FBI Seal Crime in the United States, 2002 Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Table 66

Arrests

Suburban Areas1
by Sex, 2002
[5,060 agencies; 2002 estimated population 85,923,934]
 
Number of persons arrested
   
Percent distribution2
Offense charged
Total
Male
Female
Percent
male
Percent
female
Total
Male
Female
TOTAL 3,628,725 2,789,848 838,877 76.9 23.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
                 
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,660 2,290 370 86.1 13.9 0.1 0.1 *
Forcible rape 6,893 6,813 80 98.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 *
Robbery 20,577 18,397 2,180 89.4 10.6 0.6 0.7 0.3
Aggravated assault 110,807 89,568 21,239 80.8 19.2 3.1 3.2 2.5
Burglary 72,415 63,444 8,971 87.6 12.4 2.0 2.3 1.1
Larceny-theft 293,756 185,275 108,481 63.1 36.9 8.1 6.6 12.9
Motor vehicle theft 29,520 24,701 4,819 83.7 16.3 0.8 0.9 0.6
Arson 4,894 4,239 655 86.6 13.4 0.1 0.2 0.1
Violent crime3 140,937 117,068 23,869 83.1 16.9 3.9 4.2 2.8
Property crime4 400,585 277,659 122,926 69.3 30.7 11.0 10.0 14.7
Crime Index5 541,522 394,727 146,795 72.9 27.1 14.9 14.1 17.5
Other assaults 329,934 249,781 80,153 75.7 24.3 9.1 9.0 9.6
Forgery and counterfeiting 30,751 18,676 12,075 60.7 39.3 0.8 0.7 1.4
Fraud 112,608 60,734 51,874 53.9 46.1 3.1 2.2 6.2
Embezzlement 4,727 2,375 2,352 50.2 49.8 0.1 0.1 0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 33,825 27,756 6,069 82.1 17.9 0.9 1.0 0.7
Vandalism 72,884 61,605 11,279 84.5 15.5 2.0 2.2 1.3
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 38,959 35,629 3,330 91.5 8.5 1.1 1.3 0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice 4,773 2,150 2,623 45.0 55.0 0.1 0.1 0.3
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 22,771 21,573 1,198 94.7 5.3 0.6 0.8 0.1
Drug abuse violations 372,988 303,862 69,126 81.5 18.5 10.3 10.9 8.2
Gambling 1,281 1,035 246 80.8 19.2 * * *
Offenses against the family and children 47,539 37,449 10,090 78.8 21.2 1.3 1.3 1.2
Driving under the influence 442,751 363,493 79,258 82.1 17.9 12.2 13.0 9.4
Liquor laws 176,569 131,374 45,195 74.4 25.6 4.9 4.7 5.4
Drunkenness 140,222 118,735 21,487 84.7 15.3 3.9 4.3 2.6
Disorderly conduct 174,655 131,265 43,390 75.2 24.8 4.8 4.7 5.2
Vagrancy 4,941 4,097 844 82.9 17.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,018,349 793,434 224,915 77.9 22.1 28.1 28.4 26.8
Suspicion 1,617 1,258 359 77.8 22.2 * * *
Curfew and loitering law violations 22,511 15,275 7,236 67.9 32.1 0.6 0.5 0.9
Runaways 32,548 13,565 18,983 41.7 58.3 0.9 0.5 2.3