FBI Seal Crime in the United States, 2002 Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Table 31

Number and Rate of Arrests

by Population Group, 2002
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
     
Cities
Counties
Offense charged
Total
(10,372 agencies;
population 205,122,185)
Total cities
(7,507 cities;
population 142,375,961)
Group I
(54 cities,
250,000 and
over;
population
38,631,295)
Group II
(134 cities,
100,000 to
249,999;
population
20,337,915)
Group III
(322 cities,
50,000 to
99,999;
population
22,278,495)
Group IV
(625 cities,
25,000 to
49,999;
population
21,842,796)
Group V
(1,368 cities,
10,000 to
24,999;
population
21,747,999)
Group VI
(5,004 cities,
under
10,000;
population
17,537,461)
Suburban
counties1
(916 agencies;
population 40,822,218)
Rural counties
(1,949
agencies;
population
21,924,006)
Suburban
area2
(5,060
agencies;
population
85,923,394)
TOTAL3 9,811,831 7,361,064 2,124,721 994,018 1,094,374 975,460 1,056,146 1,116,345 1,568,199 882,568 3,627,108
Rate 4,783.4 5,170.2 5,500.0 4,887.5 4,912.2 4,465.8 4,856.3 6,365.5 3,841.5 4,025.6 4,221.3
                       
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,107 7,467 4,022 1,093 862 529 471 490 1,754 886 2,660
Rate 4.9 5.2 10.4 5.4 3.9 2.4 2.2 2.8 4.3 4.0 3.1
Forcible rape 20,162 14,515 4,980 2,059 2,062 1,797 1,857 1,760 3,476 2,171 6,893
Rate 9.8 10.2 12.9 10.1 9.3 8.2 8.5 10.0 8.5 9.9 8.0
Robbery 77,342 66,834 29,940 11,185 9,638 6,858 5,682 3,531 8,494 2,014 20,577
Rate 37.7 46.9 77.5 55.0 43.3 31.4 26.1 20.1 20.8 9.2 23.9
Aggravated assault 339,437 260,392 99,328 41,276 37,833 30,000 26,458 25,497 55,158 23,887 110,807
Rate 165.5 182.9 257.1 203.0 169.8 137.3 121.7 145.4 135.1 109.0 129.0
Burglary 206,136 151,343 42,217 25,095 25,204 19,458 19,884 19,485 33,920 20,873 72,415
Rate 100.5 106.3 109.3 123.4 113.1 89.1 91.4 111.1 83.1 95.2 84.3
Larceny-theft 845,009 716,186 188,616 106,453 122,677 108,759 109,372 80,309 95,596 33,227 293,756
Rate 412.0 503.0 488.2 523.4 550.7 497.9 502.9 457.9 234.2 151.6 341.9
Motor vehicle theft 107,187 85,662 42,141 12,934 9,569 6,953 7,058 7,007 15,052 6,473 29,520
Rate 52.3 60.2 109.1 63.6 43.0 31.8 32.5 40.0 36.9 29.5 34.4
Arson 11,833 8,372 2,064 1,242 1,273 1,152 1,371 1,270 2,392 1,069 4,894
Rate 5.8 5.9 5.3 6.1 5.7 5.3 6.3 7.2 5.9 4.9 5.7
Violent crime4 447,048 349,208 138,270 55,613 50,395 39,184 34,468 31,278 68,882 28,958 140,937
Rate 217.9 245.3 357.9 273.4 226.2 179.4 158.5 178.3 168.7 132.1 164.0
Property crime5 1,170,165 961,563 275,038 145,724 158,723 136,322 137,685 108,071 146,960 61,642 400,585
Rate 570.5 675.4 712.0 716.5 712.4 624.1 633.1 616.2 360.0 281.2 466.2
Crime Index6 1,617,213 1,310,771 413,308 201,337 209,118 175,506 172,153 139,349 215,842 90,600 541,522
Rate 788.4 920.6 1,069.9 990.0 938.7 803.5 791.6 794.6 528.7 413.2 630.2
Other assaults 921,676 691,820 201,815 103,551 100,389 91,462 96,509 98,094 151,178 78,678 329,934
Rate 449.3 485.9 522.4 509.2 450.6 418.7 443.8 559.3 370.3 358.9 384.0
Forgery and counterfeiting 83,111 63,725 15,285 9,175 10,653 9,329 10,627 8,656 12,866 6,520 30,751
Rate 40.5 44.8 39.6 45.1 47.8 42.7 48.9 49.4 31.5 29.7 35.8
Fraud 233,087 121,969 18,506 13,595 18,624 18,389 25,464 27,391 71,794 39,324 112,608
Rate 113.6 85.7 47.9 66.8 83.6 84.2 117.1 156.2 175.9 179.4 131.1
Embezzlement 13,416 10,337 2,005 1,848 2,209 1,578 1,606 1,091 2,151 928 4,727
Rate 6.5 7.3 5.2 9.1 9.9 7.2 7.4 6.2 5.3 4.2 5.5
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 91,280 71,788 22,776 10,286 12,384 10,287 9,034 7,021 13,977 5,515 33,825
Rate 44.5 50.4 59.0 50.6 55.6 47.1 41.5 40.0 34.2 25.2 39.4
Vandalism 198,550 155,656 40,568 21,305 23,714 21,473 24,252 24,344 27,787 15,107 72,884
Rate 96.8 109.3 105.0 104.8 106.4 98.3 111.5 138.8 68.1 68.9 84.8
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 118,312 93,030 34,824 14,098 13,284 10,551 9,767 10,506 17,307 7,975 38,959
Rate 57.7 65.3 90.1 69.3 59.6 48.3 44.9 59.9 42.4 36.4 45.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 58,758 56,686 40,661 8,620 4,189 2,062 862 292 1,929 143 4,773
Rate 28.6 39.8 105.3 42.4 18.8 9.4 4.0 1.7 4.7 0.7 5.6
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 67,833 49,745 19,639 6,735 7,164 5,653 5,471 5,083 11,865 6,223 22,771
Rate 33.1 34.9 50.8 33.1 32.2 25.9 25.2 29.0 29.1 28.4 26.5
Drug abuse violations 1,103,017 838,900 305,079 130,137 118,287 97,171 92,402 95,824 172,912 91,205 372,988
Rate 537.7 589.2 789.7 639.9 530.9 444.9 424.9 546.4 423.6 416.0 434.1
Gambling 7,525 6,216 4,222 439 618 264 296 377 658 651 1,281
Rate 3.7 4.4 10.9 2.2 2.8 1.2 1.4 2.1 1.6 3.0 1.5
Offenses against the family and children 97,716 53,532 10,108 6,588 9,340 9,117 9,656 8,723 29,443 14,741 47,539
Rate 47.6 37.6 26.2 32.4 41.9 41.7 44.4 49.7 72.1 67.2 55.3
Driving under the influence 1,020,377 632,092 133,013 70,136 84,470 93,099 115,918 135,456 215,764 172,521 442,751
Rate 497.4 444.0 344.3 344.9 379.2 426.2 533.0 772.4 528.5 786.9 515.3
Liquor laws 463,849 368,132 60,397 36,373 53,809 46,070 69,035 102,448 49,729 45,988 176,569
Rate 226.1 258.6 156.3 178.8 241.5 210.9 317.4 584.2 121.8 209.8 205.5
Drunkenness 413,808 347,469 83,907 49,505 51,344 49,840 53,590 59,283 41,471 24,868 140,222
Rate 201.7 244.1 217.2 243.4 230.5 228.2 246.4 338.0 101.6 113.4 163.2
Disorderly conduct 482,827 415,817 101,985 43,442 62,883 53,946 71,839 81,722 40,754 26,256 174,655
Rate 235.4 292.1 264.0 213.6 282.3 247.0 330.3 466.0 99.8 119.8 203.3
Vagrancy 19,678 17,378 9,294 1,995 1,621 946 1,388 2,134 1,713 587 4,941
Rate 9.6 12.2 24.1 9.8 7.3 4.3 6.4 12.2 4.2 2.7 5.8
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,606,294 1,892,117 541,924 245,919 284,227 261,584 265,427 293,036 466,910 247,267 1,018,349
Rate 1,270.6 1,329.0 1,402.8 1,209.2 1,275.8 1,197.6 1,220.5 1,670.9 1,143.8 1,127.8 1,185.2
Suspicion 7,670 6,781 4,887 274 315 224 593 488 730 159 1,617
Rate 3.7 4.8 12.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 2.7 2.8 1.8 0.7 1.9
Curfew and loitering law violations 103,155 97,467 49,158 6,936 13,397 7,998 10,888 9,090 4,654 1,034 22,511
Rate 50.3 68.5 127.2 34.1 60.1 36.6 50.1 51.8 11.4 4.7 26.2
Runaways 90,349 66,417 16,247 11,998 12,650 9,135 9,962 6,425 17,495 6,437 32,548
Rate 44.0 46.6 42.1 59.0 56.8 41.8 45.8 36.6 42.9 29.4 37.9