Table 16

Rate: Number of Crimes per 100,000 Inhabitants

by Population Group, 2015
Murder and
nonnegligent Rape Rape Motor vehicle
Violent crime manslaughter (revised definition)1 (legacy definition)2 Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft theft

Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number 2015
offenses offenses offenses offenses offenses offenses offenses offenses offenses offenses of estimated
Population group known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate known Rate agencies population

TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: 1,154,081 385.9 14,856 5.0 105,626 39.3 7,340 24.0 308,504 103.1 717,755 240.0 7,448,474 2,490.4 1,463,001 489.1 5,317,451 1,777.9 668,022 223.4 15,010 299,091,598

TOTAL CITIES 922,794 454.1 11,571 5.7 79,075 42.2 4,940 31.0 270,386 133.1 556,822 274.0 5,922,526 2,914.5 1,072,772 527.9 4,313,452 2,122.7 536,302 263.9 10,645 203,209,630

GROUP I (250,000 and over) 436,315 734.2 5,990 10.1 29,951 52.8 1,129 41.5 151,664 255.2 247,581 416.6 1,996,197 3,359.0 376,442 633.4 1,377,365 2,317.7 242,390 407.9 79 59,428,247

1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) 188,291 687.1 2,231 8.1 13,088 47.8 0 0.0 69,301 252.9 103,671 378.3 726,998 2,652.8 131,803 481.0 501,699 1,830.7 93,496 341.2 11 27,404,679

500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) 138,863 836.0 2,081 12.5 8,931 58.9 620 43.1 46,921 282.5 80,310 483.5 699,933 4,213.9 133,453 803.5 486,423 2,928.5 80,057 482.0 23 16,609,970

250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) 109,161 708.2 1,678 10.9 7,932 56.1 509 39.6 35,442 229.9 63,600 412.6 569,266 3,693.3 111,186 721.4 389,243 2,525.3 68,837 446.6 45 15,413,598

GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) 147,363 471.0 1,934 6.2 13,530 45.6 638 38.9 43,121 137.8 88,140 281.7 1,023,012 3,269.9 191,758 612.9 724,775 2,316.6 106,479 340.3 210 31,285,733

GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) 111,334 337.9 1,231 3.7 10,342 34.0 742 29.4 30,289 91.9 68,730 208.6 881,376 2,674.6 155,964 473.3 649,674 1,971.5 75,738 229.8 474 32,952,951

GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) 85,566 293.8 980 3.4 9,151 34.7 834 30.4 20,643 70.9 53,958 185.3 734,604 2,522.3 127,488 437.7 560,385 1,924.1 46,731 160.5 841 29,124,007

GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) 75,676 269.8 820 2.9 8,188 33.1 757 23.0 15,374 54.8 50,537 180.2 690,297 2,461.0 120,047 428.0 533,415 1,901.7 36,835 131.3 1,752 28,049,861

GROUP VI (under 10,000) 66,540 297.5 616 2.8 7,913 40.8 840 28.0 9,295 41.6 47,876 214.0 597,040 2,669.1 101,073 451.8 467,838 2,091.5 28,129 125.8 7,289 22,368,831

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES 185,490 258.4 2,424 3.4 19,156 31.3 1,774 16.7 35,544 49.5 126,592 176.3 1,229,840 1,713.0 294,084 409.6 825,786 1,150.2 109,970 153.2 1,954 71,792,662

NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES3 45,797 190.1 861 3.6 7,395 37.0 626 15.2 2,574 10.7 34,341 142.6 296,108 1,229.2 96,145 399.1 178,213 739.8 21,750 90.3 2,411 24,089,306

SUBURBAN AREA 4
323,651 249.2 3,822 2.9 34,560 30.4 2,963 18.3 66,964 51.6 215,342 165.8 2,545,775 1,960.3 507,213 390.6 1,849,006 1,423.8 189,556 146.0 8,263 129,863,798
1
The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
2
The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
3
Includes state police agencies that report aggregately for the entire state.
4
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.