Table 1

Crime Rates in the Study Sample (2016)

PopulationStudy Sample 7,850,000Cities >250K Population 75,300,000United States 321,000,000
Violent crimes
    Murder      14.6       9.9       4.4
    Rape      62.0     49.2     26.6
    Robbery    356.7   226.3   101.3
    Assault1,213.8  388.3   229.2
Property crimes
    Burglary    730.7   542.3   537.2
    Larceny2,621.82,135.01,821.5
    Motor vehicle theft   624.3   388.9   215.4
  • Notes: Data were obtained from the compilation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports made available on ICPSR by Kaplan (2019).