Table 31
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2010
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged |
Total (12,222 agencies; population 240,103,394) |
Total cities (8,912 cities; population 165,417,960) |
Cities | Counties |
Suburban areas1 (6,634 agencies; population 106,002,095) |
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Group I (62 cities, 250,000 and over; population 43,269,361) |
Group II (169 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 24,902,643) |
Group III (406 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,899,693) |
Group IV (707 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 24,374,008) |
Group V (1,575 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 25,033,333) |
Group VI (5,993 cities, under 10,000; population 19,938,922) |
Metropolitan counties (1,352 agencies; population 52,433,613) |
Nonmetropolitan counties (1,958 agencies; population 22,251,821) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL2 | 10,222,654 | 4,257.6 | 7,598,178 | 4,593.3 | 2,053,643 | 4,746.2 | 1,096,552 | 4,403.4 | 1,211,726 | 4,343.2 | 1,002,986 | 4,115.0 | 1,110,545 | 4,436.3 | 1,122,726 | 5,630.8 | 1,815,350 | 3,462.2 | 809,126 | 3,636.2 | 4,096,307 | 3,864.4 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,667 | 3.6 | 6,373 | 3.9 | 2,820 | 6.5 | 1,035 | 4.2 | 961 | 3.4 | 610 | 2.5 | 610 | 2.4 | 337 | 1.7 | 1,657 | 3.2 | 637 | 2.9 | 2,679 | 2.5 |
Forcible rape | 15,586 | 6.5 | 11,424 | 6.9 | 3,940 | 9.1 | 1,634 | 6.6 | 1,727 | 6.2 | 1,370 | 5.6 | 1,375 | 5.5 | 1,378 | 6.9 | 2,679 | 5.1 | 1,483 | 6.7 | 5,449 | 5.1 |
Robbery | 87,771 | 36.6 | 74,578 | 45.1 | 32,103 | 74.2 | 12,789 | 51.4 | 11,343 | 40.7 | 7,742 | 31.8 | 6,751 | 27.0 | 3,850 | 19.3 | 11,108 | 21.2 | 2,085 | 9.4 | 25,602 | 24.2 |
Aggravated assault | 318,340 | 132.6 | 240,134 | 145.2 | 80,205 | 185.4 | 41,267 | 165.7 | 40,649 | 145.7 | 27,313 | 112.1 | 27,031 | 108.0 | 23,669 | 118.7 | 58,440 | 111.5 | 19,766 | 88.8 | 113,187 | 106.8 |
Burglary | 226,325 | 94.3 | 166,483 | 100.6 | 43,850 | 101.3 | 29,569 | 118.7 | 29,782 | 106.7 | 21,260 | 87.2 | 22,849 | 91.3 | 19,173 | 96.2 | 40,413 | 77.1 | 19,429 | 87.3 | 85,116 | 80.3 |
Larceny-theft | 1,002,466 | 417.5 | 836,119 | 505.5 | 195,675 | 452.2 | 128,138 | 514.6 | 146,545 | 525.3 | 133,850 | 549.2 | 132,989 | 531.2 | 98,922 | 496.1 | 129,188 | 246.4 | 37,159 | 167.0 | 392,605 | 370.4 |
Motor vehicle theft | 55,426 | 23.1 | 41,138 | 24.9 | 16,274 | 37.6 | 6,962 | 28.0 | 5,736 | 20.6 | 3,909 | 16.0 | 4,303 | 17.2 | 3,954 | 19.8 | 10,432 | 19.9 | 3,856 | 17.3 | 18,921 | 17.8 |
Arson | 8,806 | 3.7 | 6,487 | 3.9 | 1,470 | 3.4 | 937 | 3.8 | 1,137 | 4.1 | 858 | 3.5 | 1,011 | 4.0 | 1,074 | 5.4 | 1,524 | 2.9 | 795 | 3.6 | 3,669 | 3.5 |
Violent crime3 | 430,364 | 179.2 | 332,509 | 201.0 | 119,068 | 275.2 | 56,725 | 227.8 | 54,680 | 196.0 | 37,035 | 151.9 | 35,767 | 142.9 | 29,234 | 146.6 | 73,884 | 140.9 | 23,971 | 107.7 | 146,917 | 138.6 |
Property crime3 | 1,293,023 | 538.5 | 1,050,227 | 634.9 | 257,269 | 594.6 | 165,606 | 665.0 | 183,200 | 656.6 | 159,877 | 655.9 | 161,152 | 643.7 | 123,123 | 617.5 | 181,557 | 346.3 | 61,239 | 275.2 | 500,311 | 472.0 |
Other assaults | 1,008,509 | 420.0 | 758,138 | 458.3 | 204,418 | 472.4 | 121,628 | 488.4 | 120,166 | 430.7 | 102,006 | 418.5 | 108,509 | 433.5 | 101,411 | 508.6 | 175,126 | 334.0 | 75,245 | 338.2 | 388,235 | 366.3 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 60,841 | 25.3 | 44,909 | 27.1 | 11,186 | 25.9 | 6,038 | 24.2 | 7,084 | 25.4 | 6,277 | 25.8 | 7,633 | 30.5 | 6,691 | 33.6 | 11,735 | 22.4 | 4,197 | 18.9 | 26,004 | 24.5 |
Fraud | 144,956 | 60.4 | 90,104 | 54.5 | 18,080 | 41.8 | 11,649 | 46.8 | 13,190 | 47.3 | 13,288 | 54.5 | 14,352 | 57.3 | 19,545 | 98.0 | 35,737 | 68.2 | 19,115 | 85.9 | 67,273 | 63.5 |
Embezzlement | 13,020 | 5.4 | 9,640 | 5.8 | 1,956 | 4.5 | 1,789 | 7.2 | 1,702 | 6.1 | 1,549 | 6.4 | 1,463 | 5.8 | 1,181 | 5.9 | 2,393 | 4.6 | 987 | 4.4 | 5,155 | 4.9 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 74,313 | 31.0 | 55,086 | 33.3 | 12,739 | 29.4 | 8,357 | 33.6 | 10,699 | 38.3 | 8,166 | 33.5 | 8,724 | 34.8 | 6,401 | 32.1 | 14,235 | 27.1 | 4,992 | 22.4 | 32,399 | 30.6 |
Vandalism | 197,850 | 82.4 | 155,565 | 94.0 | 39,868 | 92.1 | 22,659 | 91.0 | 26,441 | 94.8 | 21,600 | 88.6 | 22,584 | 90.2 | 22,413 | 112.4 | 30,077 | 57.4 | 12,208 | 54.9 | 76,171 | 71.9 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 123,719 | 51.5 | 97,015 | 58.6 | 37,563 | 86.8 | 15,167 | 60.9 | 14,787 | 53.0 | 10,015 | 41.1 | 9,657 | 38.6 | 9,826 | 49.3 | 19,868 | 37.9 | 6,836 | 30.7 | 42,133 | 39.7 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 48,281 | 20.1 | 45,248 | 27.4 | 32,306 | 74.7 | 6,278 | 25.2 | 3,200 | 11.5 | 2,059 | 8.4 | 932 | 3.7 | 473 | 2.4 | 2,822 | 5.4 | 211 | 0.9 | 5,918 | 5.6 |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 56,332 | 23.5 | 39,756 | 24.0 | 13,290 | 30.7 | 5,401 | 21.7 | 6,241 | 22.4 | 4,930 | 20.2 | 4,963 | 19.8 | 4,931 | 24.7 | 11,502 | 21.9 | 5,074 | 22.8 | 22,011 | 20.8 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,273,963 | 530.6 | 943,847 | 570.6 | 307,848 | 711.5 | 141,187 | 567.0 | 150,731 | 540.3 | 110,419 | 453.0 | 112,774 | 450.5 | 120,888 | 606.3 | 231,600 | 441.7 | 98,516 | 442.7 | 486,332 | 458.8 |
Gambling | 7,533 | 3.1 | 6,152 | 3.7 | 4,637 | 10.7 | 427 | 1.7 | 183 | 0.7 | 118 | 0.5 | 445 | 1.8 | 342 | 1.7 | 1,190 | 2.3 | 191 | 0.9 | 1,558 | 1.5 |
Offenses against the family and children | 85,213 | 35.5 | 41,654 | 25.2 | 6,288 | 14.5 | 6,890 | 27.7 | 6,734 | 24.1 | 6,811 | 27.9 | 7,728 | 30.9 | 7,203 | 36.1 | 31,142 | 59.4 | 12,417 | 55.8 | 45,174 | 42.6 |
Driving under the influence | 1,087,987 | 453.1 | 646,531 | 390.8 | 144,490 | 333.9 | 80,007 | 321.3 | 99,563 | 356.9 | 89,479 | 367.1 | 110,915 | 443.1 | 122,077 | 612.3 | 263,087 | 501.8 | 178,369 | 801.6 | 494,513 | 466.5 |
Liquor laws | 400,608 | 166.8 | 321,909 | 194.6 | 59,585 | 137.7 | 34,536 | 138.7 | 47,229 | 169.3 | 43,787 | 179.6 | 55,454 | 221.5 | 81,318 | 407.8 | 49,220 | 93.9 | 29,479 | 132.5 | 168,371 | 158.8 |
Drunkenness | 442,392 | 184.3 | 380,484 | 230.0 | 85,373 | 197.3 | 61,928 | 248.7 | 68,164 | 244.3 | 51,524 | 211.4 | 56,067 | 224.0 | 57,428 | 288.0 | 43,619 | 83.2 | 18,289 | 82.2 | 153,565 | 144.9 |
Disorderly conduct | 482,991 | 201.2 | 411,718 | 248.9 | 91,921 | 212.4 | 48,901 | 196.4 | 64,311 | 230.5 | 54,538 | 223.8 | 69,399 | 277.2 | 82,648 | 414.5 | 49,473 | 94.4 | 21,800 | 98.0 | 191,791 | 180.9 |
Vagrancy | 24,839 | 10.3 | 22,053 | 13.3 | 12,457 | 28.8 | 2,149 | 8.6 | 3,709 | 13.3 | 1,062 | 4.4 | 961 | 3.8 | 1,715 | 8.6 | 2,457 | 4.7 | 329 | 1.5 | 5,206 | 4.9 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,892,023 | 1,204.5 | 2,076,357 | 1,255.2 | 558,167 | 1,290.0 | 293,036 | 1,176.7 | 320,214 | 1,147.7 | 272,749 | 1,119.0 | 314,558 | 1,256.6 | 317,633 | 1,593.0 | 580,443 | 1,107.0 | 235,223 | 1,057.1 | 1,219,293 | 1,150.3 |
Suspicion | 904 | 0.4 | 672 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 179 | 0.6 | 119 | 0.5 | 101 | 0.4 | 267 | 1.3 | 81 | 0.2 | 151 | 0.7 | 371 | 0.3 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 73,897 | 30.8 | 69,276 | 41.9 | 35,134 | 81.2 | 6,194 | 24.9 | 9,498 | 34.0 | 5,697 | 23.4 | 6,508 | 26.0 | 6,245 | 31.3 | 4,183 | 8.0 | 438 | 2.0 | 17,977 | 17.0 |
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1 Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan
agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table. - 2 Does not include suspicion.
- 3 Violent crimes are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
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