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Criminal behavior and violence have been present in the United States and throughout the world for many centuries. Crime comes in many different shapes and forms. Some examples of crime area violent crime, murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, property crime, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. All of these criminal acts of violence has one thing in common, they are all against the law. Crime occurs in cities that are both big and small. By comparing crime data from two metropolitan areas the most frequently committed crimes can be identified. The two metropolitan area that have been chosen for comparison is Alexandria, Louisiana and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. According to the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, "the the crime the occurs the most with Alexandria and Cedar Rapid from the year 2008 through 2011 was property crime." The areas of emphases for this crime comparison will be the areas in which this type of crime was committed, the rates of crime for each area, the change in the rate of crime over time, and certain factors that may explain why the crime rates where difference. The definition of property must be understood before a comparison of crime rates can be determined. The definition of property crime is consider a crime that a people commit that causes damage, illegal benefits, or interests from another person's property (USlegal.com, 2012). In most cases bodily harm might be imposed on a victim depending on the situation. There are many reasons that cause people to commit property crimes. For example, burglary is one type of property crime that could be committed. Other types of property crime are shoplifting and arson.

Which metropolitan area has a higher property crime rate Alexandria, Louisiana or Cedar Rapids, Iowa? The city of Alexandria also includes the Grant and Rapids Parish areas had an estimated total of 7,078 property crimes committed in 2009, but only 6,621 were actually