2006 Preliminary Crime statistics

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Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report,

January-December, 2006

Report issued by Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20535

Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported an increase of 1.3 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention in 2006 when compared to figures reported for 2005. The violent crime category includes murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The number of property crimes in the United States from January to December of 2006 decreased -2.9 percent when compared to data from the same time period in 2005. Property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Arson is also a property crime, but data for arson are not included in property crime totals. Figures for 2006 indicate that arson increased 1.8 percent when compared to 2005 figures for the same time period.

The data presented in Tables 1 and 2 indicate the percent change in offenses known to law enforcement for 2005 and 2006 by population group and geographic region, respectively.

PLEASE NOTE
Figures used in this report are submitted voluntarily by law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Individuals using these tabulations are cautioned against drawing conclusions by making direct comparisons between cities because many factors affect the amount and type of crime from place to place.

It is important to remember that crime is a social problem and, therefore, a concern of the entire community. The efforts of law enforcement are limited to factors within its control.

Table 1 Percent Change by Population Group January-December, 2006
Population group	Number of agencies	Population	Violent crime	Murder	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Arson
Total	11,723	244,698,778	+1.3	+0.3	-1.9	+6.0	-0.7	-2.9	+0.2	-3.5	+1.8
Cities:
1,000,000 and over	10	25,080,811	+0.2	+6.7	-5.0	+3.1	-2.0	-3.1	-2.3	-3.2	+1.6
500,000 to 999,999	23	15,374,394	+0.1	+0.1	-3.2	+4.4	-2.3	-2.1	+3.3	-3.8	+1.0
250,000 to 499,999	36	12,674,851	+3.2	+3.7	-1.8	+8.6	+0.1	-3.4	+0.9	-4.6	-3.4
100,000 to 249,999	185	27,767,429	+2.1	-1.1	-0.2	+8.6	-1.2	-3.4	+0.6	-4.1	-0.8
50,000 to 99,999	370	25,440,281	+2.0	-6.9	+2.2	+6.4	-0.1	-2.8	+0.3	-3.5	+8.5
25,000 to 49,999	661	22,723,064	+3.2	-0.3	-3.3	+9.2	+1.7	-2.8	+0.5	-3.4	+2.4
10,000 to 24,999	1,434	22,661,513	+2.3	+2.8	+1.0	+7.4	+0.7	-2.9	*	-3.4	+5.4
Under 10,000	5,716	18,758,635	+1.0	-0.2	-0.6	+6.1	+0.1	-2.9	-0.4	-3.2	+5.7
Counties:
Metropolitan¹	1,334	52,313,533	+1.9	-1.7	-2.8	+6.3	+1.0	-2.2	+0.6	-2.7	+0.8
Nonmetropolitan²	1,954	21,904,267	-5.3	-11.9	-6.4	-0.8	-5.4	-4.2	-4.6	-3.6	+2.1

¹ Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police within Metropolitan Statistical Areas
² Includes crimes reported to sheriffs' departments, county police departments, and state police outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

Table 2

Percent Change
by Geographic Region
January-December, 2006

Region	Violent crime	Murder	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson
Total	+1.3	+0.3	-1.9	+6.0	-0.7	-2.9	+0.2	-3.5	-4.7	+1.8
Northeast	-0.1	+2.5	-5.6	+2.2	-1.2	-0.8	+1.5	-0.5	-6.9	-0.5
Midwest	+2.1	+0.2	+0.3	+5.1	+0.6	+0.1	+4.0	-0.4	-3.6	+4.6
South	+0.6	+1.1	-2.0	+4.6	-1.0	-3.2	-0.2	-4.4	-1.8	-1.8
West	+2.8	-2.0	-1.4	+11.6	-1.0	-5.6	-2.6	-6.3	-6.5	+4.4

Click here to see the entire itemized report for states and cities of 100,000 population or more.

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