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Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2019

Population group Violent crime Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle
theft
Number of
offenses
known 		Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known 		Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate Number of
offenses
known		 Rate
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,081,697 387.0 14,014 5.0 122,822 44.0 237,873 85.1 706,988 253.0 5,954,888 2,130.3 937,367 336.7 4,383,165 1,569.2 634,356 227.6
TOTAL CITIES 873,689 449.2 11,039 5.7 92,472 47.6 210,769 108.4 559,409 287.7 4,847,733 2,492.2 713,134 368.1 3,620,225 1,862.7 514,374 265.5
GROUP I (250,000 and over) 430,847 715.8 5,794 9.6 35,621 59.2 121,748 202.3 267,684 444.7 1,853,455 3,079.4 276,877 464.4 1,334,313 2,216.9 242,265 407.2
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 181,251 691.3 1,944 7.4 14,291 54.5 54,543 208.0 110,473 421.4 667,672 2,546.7 95,427 364.0 485,179 1,850.6 87,066 332.1
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 138,815 796.3 2,184 12.5 10,518 60.3 37,942 217.6 88,171 505.8 645,353 3,701.9 97,495 577.9 465,157 2,668.2 82,701 494.2
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 110,781 669.8 1,666 10.1 10,812 65.4 29,263 176.9 69,040 417.5 540,430 3,267.7 83,955 507.6 383,977 2,321.7 72,498 438.4
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 139,414 451.9 1,817 5.9 14,924 48.6 33,469 108.9 89,204 289.1 834,255 2,704.2 124,515 403.6 612,218 1,984.5 97,522 316.1
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 106,412 333.2 1,196 3.8 12,654 39.6 24,217 75.8 68,345 214.0 706,211 2,211.6 101,485 317.8 537,090 1,685.5 67,636 212.3
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 75,729 270.5 933 3.3 10,763 38.4 14,944 53.4 49,089 175.3 562,852 2,010.4 79,048 284.1 438,758 1,568.6 45,046 160.9
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 63,994 254.8 753 3.0 9,636 38.5 10,057 40.0 43,548 173.6 489,238 1,947.6 71,688 285.7 382,237 1,525.0 35,313 140.7
GROUP VI (under 10,000) 57,293 310.9 546 3.0 8,874 48.3 6,334 34.4 41,539 225.4 401,722 2,180.2 59,521 323.4 315,609 1,713.9 26,592 144.3
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 166,611 255.7 2,224 3.4 22,200 34.2 25,201 38.7 116,986 179.5 910,152 1,396.9 166,581 257.1 645,121 990.8 98,450 151.1
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES2 41,397 208.4 751 3.8 8,150 41.1 1,903 9.6 30,593 154.0 197,003 991.6 57,652 290.3 117,819 593.4 21,532 108.4
SUBURBAN AREA3 287,940 243.3 3,569 3.0 40,024 33.9 48,063 40.6 196,284 165.9 1,885,710 1,593.5 295,785 251.0 1,415,616 1,197.3 174,309 147.3
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
  • 3 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.
  • NOTE: Due to a system upgrade, the rates in this table are now caculated using aggregate popualtion for each individual offense. The agency counts and population are provided for each individual offense in the data declaration. See the data declaration for further explanations of these changes.

Data Declaration

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