FBI Seal Crime in the United States, 2002 Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Table 59

Arrests

Rural Counties
of Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2002
[1,949 agencies; 2002 estimated population 21,924,006]
  
Number of persons arrested
Percent of total all ages
Offense charged
Total
all ages
Under 15
Under 18
Under 21
Under 25
Under 15
Under 18
Under 21
Under 25
TOTAL 882,727 22,155 90,192 221,753 357,148 2.5 10.2 25.1 40.5
                   
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 886 12 64 179 337 1.4 7.2 20.2 38.0
Forcible rape 2,171 102 301 676 982 4.7 13.9 31.1 45.2
Robbery 2,014 25 222 750 1,198 1.2 11.0 37.2 59.5
Aggravated assault 23,887 661 2,186 4,845 8,287 2.8 9.2 20.3 34.7
Burglary 20,873 1,609 5,424 10,595 13,785 7.7 26.0 50.8 66.0
Larceny-theft 33,227 2,330 7,305 13,375 18,069 7.0 22.0 40.3 54.4
Motor vehicle theft 6,473 530 2,041 3,268 4,169 8.2 31.5 50.5 64.4
Arson 1,069 174 321 481 597 16.3 30.0 45.0 55.8
Violent crime1 28,958 800 2,773 6,450 10,804 2.8 9.6 22.3 37.3
Property crime2 61,642 4,643 15,091 27,719 36,620 7.5 24.5 45.0 59.4
Crime Index3 90,600 5,443 17,864 34,169 47,424 6.0 19.7 37.7 52.3
Other assaults 78,678 3,142 9,260 16,901 26,936 4.0 11.8 21.5 34.2
Forgery and counterfeiting 6,520 24 264 1,115 2,379 0.4 4.0 17.1 36.5
Fraud 39,324 60 487 3,700 9,836 0.2 1.2 9.4 25.0
Embezzlement 928 1 36 131 254 0.1 3.9 14.1 27.4
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 5,515 134 669 1,851 2,790 2.4 12.1 33.6 50.6
Vandalism 15,107 1,813 4,919 7,827 9,802 12.0 32.6 51.8 64.9
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 7,975 288 929 1,962 3,157 3.6 11.6 24.6 39.6
Prostitution and commercialized vice 143 1 12 25 51 0.7 8.4 17.5 35.7
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 6,223 620 1,289 2,162 2,891 10.0 20.7 34.7 46.5  
Drug abuse violations 91,205 985 7,358 25,629 43,238 1.1 8.1 28.1 47.4
Gambling 651 2 11 108 226 0.3 1.7 16.6 34.7
Offenses against the family and children 14,741 180 555 1,379 3,104 1.2 3.8 9.4 21.1
Driving under the influence 172,521 52 2,694 18,704 46,551 * 1.6 10.8 27.0
Liquor laws 45,988 885 12,135 35,372 38,590 1.9 26.4 76.9 83.9
Drunkenness 24,868 64 654 3,442 7,172 0.3 2.6 13.8 28.8
Disorderly conduct 26,256 1,988 5,803 9,059 12,638 7.6 22.1 34.5 48.1
Vagrancy 587 52 261 291 334 8.9 44.5 49.6 56.9
All other offenses (except traffic) 247,267 4,072 17,492 50,405 92,221 1.6 7.1 20.4 37.3
Suspicion 159 12 29 50 83 7.5 18.2 31.4 52.2
Curfew and loitering law violations 1,034 267 1,034 1,034 1,034 25.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Runaways 6,437 2,070 6,437 6,437 6,437 32.2 100.0 100.0 100.0