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Table 65

Arrests

Suburban Areas1

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2011

[6,522 agencies; 2011 estimated population 104,263,328]

Offense charged Total all
ages
Number of persons arrested Percent of total all ages
Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25 Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25
TOTAL 3,796,974 120,817 447,551 1,004,338 1,592,580 3.2 11.8 26.5 41.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,604 23 194 640 1,128 0.9 7.5 24.6 43.3
Forcible rape 5,007 271 765 1,479 2,165 5.4 15.3 29.5 43.2
Robbery 23,424 795 4,687 10,099 14,413 3.4 20.0 43.1 61.5
Aggravated assault 107,868 3,897 11,868 23,143 38,956 3.6 11.0 21.5 36.1
Burglary 85,052 4,667 17,063 33,707 47,727 5.5 20.1 39.6 56.1
Larceny-theft 382,524 19,755 73,737 136,864 191,255 5.2 19.3 35.8 50.0
Motor vehicle theft 16,896 676 3,384 5,950 8,390 4.0 20.0 35.2 49.7
Arson 3,951 956 1,736 2,205 2,547 24.2 43.9 55.8 64.5
Violent crime2 138,903 4,986 17,514 35,361 56,662 3.6 12.6 25.5 40.8
Property crime2 488,423 26,054 95,920 178,726 249,919 5.3 19.6 36.6 51.2
Other assaults 362,555 23,492 60,487 94,921 142,963 6.5 16.7 26.2 39.4
Forgery and counterfeiting 22,970 73 558 3,245 6,902 0.3 2.4 14.1 30.0
Fraud 58,503 229 1,678 6,910 14,594 0.4 2.9 11.8 24.9
Embezzlement 5,104 19 127 964 1,911 0.4 2.5 18.9 37.4
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 31,234 934 4,322 9,793 14,858 3.0 13.8 31.4 47.6
Vandalism 70,969 8,094 21,303 33,311 43,526 11.4 30.0 46.9 61.3
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 39,242 3,029 7,824 13,927 20,233 7.7 19.9 35.5 51.6
Prostitution and commercialized vice 5,246 14 117 679 1,546 0.3 2.2 12.9 29.5
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 20,424 1,820 3,896 6,360 8,614 8.9 19.1 31.1 42.2
Drug abuse violations 460,338 8,137 48,815 140,269 226,441 1.8 10.6 30.5 49.2
Gambling 1,432 22 89 240 360 1.5 6.2 16.8 25.1
Offenses against the family and children 46,626 375 1,168 3,143 7,655 0.8 2.5 6.7 16.4
Driving under the influence 389,342 59 3,514 32,193 101,018 * 0.9 8.3 25.9
Liquor laws 174,027 2,823 33,914 133,267 144,664 1.6 19.5 76.6 83.1
Drunkenness 144,459 406 3,485 17,843 41,743 0.3 2.4 12.4 28.9
Disorderly conduct 177,018 16,833 45,374 67,068 92,755 9.5 25.6 37.9 52.4
Vagrancy 5,044 94 371 1,040 1,718 1.9 7.4 20.6 34.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,140,091 19,498 82,569 210,480 399,798 1.7 7.2 18.5 35.1
Suspicion 571 14 53 145 247 2.5 9.3 25.4 43.3
Curfew and loitering law violations 14,453 3,812 14,453 14,453 14,453 26.4 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 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.
  • 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.
  • * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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