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Table 50

Arrest Trends

Suburban Counties, 2001-2002
[793 agencies; 2002 estimated population 37,206,488; 2001 estimated population 37,000,588]

 
Number of persons arrested
 
Total all ages
Under 18 years of age
18 years of age and over
Offense charged
2001
2002
Percent
change
2001
2002
Percent
change
2001
2002
Percent
change
TOTAL1 1,410,244 1,429,611 +1.4 190,553 185,198 -2.8 1,219,691 1,244,413 +2.0
                 
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,404 1,561 +11.2 91 100 +9.9 1,313 1,461 +11.3
Forcible rape 3,021 3,177 +5.2 473 486 +2.7 2,548 2,691 +5.6
Robbery 7,477 7,676 +2.7 1,504 1,557 +3.5 5,973 6,119 +2.4
Aggravated assault 51,006 51,241 +0.5 6,036 6,081 +0.7 44,970 45,160 +0.4
Burglary 31,263 30,819 -1.4 9,575 8,998 -6.0 21,688 21,821 +0.6
Larceny-theft 85,772 86,479 +0.8 22,239 22,055 -0.8 63,533 64,424 +1.4
Motor vehicle theft 13,572 14,126 +4.1 3,752 3,410 -9.1 9,820 10,716 +9.1
Arson 2,236 2,230 -0.3 1,051 996 -5.2 1,185 1,234 +4.1
Violent crime2 62,908 63,655 +1.2 8,104 8,224 +1.5 54,804 55,431 +1.1
Property crime3 132,843 133,654 +0.6 36,617 35,459 -3.2 96,226 98,195 +2.0
Crime Index4 195,751 197,309 +0.8 44,721 43,683 -2.3 151,030 153,626 +1.7
Other assaults 136,912 138,806 +1.4 24,562 24,965 +1.6 112,350 113,841 +1.3
Forgery and counterfeiting 11,419 11,188 -2.0 517 452 -12.6 10,902 10,736 -1.5
Fraud 57,765 60,232 +4.3 885 778 -12.1 56,880 59,454 +4.5
Embezzlement 2,186 2,101 -3.9 140 119 -15.0 2,046 1,982 -3.1
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 11,823 12,394 +4.8 1,902 2,019 +6.2 9,921 10,375 +4.6
Vandalism 24,288 25,366 +4.4 9,498 9,430 -0.7 14,790 15,936 +7.7
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 15,993 15,992 * 3,266 3,075 -5.8 12,727 12,917 +1.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,047 1,828 -10.7 55 52 -5.5 1,992 1,776 -10.8
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 9,835 10,293 +4.7 2,011 2,033 +1.1 7,824 8,260 +5.6
Drug abuse violations 162,988 160,398 -1.6 17,952 16,396 -8.7 145,036 144,002 -0.7
Gambling 345 496 +43.8 32 24 -25.0 313 472 +50.8
Offenses against the family and children 26,201 26,633 +1.6 841 1,051 +25.0 25,360 25,582 +0.9
Driving under the influence 200,085 202,464 +1.2 2,177 2,225 +2.2 197,908 200,239 +1.2
Liquor laws 47,947 43,905 -8.4 12,705 12,087 -4.9 35,242 31,818 -9.7
Drunkenness 42,302 40,048 -5.3 1,280 1,227 -4.1 41,022 38,821 -5.4
Disorderly conduct 34,305 33,879 -1.2 10,322 10,634 +3.0 23,983 23,245 -3.1
Vagrancy 1,064 1,515 +42.4 179 112 -37.4 885 1,403 +58.5
All other offenses (except traffic) 404,750 424,563 +4.9 35,270 34,635 -1.8 369,480 389,928 +5.5
Suspicion 185 703 +280.0 135 62 -54.1 50 641 +1,182.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 4,879 4,065 -16.7 4,879 4,065 -16.7 - - -
Runaways 17,359 16,136 -7.0 17,359 16,136 -7.0 - - -