Crime Trends

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties¹ by Population Group, 2018–2019

Population group	Population range		Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Rape²	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson	Number of agencies	2019 estimated population
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES	100,000 and over	2018	118,955	1,600	14,098	23,969	79,288	708,584	123,965	508,062	72,761	3,796
		2019	117,124	1,635	13,773	23,015	78,701	674,508	109,877	491,569	69,716	3,346	167	45,594,677
		Percent change	-1.5	+2.2	-2.3	-4.0	-0.7	-4.8	-11.4	-3.2	-4.2	-11.9
	25,000 to 99,999	2018	42,928	605	6,842	3,466	32,015	257,498	63,113	169,694	23,193	1,498
		2019	41,664	591	6,329	3,255	31,489	239,363	55,566	159,427	23,054	1,316	435	22,755,761
		Percent change	-2.9	-2.3	-7.5	-6.1	-1.6	-7.0	-12.0	-6.1	-0.6	-12.1
	Under 25,000	2018	18,909	252	3,403	1,260	13,994	94,814	18,273	60,087	15,611	843
		2019	19,094	216	3,370	1,207	14,301	88,923	18,015	55,951	14,186	771	1,320	4,828,866
		Percent change	+1.0	-14.3	-1.0	-4.2	+2.2	-6.2	-1.4	-6.9	-9.1	-8.5
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES	25,000 and over	2018	18,655	289	3,322	1,161	13,883	104,916	30,768	63,382	10,032	734
		2019	19,237	323	3,376	1,199	14,339	97,586	27,871	59,165	9,825	725	252	10,171,234
		Percent change	+3.1	+11.8	+1.6	+3.3	+3.3	-7.0	-9.4	-6.7	-2.1	-1.2
	10,000 to 24,999	2018	14,821	259	2,500	721	11,341	83,050	24,974	49,695	7,715	666
		2019	14,800	252	2,485	661	11,402	77,391	23,032	45,907	7,814	638	542	8,683,253
		Percent change	-0.1	-2.7	-0.6	-8.3	+0.5	-6.8	-7.8	-7.6	+1.3	-4.2
	Under 10,000	2018	12,149	264	3,000	311	8,574	50,292	13,970	29,597	6,152	573
		2019	11,758	241	2,847	264	8,406	46,490	12,587	27,079	6,361	463	1,522	4,130,769
		Percent change	-3.2	-8.7	-5.1	-15.1	-2.0	-7.6	-9.9	-8.5	+3.4	-19.2

¹ Metropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nonmetropolitan counties include sheriffs and county law enforcement agencies that are not associated with a Metropolitan Statistical Area.
² The figures shown in the rape column include only those reported by law enforcement agencies that used the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.

Table 14