Estimated Number of Arrests
United States, 2006
The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.
General comments
This table provides the estimated number of arrests for 29 separate UCR offenses for the United States. This is the only table in this publication which supplies estimated data for arrests.
Methodology
The data used in creating the estimates for this table were from all law enforcement agencies that provided data to the UCR Program (including those submitting less than 12 months of complete arrest data for 2006).
Arrest Estimation
- The arrest totals presented are national estimates based on the arrest statistics of all
law enforcement agencies that provided data to the UCR Program (including those
submitting less than 12 months of data).
- The estimated total number of arrests in this table is the sum of estimated arrest
volumes for 28 offenses, not including suspicion.
- The arrest data for each of the individual offenses in this table is the sum of the
estimated volumes within each of the eight population groups. (See the Area
Definitions.)
- The FBI calculated each of the eight population group’s arrest estimates by dividing
the reported volume figures (as shown in Table 31) by the contributing agencies’ jurisdictional populations. The resulting figure was then multiplied by the total
population for each population group as estimated by the Program.
Population estimation
The FBI calculated 2006 state growth rates using revised 2005 state/national
population estimates and 2006 provisional state/national population estimates provided
by the U.S. Census Bureau. The FBI then estimated population figures for the Nation by
applying the 2006 state growth rate to the updated 2005 U.S. Census Bureau data.
If you have questions about this table
Contact the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625‑4995.