Arson Table 1
Arson Rate
by Population Group, 2014
[14,629 agencies; 2014 estimated population 295,821,623; rate per 100,000 inhabitants]
Population group | Rate |
---|---|
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES | 14.2 |
TOTAL CITIES | 16.0 |
Group I (250,000 and over) | 21.6 |
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | 15.5 |
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | 24.6 |
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | 29.6 |
Group II (100,000 to 249,999) | 17.3 |
Group III (50,000 to 99,999) | 13.2 |
Group IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 12.0 |
Group V (10,000 to 24,999) | 10.9 |
Group VI (under 10,000) | 15.9 |
Metropolitan counties | 10.4 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 10.0 |
Suburban areas1 | 10.2 |
- 1 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.