Table 30
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2010
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged |
United States total (12,222 agencies; population 240,103,394) |
Northeast (3,079 agencies; population 44,091,861) |
Midwest (2,881 agencies; population 48,046,513) |
South (4,464 agencies; population 81,479,421) |
West (1,798 agencies; population 66,485,599) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL1 | 10,222,654 | 4,257.6 | 1,568,336 | 3,557.0 | 1,933,601 | 4,024.4 | 3,922,224 | 4,813.8 | 2,798,493 | 4,209.2 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,667 | 3.6 | 1,274 | 2.9 | 1,264 | 2.6 | 3,639 | 4.5 | 2,490 | 3.7 |
Forcible rape | 15,586 | 6.5 | 2,677 | 6.1 | 3,252 | 6.8 | 5,440 | 6.7 | 4,217 | 6.3 |
Robbery | 87,771 | 36.6 | 18,051 | 40.9 | 14,337 | 29.8 | 28,565 | 35.1 | 26,818 | 40.3 |
Aggravated assault | 318,340 | 132.6 | 50,028 | 113.5 | 45,874 | 95.5 | 101,466 | 124.5 | 120,972 | 182.0 |
Burglary | 226,325 | 94.3 | 33,537 | 76.1 | 35,729 | 74.4 | 83,258 | 102.2 | 73,801 | 111.0 |
Larceny-theft | 1,002,466 | 417.5 | 160,657 | 364.4 | 205,952 | 428.7 | 390,887 | 479.7 | 244,970 | 368.5 |
Motor vehicle theft | 55,426 | 23.1 | 7,236 | 16.4 | 11,465 | 23.9 | 16,566 | 20.3 | 20,159 | 30.3 |
Arson | 8,806 | 3.7 | 1,750 | 4.0 | 1,563 | 3.3 | 2,970 | 3.6 | 2,523 | 3.8 |
Violent crime2 | 430,364 | 179.2 | 72,030 | 163.4 | 64,727 | 134.7 | 139,110 | 170.7 | 154,497 | 232.4 |
Property crime2 | 1,293,023 | 538.5 | 203,180 | 460.8 | 254,709 | 530.1 | 493,681 | 605.9 | 341,453 | 513.6 |
Other assaults | 1,008,509 | 420.0 | 177,993 | 403.7 | 199,405 | 415.0 | 407,970 | 500.7 | 223,141 | 335.6 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 60,841 | 25.3 | 9,272 | 21.0 | 9,386 | 19.5 | 27,909 | 34.3 | 14,274 | 21.5 |
Fraud | 144,956 | 60.4 | 22,782 | 51.7 | 23,912 | 49.8 | 78,704 | 96.6 | 19,558 | 29.4 |
Embezzlement | 13,020 | 5.4 | 1,222 | 2.8 | 1,791 | 3.7 | 7,424 | 9.1 | 2,583 | 3.9 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 74,313 | 31.0 | 14,295 | 32.4 | 13,742 | 28.6 | 21,961 | 27.0 | 24,315 | 36.6 |
Vandalism | 197,850 | 82.4 | 42,973 | 97.5 | 39,577 | 82.4 | 51,126 | 62.7 | 64,174 | 96.5 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 123,719 | 51.5 | 16,220 | 36.8 | 23,038 | 47.9 | 42,770 | 52.5 | 41,691 | 62.7 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 48,281 | 20.1 | 5,722 | 13.0 | 7,043 | 14.7 | 16,690 | 20.5 | 18,826 | 28.3 |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 56,332 | 23.5 | 9,629 | 21.8 | 10,450 | 21.7 | 16,345 | 20.1 | 19,908 | 29.9 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,273,963 | 530.6 | 211,413 | 479.5 | 231,927 | 482.7 | 455,864 | 559.5 | 374,759 | 563.7 |
Gambling | 7,533 | 3.1 | 445 | 1.0 | 3,542 | 7.4 | 2,664 | 3.3 | 882 | 1.3 |
Offenses against the family and children | 85,213 | 35.5 | 19,445 | 44.1 | 18,700 | 38.9 | 34,521 | 42.4 | 12,547 | 18.9 |
Driving under the influence | 1,087,987 | 453.1 | 150,844 | 342.1 | 222,527 | 463.1 | 344,874 | 423.3 | 369,742 | 556.1 |
Liquor laws | 400,608 | 166.8 | 50,305 | 114.1 | 135,973 | 283.0 | 98,632 | 121.1 | 115,698 | 174.0 |
Drunkenness | 442,392 | 184.3 | 36,050 | 81.8 | 27,348 | 56.9 | 263,285 | 323.1 | 115,709 | 174.0 |
Disorderly conduct | 482,991 | 201.2 | 121,727 | 276.1 | 140,170 | 291.7 | 147,598 | 181.1 | 73,496 | 110.5 |
Vagrancy | 24,839 | 10.3 | 3,147 | 7.1 | 4,584 | 9.5 | 8,665 | 10.6 | 8,443 | 12.7 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,892,023 | 1,204.5 | 376,941 | 854.9 | 488,258 | 1,016.2 | 1,244,984 | 1,528.0 | 781,840 | 1,176.0 |
Suspicion | 904 | 0.4 | 54 | 0.1 | 235 | 0.5 | 481 | 0.6 | 134 | 0.2 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 73,897 | 30.8 | 22,701 | 51.5 | 12,792 | 26.6 | 17,447 | 21.4 | 20,957 | 31.5 |
- 1 Does not include suspicion.
- 2 Violent crimes are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
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