Table 31

Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2007
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]

Offense charged	Total (11,936 agencies; population 225,518,634)		Total cities (8,693 cities; population 157,420,952)		Cities												Counties				Suburban area¹ (6,470 agencies; population 98,929,880)
	Total (11,936 agencies; population 225,518,634)		Total cities (8,693 cities; population 157,420,952)		Group I (62 cities, 250,000 and over; population 41,493,234)		Group II (148 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 22,331,177)		Group III (391 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,043,535)		Group IV (686 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 23,604,891)		Group V (1,484 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 23,534,480)		Group VI (5,922 cities, under 10,000; population 19,413,635)		Metropolitan counties (1,311 agencies; population 47,357,825)		Nonmetropolitan counties (1,932 agencies; population 20,739,857)		Suburban area¹ (6,470 agencies; population 98,929,880)
	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate
TOTAL²	10,697,033	4,743.3	8,165,997	5,187.4	2,251,897	5,427.1	1,147,663	5,139.3	1,307,595	4,835.1	1,087,187	4,605.8	1,172,238	4,980.9	1,199,417	6,178.2	1,768,264	3,733.8	762,772	3,677.8	4,201,850	4,247.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	10,082	4.5	7,518	4.8	3,514	8.5	1,367	6.1	909	3.4	720	3.1	599	2.5	409	2.1	1,944	4.1	620	3.0	3,095	3.1
Forcible rape	17,444	7.7	12,853	8.2	4,266	10.3	1,945	8.7	1,828	6.8	1,643	7.0	1,606	6.8	1,565	8.1	3,043	6.4	1,548	7.5	6,302	6.4
Robbery	96,720	42.9	83,356	53.0	36,439	87.8	14,664	65.7	12,442	46.0	8,534	36.2	7,024	29.8	4,253	21.9	11,428	24.1	1,936	9.3	27,190	27.5
Aggravated assault	327,137	145.1	251,311	159.6	85,151	205.2	41,395	185.4	41,458	153.3	29,713	125.9	27,766	118.0	25,828	133.0	56,233	118.7	19,593	94.5	115,349	116.6
Burglary	228,846	101.5	171,476	108.9	46,126	111.2	30,457	136.4	30,697	113.5	21,430	90.8	22,545	95.8	20,221	104.2	39,235	82.8	18,135	87.4	84,443	85.4
Larceny-theft	897,626	398.0	761,461	483.7	183,677	442.7	114,655	513.4	139,495	515.8	122,022	516.9	114,446	486.3	87,166	449.0	105,297	222.3	30,868	148.8	340,518	344.2
Motor vehicle theft	89,022	39.5	70,482	44.8	32,190	77.6	10,948	49.0	9,221	34.1	6,080	25.8	6,163	26.2	5,880	30.3	13,938	29.4	4,602	22.2	26,932	27.2
Arson	11,451	5.1	8,414	5.3	1,900	4.6	1,297	5.8	1,406	5.2	1,126	4.8	1,304	5.5	1,381	7.1	2,153	4.5	884	4.3	4,853	4.9
Violent crime³	451,383	200.2	355,038	225.5	129,370	311.8	59,371	265.9	56,637	209.4	40,610	172.0	36,995	157.2	32,055	165.1	72,648	153.4	23,697	114.3	151,936	153.6
Property crime³	1,226,945	544.1	1,011,833	642.8	263,893	636.0	157,357	704.7	180,819	668.6	150,658	638.2	144,458	613.8	114,648	590.6	160,623	339.2	54,489	262.7	456,746	461.7
Other assaults	983,964	436.3	751,839	477.6	202,136	487.2	116,244	520.5	122,957	454.7	102,647	434.9	105,060	446.4	102,795	529.5	161,719	341.5	70,406	339.5	372,393	376.4
Forgery and counterfeiting	78,005	34.6	60,078	38.2	16,278	39.2	8,226	36.8	9,719	35.9	8,242	34.9	9,088	38.6	8,525	43.9	13,104	27.7	4,823	23.3	30,360	30.7
Fraud	185,229	82.1	105,543	67.0	17,384	41.9	11,674	52.3	17,369	64.2	15,200	64.4	19,390	82.4	24,526	126.3	51,702	109.2	27,984	134.9	88,486	89.4
Embezzlement	17,015	7.5	13,465	8.6	2,558	6.2	2,884	12.9	2,464	9.1	2,267	9.6	2,057	8.7	1,235	6.4	2,635	5.6	915	4.4	6,299	6.4
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	92,215	40.9	71,493	45.4	22,202	53.5	10,002	44.8	12,806	47.4	9,715	41.2	9,308	39.6	7,460	38.4	15,625	33.0	5,097	24.6	36,651	37.0
Vandalism	221,040	98.0	177,716	112.9	44,359	106.9	25,076	112.3	30,065	111.2	25,749	109.1	26,205	111.3	26,262	135.3	30,259	63.9	13,065	63.0	85,621	86.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	142,745	63.3	114,494	72.7	44,016	106.1	17,799	79.7	17,052	63.1	12,484	52.9	11,392	48.4	11,751	60.5	21,066	44.5	7,185	34.6	47,877	48.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	59,390	26.3	56,745	36.0	39,411	95.0	8,150	36.5	4,976	18.4	2,742	11.6	917	3.9	549	2.8	2,484	5.2	161	0.8	6,126	6.2
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	62,756	27.8	45,134	28.7	16,130	38.9	6,151	27.5	7,101	26.3	5,395	22.9	5,289	22.5	5,068	26.1	12,065	25.5	5,557	26.8	23,328	23.6
Drug abuse violations	1,386,394	614.8	1,073,890	682.2	386,211	930.8	157,505	705.3	163,400	604.2	120,878	512.1	120,898	513.7	124,998	643.9	222,026	468.8	90,478	436.3	493,774	499.1
Gambling	9,152	4.1	8,249	5.2	6,571	15.8	565	2.5	265	1.0	262	1.1	237	1.0	349	1.8	601	1.3	302	1.5	1,224	1.2
Offenses against the family and children	88,887	39.4	40,471	25.7	5,260	12.7	6,132	27.5	7,240	26.8	7,305	30.9	7,524	32.0	7,010	36.1	35,576	75.1	12,840	61.9	50,682	51.2
Driving under the influence	1,055,981	468.2	676,504	429.7	134,078	323.1	80,984	362.6	103,658	383.3	100,210	424.5	122,434	520.2	135,140	696.1	241,360	509.7	138,117	665.9	496,340	501.7
Liquor laws	478,671	212.3	387,504	246.2	61,414	148.0	45,665	204.5	57,947	214.3	54,992	233.0	69,557	295.6	97,929	504.4	55,089	116.3	36,078	174.0	196,312	198.4
Drunkenness	451,055	200.0	392,586	249.4	96,307	232.1	59,509	266.5	67,020	247.8	53,374	226.1	58,422	248.2	57,954	298.5	40,058	84.6	18,411	88.8	153,383	155.0
Disorderly conduct	540,270	239.6	467,398	296.9	110,192	265.6	56,362	252.4	71,853	265.7	62,001	262.7	75,167	319.4	91,823	473.0	49,347	104.2	23,525	113.4	208,355	210.6
Vagrancy	25,631	11.4	22,932	14.6	13,579	32.7	2,500	11.2	2,371	8.8	1,960	8.3	948	4.0	1,574	8.1	2,482	5.2	217	1.0	6,001	6.1
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,948,031	1,307.2	2,163,947	1,374.6	565,534	1,363.0	295,877	1,325.0	344,965	1,275.6	293,614	1,243.9	330,320	1,403.6	333,637	1,718.6	558,677	1,179.7	225,407	1,086.8	1,238,040	1,251.4
Suspicion	1,589	0.7	899	0.6	0	0.0	6	0.0	176	0.7	246	1.0	148	0.6	323	1.7	617	1.3	73	0.4	1,152	1.2
Curfew and loitering law violations	109,815	48.7	105,534	67.0	56,691	136.6	9,446	42.3	13,793	51.0	7,969	33.8	8,896	37.8	8,739	45.0	3,873	8.2	408	2.0	22,785	23.0
Runaways	82,459	36.6	63,604	40.4	18,323	44.2	10,184	45.6	13,118	48.5	8,913	37.8	7,676	32.6	5,390	27.8	15,245	32.2	3,610	17.4	29,131	29.4

¹ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes 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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