FBI Seal Crime in the United States, 2002 Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Table 42

Arrests

by Sex, 2002
[10,372 agencies; 2002 estimated population 205,122,185]
 
Number of persons arrested
   
Percent distribution1
Offense charged
Total
Male
Female
Percent
male
Percent
female
Total
Male
Female
TOTAL 9,819,501 7,559,435 2,260,066 77.0 23.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
                 
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,107 9,015 1,092 89.2 10.8 0.1 0.1 *
Forcible rape 20,162 19,884 278 98.6 1.4 0.2 0.3 *
Robbery 77,342 69,369 7,973 89.7 10.3 0.8 0.9 0.4
Aggravated assault 339,437 270,905 68,532 79.8 20.2 3.5 3.6 3.0
Burglary 206,136 178,806 27,330 86.7 13.3 2.1 2.4 1.2
Larceny-theft 845,009 532,274 312,735 63.0 37.0 8.6 7.0 13.8
Motor vehicle theft 107,187 89,463 17,724 83.5 16.5 1.1 1.2 0.8
Arson 11,833 10,031 1,802 84.8 15.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Violent crime2 447,048 369,173 77,875 82.6 17.4 4.6 4.9 3.4
Property crime3 1,170,165 810,574 359,591 69.3 30.7 11.9 10.7 15.9
Crime Index4 1,617,213 1,179,747 437,466 72.9 27.1 16.5 15.6 19.4
Other assaults 921,676 701,562 220,114 76.1 23.9 9.4 9.3 9.7
Forgery and counterfeiting 83,111 49,788 33,323 59.9 40.1 0.8 0.7 1.5
Fraud 233,087 127,896 105,191 54.9 45.1 2.4 1.7 4.7
Embezzlement 13,416 6,740 6,676 50.2 49.8 0.1 0.1 0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 91,280 74,958 16,322 82.1 17.9 0.9 1.0 0.7
Vandalism 198,550 165,574 32,976 83.4 16.6 2.0 2.2 1.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 118,312 108,759 9,553 91.9 8.1 1.2 1.4 0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice 58,758 20,127 38,631 34.3 65.7 0.6 0.3 1.7
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 67,833 62,234 5,599 91.7 8.3 0.7 0.8 0.2
Drug abuse violations 1,103,017 903,656 199,361 81.9 18.1 11.2 12.0 8.8
Gambling 7,525 6,749 776 89.7 10.3 0.1 0.1 *
Offenses against the family and children 97,716 73,756 23,960 75.5 24.5 1.0 1.0 1.1
Driving under the influence 1,020,377 842,770 177,607 82.6 17.4 10.4 11.1 7.9
Liquor laws 463,849 348,869 114,980 75.2 24.8 4.7 4.6 5.1
Drunkenness 413,808 355,973 57,835 86.0 14.0 4.2 4.7 2.6
Disorderly conduct 482,827 364,695 118,132 75.5 24.5 4.9 4.8 5.2
Vagrancy 19,678 16,158 3,520 82.1 17.9 0.2 0.2 0.2
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,606,294 2,036,108 570,186 78.1 21.9 26.5 26.9 25.2
Suspicion 7,670 6,103 1,567 79.6 20.4 0.1 0.1 0.1
Curfew and loitering law violations 103,155 70,874 32,281 68.7 31.3 1.1 0.9 1.4
Runaways 90,349 36,339 54,010 40.2 59.8 0.9 0.5 2.4