Arson Table 1
Arson Rate
by Population Group, 2017
[14,813 agencies; 2017 estimated population 306,107,233; rate per 100,000 inhabitants]
Population group | Rate |
---|---|
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES | 13.2 |
TOTAL CITIES | 14.9 |
Group I (250,000 and over) | 20.9 |
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | 15.0 |
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | 27.0 |
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | 24.4 |
Group II (100,000 to 249,999) | 14.8 |
Group III (50,000 to 99,999) | 13.0 |
Group IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 10.6 |
Group V (10,000 to 24,999) | 9.5 |
Group VI (under 10,000) | 13.9 |
Metropolitan counties | 9.6 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 9.3 |
Suburban areas1 | 9.6 |
- 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.