Table 31
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2011
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
| Offense charged | Cities | Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Total (12,023 agencies; population 238,952,977) |
Total cities (8,791 cities; population 163,760,401) |
Group I (63 cities, 250,000 and over; population 42,961,084) |
Group II (169 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 25,126,615) |
Group III (395 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,503,319) |
Group IV (707 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 24,481,191) |
Group V (1,525 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 24,108,467) |
Group VI (5,932 cities, under 10,000; population 19,579,725) |
Metropolitan counties (1,280 agencies; population 51,699,773) |
Nonmetropolitan counties (1,952 agencies; population 23,492,803) |
Suburban areas1 (6,522 agencies; population 104,263,328) |
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| Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
| TOTAL2 | 9,536,787 | 3,991.1 | 7,138,397 | 4,359.0 | 1,926,245 | 4,483.7 | 1,025,432 | 4,081.1 | 1,098,965 | 3,995.8 | 971,653 | 3,969.0 | 1,032,555 | 4,283.0 | 1,083,547 | 5,534.0 | 1,617,093 | 3,127.9 | 781,297 | 3,325.7 | 3,796,517 | 3,641.3 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,359 | 3.5 | 6,085 | 3.7 | 2,724 | 6.3 | 1,087 | 4.3 | 721 | 2.6 | 660 | 2.7 | 554 | 2.3 | 339 | 1.7 | 1,566 | 3.0 | 708 | 3.0 | 2,605 | 2.5 |
| Forcible rape | 14,943 | 6.3 | 11,014 | 6.7 | 3,932 | 9.2 | 1,614 | 6.4 | 1,505 | 5.5 | 1,366 | 5.6 | 1,354 | 5.6 | 1,243 | 6.3 | 2,462 | 4.8 | 1,467 | 6.2 | 5,120 | 4.9 |
| Robbery | 82,557 | 34.5 | 70,832 | 43.3 | 31,170 | 72.6 | 12,214 | 48.6 | 10,082 | 36.7 | 7,353 | 30.0 | 6,070 | 25.2 | 3,943 | 20.1 | 9,744 | 18.8 | 1,981 | 8.4 | 23,424 | 22.5 |
| Aggravated assault | 305,939 | 128.0 | 231,162 | 141.2 | 80,051 | 186.3 | 39,850 | 158.6 | 35,804 | 130.2 | 27,173 | 111.0 | 26,391 | 109.5 | 21,893 | 111.8 | 54,787 | 106.0 | 19,990 | 85.1 | 107,868 | 103.5 |
| Burglary | 228,401 | 95.6 | 166,221 | 101.5 | 45,864 | 106.8 | 29,901 | 119.0 | 28,237 | 102.7 | 21,537 | 88.0 | 22,008 | 91.3 | 18,674 | 95.4 | 41,103 | 79.5 | 21,077 | 89.7 | 85,052 | 81.6 |
| Larceny-theft | 981,116 | 410.6 | 815,356 | 497.9 | 194,001 | 451.6 | 117,760 | 468.7 | 141,194 | 513.4 | 134,143 | 547.9 | 133,790 | 555.0 | 94,468 | 482.5 | 124,496 | 240.8 | 41,264 | 175.6 | 382,524 | 366.9 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 51,027 | 21.4 | 38,262 | 23.4 | 15,045 | 35.0 | 6,161 | 24.5 | 5,293 | 19.2 | 3,840 | 15.7 | 4,190 | 17.4 | 3,733 | 19.1 | 8,811 | 17.0 | 3,954 | 16.8 | 16,896 | 16.2 |
| Arson | 8,994 | 3.8 | 6,457 | 3.9 | 1,573 | 3.7 | 844 | 3.4 | 1,017 | 3.7 | 852 | 3.5 | 877 | 3.6 | 1,294 | 6.6 | 1,764 | 3.4 | 773 | 3.3 | 3,951 | 3.8 |
| Violent crime3 | 411,798 | 172.3 | 319,093 | 194.9 | 117,877 | 274.4 | 54,765 | 218.0 | 48,112 | 174.9 | 36,552 | 149.3 | 34,369 | 142.6 | 27,418 | 140.0 | 68,559 | 132.6 | 24,146 | 102.8 | 139,017 | 133.3 |
| Property crime3 | 1,269,538 | 531.3 | 1,026,296 | 626.7 | 256,483 | 597.0 | 154,666 | 615.5 | 175,741 | 639.0 | 160,372 | 655.1 | 160,865 | 667.3 | 118,169 | 603.5 | 176,174 | 340.8 | 67,068 | 285.5 | 488,423 | 468.5 |
| Other assaults | 955,620 | 399.9 | 716,626 | 437.6 | 197,875 | 460.6 | 113,426 | 451.4 | 113,337 | 412.1 | 98,776 | 403.5 | 100,255 | 415.8 | 92,957 | 474.8 | 163,111 | 315.5 | 75,883 | 323.0 | 362,555 | 347.7 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 53,983 | 22.6 | 40,470 | 24.7 | 9,800 | 22.8 | 5,591 | 22.3 | 6,263 | 22.8 | 5,822 | 23.8 | 7,023 | 29.1 | 5,971 | 30.5 | 9,844 | 19.0 | 3,669 | 15.6 | 22,970 | 22.0 |
| Fraud | 128,200 | 53.7 | 81,037 | 49.5 | 16,097 | 37.5 | 10,750 | 42.8 | 11,980 | 43.6 | 12,971 | 53.0 | 12,919 | 53.6 | 16,320 | 83.4 | 29,665 | 57.4 | 17,498 | 74.5 | 58,503 | 56.1 |
| Embezzlement | 12,496 | 5.2 | 9,380 | 5.7 | 2,022 | 4.7 | 1,425 | 5.7 | 1,669 | 6.1 | 1,656 | 6.8 | 1,529 | 6.3 | 1,079 | 5.5 | 2,343 | 4.5 | 773 | 3.3 | 5,104 | 4.9 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 71,890 | 30.1 | 52,962 | 32.3 | 12,507 | 29.1 | 7,991 | 31.8 | 10,274 | 37.4 | 8,259 | 33.7 | 7,978 | 33.1 | 5,953 | 30.4 | 13,759 | 26.6 | 5,169 | 22.0 | 31,234 | 30.0 |
| Vandalism | 183,203 | 76.7 | 142,860 | 87.2 | 36,832 | 85.7 | 20,627 | 82.1 | 23,220 | 84.4 | 20,848 | 85.2 | 20,669 | 85.7 | 20,664 | 105.5 | 28,225 | 54.6 | 12,118 | 51.6 | 70,969 | 68.1 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 118,072 | 49.4 | 92,728 | 56.6 | 36,691 | 85.4 | 14,353 | 57.1 | 13,530 | 49.2 | 9,527 | 38.9 | 8,820 | 36.6 | 9,807 | 50.1 | 18,406 | 35.6 | 6,938 | 29.5 | 39,242 | 37.6 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 44,174 | 18.5 | 41,635 | 25.4 | 30,648 | 71.3 | 5,078 | 20.2 | 2,648 | 9.6 | 1,944 | 7.9 | 889 | 3.7 | 428 | 2.2 | 2,387 | 4.6 | 152 | 0.6 | 5,246 | 5.0 |
| Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 53,048 | 22.2 | 37,653 | 23.0 | 12,819 | 29.8 | 5,244 | 20.9 | 5,885 | 21.4 | 4,541 | 18.5 | 4,707 | 19.5 | 4,457 | 22.8 | 10,705 | 20.7 | 4,690 | 20.0 | 20,424 | 19.6 |
| Drug abuse violations | 1,175,083 | 491.8 | 871,342 | 532.1 | 276,711 | 644.1 | 124,964 | 497.3 | 135,012 | 490.9 | 106,588 | 435.4 | 107,848 | 447.3 | 120,219 | 614.0 | 213,452 | 412.9 | 90,289 | 384.3 | 460,338 | 441.5 |
| Gambling | 6,517 | 2.7 | 5,668 | 3.5 | 3,930 | 9.1 | 378 | 1.5 | 182 | 0.7 | 282 | 1.2 | 270 | 1.1 | 626 | 3.2 | 600 | 1.2 | 249 | 1.1 | 1,432 | 1.4 |
| Offenses against the family and children | 87,963 | 36.8 | 40,846 | 24.9 | 6,109 | 14.2 | 7,421 | 29.5 | 5,802 | 21.1 | 6,811 | 27.8 | 7,564 | 31.4 | 7,139 | 36.5 | 33,272 | 64.4 | 13,845 | 58.9 | 46,626 | 44.7 |
| Driving under the influence | 929,903 | 389.2 | 606,953 | 370.6 | 132,522 | 308.5 | 80,212 | 319.2 | 91,403 | 332.3 | 86,599 | 353.7 | 102,221 | 424.0 | 113,996 | 582.2 | 171,732 | 332.2 | 151,218 | 643.7 | 389,342 | 373.4 |
| Liquor laws | 383,903 | 160.7 | 314,311 | 191.9 | 52,373 | 121.9 | 35,506 | 141.3 | 40,978 | 149.0 | 41,294 | 168.7 | 48,854 | 202.6 | 95,306 | 486.8 | 43,985 | 85.1 | 25,607 | 109.0 | 174,027 | 166.9 |
| Drunkenness | 414,861 | 173.6 | 357,796 | 218.5 | 81,858 | 190.5 | 57,906 | 230.5 | 61,509 | 223.6 | 49,762 | 203.3 | 52,365 | 217.2 | 54,396 | 277.8 | 38,633 | 74.7 | 18,432 | 78.5 | 144,459 | 138.6 |
| Disorderly conduct | 449,694 | 188.2 | 381,490 | 233.0 | 85,312 | 198.6 | 46,587 | 185.4 | 59,378 | 215.9 | 52,106 | 212.8 | 62,196 | 258.0 | 75,911 | 387.7 | 46,743 | 90.4 | 21,461 | 91.4 | 177,018 | 169.8 |
| Vagrancy | 22,576 | 9.4 | 20,074 | 12.3 | 10,832 | 25.2 | 2,433 | 9.7 | 3,337 | 12.1 | 1,252 | 5.1 | 859 | 3.6 | 1,361 | 7.0 | 2,248 | 4.3 | 254 | 1.1 | 5,044 | 4.8 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,704,866 | 1,132.0 | 1,923,852 | 1,174.8 | 518,232 | 1,206.3 | 270,898 | 1,078.1 | 282,307 | 1,026.4 | 260,794 | 1,065.3 | 285,205 | 1,183.0 | 306,416 | 1,565.0 | 539,545 | 1,043.6 | 241,469 | 1,027.8 | 1,140,091 | 1,093.5 |
| Suspicion | 1,150 | 0.5 | 884 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 230 | 0.8 | 348 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.3 | 229 | 1.2 | 77 | 0.1 | 189 | 0.8 | 571 | 0.5 |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 59,399 | 24.9 | 55,325 | 33.8 | 28,715 | 66.8 | 5,211 | 20.7 | 6,398 | 23.3 | 4,897 | 20.0 | 5,150 | 21.4 | 4,954 | 25.3 | 3,705 | 7.2 | 369 | 1.6 | 14,453 | 13.9 |
- 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. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
- 2 Does not include suspicion.
- 3 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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