Arson Table 1
Arson Rate
by Population Group, 2018
[13,856 agencies; 2018 estimated population 276,033,731; rate per 100,000 inhabitants]
| Population group | Rate |
|---|---|
| TOTAL ALL AGENCIES | 12.5 |
| TOTAL CITIES | 14.3 |
| Group I (250,000 and over) | 23.1 |
| 1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | 20.8 |
| 500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | 25.1 |
| 250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | 23.7 |
| Group II (100,000 to 249,999) | 13.9 |
| Group III (50,000 to 99,999) | 11.7 |
| Group IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 9.1 |
| Group V (10,000 to 24,999) | 8.5 |
| Group VI (under 10,000) | 14.2 |
| Metropolitan counties | 8.7 |
| Nonmetropolitan counties | 9.1 |
| Suburban areas1 | 8.6 |
- 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.