Table 49, Data Declaration
Arrests, City, by Race, 2005
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The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
General comments
- This table provides the number of persons arrested in cities, broken down by race. It also furnishes the percent distribution for each offense and a breakdown of these data by race for juveniles (persons under 18) and adults.
- Because some persons may be arrested more than once during a year, the statistics in this table could, in some cases, represent multiple arrests of the same person.
- The totals provided in this table reflect only those persons arrested for whom law enforcement agencies provided race information to the UCR Program; therefore, the totals may not match those shown in other arrest tables for cities.
- City law enforcement agencies are defined as all agencies within Population Groups I-VI. (See Area Definitions.)
Methodology
The data used in creating this table were from city law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of complete arrest data, including race information, for 2005.
Population estimation
The FBI calculated 2005 state growth rates using revised 2004 state/national population estimates and 2005 provisional state/national population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The FBI then estimated population figures for city jurisdictions by applying the 2005 state growth rate to the updated 2004 U.S. Census Bureau data.
If you have questions about this table
Contact the Communications Unit of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625-4995.
