Arson Table 1
Arson Rate
by Population Group, 2019
[12,375 agencies; 2019 estimated population 263,837,337; rate per 100,000 inhabitants]
Population group | Rate |
---|---|
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES | 12.1 |
TOTAL CITIES | 13.9 |
Group I (250,000 and over) | 21.8 |
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | 19.5 |
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | 23.1 |
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | 23.4 |
Group II (100,000 to 249,999) | 13.2 |
Group III (50,000 to 99,999) | 10.9 |
Group IV (25,000 to 49,999) | 9.4 |
Group V (10,000 to 24,999) | 8.8 |
Group VI (under 10,000) | 13.8 |
Metropolitan counties | 7.7 |
Nonmetropolitan counties | 8.9 |
Suburban areas1 | 8.0 |
- 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.