.4 | -5.0 | -10.2 | -3.8 | -2.4 | -20.5 | |||
| GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 2012 | 55,251 | 565 | 3,842 | 15,895 | 34,949 | 565,264 | 113,398 | 416,770 | 35,096 | 2,771 | ||
| 2013 | 51,991 | 568 | 3,674 | 15,336 | 32,413 | 543,497 | 102,567 | 406,411 | 34,519 | 2,060 | 659 | 22,568,133 | |
| Percent change | -5.9 | +0.5 | -4.4 | -3.5 | -7.3 | -3.9 | -9.6 | -2.5 | -1.6 | -25.7 | |||
| GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | 2012 | 48,978 | 557 | 3,505 | 12,758 | 32,158 | 544,968 | 110,079 | 405,185 | 29,704 | 2,503 | ||
| 2013 | 46,384 | 451 | 3,259 | 12,451 | 30,223 | 515,202 | 98,259 | 388,411 | 28,532 | 2,062 | 1,374 | 22,098,270 | |
| Percent change | -5.3 | -19.0 | -7.0 | -2.4 | -6.0 | -5.5 | -10.7 | -4.1 | -3.9 | -17.6 | |||
| GROUP VI (under 10,000) | 2012 | 38,216 | 314 | 2,791 | 7,541 | 27,570 | 451,927 | 80,720 | 352,403 | 18,804 | 2,777 | ||
| 2013 | 36,353 | 287 | 2,862 | 7,200 | 26,004 | 425,761 | 72,381 | 334,860 | 18,520 | 2,281 | 4,469 | 14,615,850 | |
| Percent change | -4.9 | -8.6 | +2.5 | -4.5 | -5.7 | -5.8 | -10.3 | -5.0 | -1.5 | -17.9 | |||
| TOTAL NONSUBURBAN CITIES: | 2012 | 89,564 | 915 | 7,987 | 15,126 | 65,536 | 809,465 | 178,173 | 598,524 | 32,768 | 5,854 | ||
| 2013 | 84,437 | 872 | 7,366 | 14,636 | 61,563 | 779,083 | 166,078 | 580,113 | 32,892 | 4,677 | 3,766 | 21,743,877 | |
| Percent change | -5.7 | -4.7 | -7.8 | -3.2 | -6.1 | -3.8 | -6.8 | -3.1 | +0.4 | -20.1 | |||
| GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 2012 | 30,649 | 355 | 2,528 | 7,187 | 20,579 | 270,861 | 59,008 | 199,505 | 12,348 | 1,767 | ||
| 2013 | 28,450 | 297 | 2,361 | 7,126 | 18,666 | 262,778 | 55,489 | 195,205 | 12,084 | 1,429 | 182 | 6,420,846 | |
| Percent change | -7.2 | -16.3 | -6.6 | -0.8 | -9.3 | -3.0 | -6.0 | -2.2 | -2.1 | -19.1 | |||
| GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | 2012 | 28,781 | 269 | 2,506 | 4,759 | 21,247 | 272,662 | 59,671 | 203,394 | 9,597 | 1,306 | ||
| 2013 | 27,614 | 262 | 2,328 | 4,614 | 20,410 | 263,753 | 55,373 | 198,518 | 9,862 | 1,150 | 439 | 6,766,732 | |
| Percent change | -4.1 | -2.6 | -7.1 | -3.0 | -3.9 | -3.3 | -7.2 | -2.4 | +2.8 | -11.9 | |||
| GROUP VI (under 10,000) | 2012 | 30,134 | 291 | 2,953 | 3,180 | 23,710 | 265,942 | 59,494 | 195,625 | 10,823 | 2,781 | ||
| 2013 | 28,373 | 313 | 2,677 | 2,896 | 22,487 | 252,552 | 55,216 | 186,390 | 10,946 | 2,098 | 3,145 | 8,556,299 | |
| Percent change | -5.8 | +7.6 | -9.3 | -8.9 | -5.2 | -5.0 | -7.2 | -4.7 | +1.1 | -24.6 |
- 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.
- 2 The rape figures in this table are based on the legacy Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. The rape figures shown for 2012 and 2013 include converted National Incident-Based Reporting System rape data and those states/agencies that reported the legacy UCR definition of rape for both years.
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