Crime Trends

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties¹ by Population Group, 2012–2013

Population group	Population range		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
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	100,000 and over	2012	123,238	1,516	5,930	31,810	83,982	937,921	248,881	613,142	75,898	5,426
		2013	119,377	1,481	5,605	31,191	81,100	891,399	227,693	594,118	69,588	4,791	167	42,999,902
		Percent change	-3.1	-2.3	-5.5	-1.9	-3.4	-5.0	-8.5	-3.1	-8.3	-11.7
	25,000 to 99,999	2012	44,281	611	3,928	5,595	34,147	394,752	124,622	246,719	23,411	2,426
		2013	42,841	681	3,532	5,507	33,121	368,405	112,967	232,785	22,653	2,147	454	23,785,185
		Percent change	-3.3	+11.5	-10.1	-1.6	-3.0	-6.7	-9.4	-5.6	-3.2	-11.5
	Under 25,000	2012	15,907	208	1,454	1,934	12,311	126,260	30,946	76,268	19,046	1,281
		2013	14,828	224	1,247	1,796	11,561	118,654	27,839	72,551	18,264	1,206	1,209	4,734,722
		Percent change	-6.8	+7.7	-14.2	-7.1	-6.1	-6.0	-10.0	-4.9	-4.1	-5.9
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	25,000 and over	2012	16,185	269	1,388	1,437	13,091	156,705	53,998	94,149	8,558	957
		2013	15,668	271	1,376	1,254	12,767	144,640	49,082	87,311	8,247	915	263	9,888,909
		Percent change	-3.2	+0.7	-0.9	-12.7	-2.5	-7.7	-9.1	-7.3	-3.6	-4.4
	10,000 to 24,999	2012	14,761	276	1,332	846	12,307	128,635	43,843	77,180	7,612	996
		2013	13,565	272	1,216	814	11,263	118,419	39,947	71,549	6,923	879	577	9,301,274
		Percent change	-8.1	-1.4	-8.7	-3.8	-8.5	-7.9	-8.9	-7.3	-9.1	-11.7
	Under 10,000	2012	8,299	162	1,111	339	6,687	64,692	20,210	39,297	5,185	704
		2013	8,119	174	1,013	309	6,623	61,552	19,359	36,900	5,293	581	1,352	4,283,698
		Percent change	-2.2	+7.4	-8.8	-8.8	-1.0	-4.9	-4.2	-6.1	+2.1	-17.5

¹ Metropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nonmetropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies that are not associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area. The offenses from state police agencies are not included in this table.
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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