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Table 1

January to June 2012-2013

Percent Change

by Population Group

Population group Number
of
agencies
Population Violent
crime
Murder Forcible
rape
Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Total 12,723 261,511,295 -5.4 -6.9 -10.6 -1.8 -6.6 -5.4 -8.1 -4.7 -3.2 -15.6
Cities:
1,000,000 and over 10 25,494,200 -4.7 -18.5 -0.5 -4.9 -4.5 -2.7 -6.8 -0.6 -6.8 -3.9
500,000 to 999,999 22 15,354,293 -5.4 -9.3 -7.9 +1.6 -8.9 -2.9 -5.1 -2.8 +0.9 -7.8
250,000 to 499,999 40 13,998,318 -4.8 -6.3 -14.1 +1.7 -8.3 -2.8 -5.8 -1.9 -2.2 -12.0
100,000 to 249,999 207 31,114,280 -4.9 -2.1 -7.0 -1.5 -6.4 -3.7 -7.3 -3.0 +0.4 -14.9
50,000 to 99,999 385 26,628,315 -4.6 +0.3 -9.2 -2.0 -5.3 -5.3 -9.0 -4.9 +1.7 -13.1
25,000 to 49,999 726 25,106,633 -7.7 +2.0 -11.0 -2.2 -9.6 -5.1 -8.0 -4.5 -2.4 -27.0
10,000 to 24,999 1,560 24,817,539 -6.0 -4.1 -15.2 -4.4 -5.5 -6.6 -8.5 -6.3 -3.8 -22.4
Under 10,000 6,291 19,828,172 -9.2 -2.9 -11.7 -9.9 -8.9 -9.0 -11.9 -8.6 -4.0 -18.8
Counties:
Metropolitan1 1,485 57,942,585 -3.6 -1.0 -13.0 -0.2 -3.6 -7.4 -8.9 -6.6 -8.9 -15.8
Nonmetropolitan2 1,997 21,226,960 -10.5 -13.0 -18.1 -7.9 -9.5 -12.0 -11.4 -12.4 -11.2 -20.4
  • 1 Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police within Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
  • 2 Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
  • NOTE: The percent changes for the offense of forcible rape are based only on data collected using the historical definition of forcible rape. The percent change shown includes converted National Incident-Based Reporting System rape data and data from states/agencies that reported using the historical definition of forcible rape for both years.

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