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Arrest Trends
Metropolitan Counties
by Sex, 2005-2006

The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

General comments

• This 2-year trend table provides the number of males and females arrested in metropolitan counties in 2005 and 2006 and the percent change when the data for these 2 years are compared.  The table also furnishes a breakdown of these data by gender for juveniles (persons under age 18).
• The Metropolitan Counties classification encompasses jurisdictions covered by noncity law enforcement agencies located within currently designated Metropolitan Statistical Areas.  (See Area Definitions.)
• These data represent the number of persons arrested; however, some persons may be arrested more than once during a year.  Therefore, the statistics in this table could, in some cases, represent multiple arrests of the same person.

Methodology

The data used in creating this table were from all metropolitan county law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of arrest data for both 2005 and 2006.

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 counties by applying the 2006 state growth rate to the updated 2005 U.S. Census Bureau data.  Similarly, the FBI estimated 2005 population figures for counties by applying the 2005 state growth rates to the updated 2004 U.S. Census Bureau data.  The 2005 state growth rate was  based on the difference between the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2004 revised population estimates and 2005 provisional population estimates.

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.

U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation