Table 38
Arrests
by Age, 2010
[12,222 agencies; 2010 estimated population 240,103,394]
Offense charged |
Total all ages |
Ages under 15 |
Ages under 18 |
Ages 18 and over |
Under 10 |
10-12 | 13-14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 |
65 and over |
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TOTAL | 10,223,558 | 349,695 | 1,288,615 | 8,934,943 | 8,205 | 75,408 | 266,082 | 244,042 | 317,280 | 377,598 | 468,670 | 499,103 | 478,530 | 437,741 | 400,218 | 373,511 | 356,577 | 1,517,930 | 1,118,681 | 868,570 | 791,328 | 715,851 | 481,553 | 242,547 | 108,665 | 75,468 |
Total percent distribution1 | 100.0 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 87.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,667 | 73 | 784 | 7,883 | 0 | 7 | 66 | 119 | 239 | 353 | 543 | 581 | 515 | 523 | 426 | 393 | 347 | 1,430 | 938 | 643 | 469 | 418 | 292 | 180 | 95 | 90 |
Forcible rape | 15,586 | 717 | 2,198 | 13,388 | 7 | 195 | 515 | 393 | 505 | 583 | 730 | 787 | 692 | 686 | 552 | 534 | 466 | 2,123 | 1,682 | 1,514 | 1,240 | 1,012 | 652 | 340 | 200 | 178 |
Robbery | 87,771 | 3,936 | 21,110 | 66,661 | 36 | 558 | 3,342 | 4,179 | 6,052 | 6,943 | 7,724 | 6,938 | 5,769 | 4,751 | 3,894 | 3,318 | 2,836 | 10,827 | 6,689 | 4,553 | 3,875 | 2,970 | 1,546 | 647 | 225 | 99 |
Aggravated assault | 318,340 | 10,917 | 35,001 | 283,339 | 302 | 2,849 | 7,766 | 6,355 | 8,245 | 9,484 | 11,378 | 12,065 | 12,199 | 12,710 | 12,077 | 11,609 | 11,227 | 50,899 | 38,920 | 30,025 | 26,832 | 23,505 | 15,392 | 7,626 | 3,794 | 3,081 |
Burglary | 226,325 | 14,019 | 51,298 | 175,027 | 438 | 3,024 | 10,557 | 9,832 | 12,539 | 14,908 | 17,244 | 15,315 | 12,597 | 10,622 | 8,861 | 7,896 | 7,345 | 28,587 | 19,461 | 14,373 | 12,881 | 10,375 | 5,940 | 2,252 | 851 | 427 |
Larceny-theft | 1,002,466 | 63,254 | 223,207 | 779,259 | 1,097 | 14,001 | 48,156 | 43,189 | 54,510 | 62,254 | 66,064 | 56,984 | 47,531 | 39,961 | 34,635 | 30,887 | 29,023 | 121,393 | 88,339 | 69,742 | 65,086 | 57,350 | 37,858 | 18,986 | 8,692 | 6,728 |
Motor vehicle theft | 55,426 | 2,465 | 12,268 | 43,158 | 20 | 273 | 2,172 | 2,707 | 3,443 | 3,653 | 3,798 | 3,176 | 2,605 | 2,269 | 2,021 | 1,872 | 1,791 | 7,663 | 5,650 | 4,150 | 3,476 | 2,533 | 1,322 | 537 | 181 | 114 |
Arson | 8,806 | 2,105 | 3,578 | 5,228 | 204 | 726 | 1,175 | 588 | 452 | 433 | 355 | 295 | 283 | 243 | 214 | 185 | 173 | 757 | 674 | 457 | 459 | 492 | 304 | 173 | 99 | 65 |
Violent crime2 | 430,364 | 15,643 | 59,093 | 371,271 | 345 | 3,609 | 11,689 | 11,046 | 15,041 | 17,363 | 20,375 | 20,371 | 19,175 | 18,670 | 16,949 | 15,854 | 14,876 | 65,279 | 48,229 | 36,735 | 32,416 | 27,905 | 17,882 | 8,793 | 4,314 | 3,448 |
Violent crime percent distribution1 | 100.0 | 3.6 | 13.7 | 86.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 15.2 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Property crime2 | 1,293,023 | 81,843 | 290,351 | 1,002,672 | 1,759 | 18,024 | 62,060 | 56,316 | 70,944 | 81,248 | 87,461 | 75,770 | 63,016 | 53,095 | 45,731 | 40,840 | 38,332 | 158,400 | 114,124 | 88,722 | 81,902 | 70,750 | 45,424 | 21,948 | 9,823 | 7,334 |
Property crime percent distribution1 | 100.0 | 6.3 | 22.5 | 77.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Other assaults | 1,008,509 | 61,754 | 163,370 | 845,139 | 1,750 | 16,329 | 43,675 | 31,534 | 35,546 | 34,536 | 32,388 | 33,398 | 34,214 | 37,215 | 36,052 | 34,773 | 33,563 | 150,766 | 117,254 | 94,565 | 84,132 | 72,242 | 45,331 | 21,460 | 9,742 | 8,044 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 60,841 | 163 | 1,314 | 59,527 | 5 | 31 | 127 | 173 | 304 | 674 | 1,663 | 2,358 | 2,807 | 2,540 | 2,581 | 2,642 | 2,603 | 11,730 | 9,371 | 6,988 | 5,580 | 4,339 | 2,504 | 1,107 | 453 | 261 |
Fraud | 144,956 | 756 | 4,585 | 140,371 | 20 | 117 | 619 | 690 | 1,203 | 1,936 | 3,403 | 4,725 | 5,173 | 4,764 | 4,828 | 4,728 | 4,781 | 23,806 | 21,537 | 18,715 | 15,726 | 12,578 | 7,996 | 4,169 | 2,016 | 1,426 |
Embezzlement | 13,020 | 19 | 349 | 12,671 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 80 | 230 | 584 | 804 | 828 | 730 | 630 | 572 | 557 | 1,962 | 1,486 | 1,344 | 1,156 | 850 | 614 | 320 | 166 | 68 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 74,313 | 2,561 | 11,608 | 62,705 | 46 | 414 | 2,101 | 2,335 | 3,069 | 3,643 | 4,973 | 4,621 | 3,935 | 3,602 | 2,983 | 2,665 | 2,601 | 10,968 | 8,045 | 5,786 | 4,922 | 3,853 | 2,213 | 935 | 356 | 247 |
Vandalism | 197,850 | 23,470 | 60,591 | 137,259 | 1,091 | 6,369 | 16,010 | 11,416 | 12,822 | 12,883 | 12,098 | 10,397 | 9,180 | 8,684 | 7,505 | 6,565 | 6,059 | 23,568 | 15,710 | 11,040 | 9,522 | 7,900 | 4,823 | 2,254 | 1,040 | 914 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 123,719 | 8,170 | 24,518 | 99,201 | 418 | 2,202 | 5,550 | 4,331 | 5,434 | 6,583 | 7,550 | 7,411 | 6,345 | 5,934 | 5,478 | 4,911 | 4,607 | 18,450 | 11,749 | 7,684 | 6,067 | 5,281 | 3,714 | 2,034 | 1,094 | 892 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 48,281 | 91 | 804 | 47,477 | 1 | 5 | 85 | 112 | 208 | 393 | 1,392 | 1,885 | 2,159 | 2,068 | 2,097 | 1,830 | 1,778 | 7,691 | 6,262 | 5,858 | 5,486 | 4,600 | 2,435 | 1,040 | 472 | 424 |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 56,332 | 4,896 | 10,147 | 46,185 | 181 | 1,392 | 3,323 | 1,738 | 1,767 | 1,746 | 2,303 | 2,110 | 1,843 | 1,854 | 1,625 | 1,445 | 1,269 | 5,969 | 5,338 | 4,798 | 4,770 | 4,415 | 3,336 | 2,133 | 1,389 | 1,588 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,273,963 | 23,016 | 132,921 | 1,141,042 | 152 | 2,799 | 20,065 | 23,223 | 35,320 | 51,362 | 78,870 | 81,842 | 75,454 | 66,334 | 58,533 | 53,265 | 50,088 | 205,638 | 140,490 | 97,100 | 83,584 | 72,150 | 46,057 | 20,732 | 7,651 | 3,254 |
Gambling | 7,533 | 118 | 1,040 | 6,493 | 1 | 5 | 112 | 161 | 305 | 456 | 501 | 507 | 463 | 371 | 298 | 288 | 242 | 883 | 598 | 461 | 505 | 375 | 437 | 229 | 159 | 176 |
Offenses against the family and children | 85,213 | 964 | 2,982 | 82,231 | 50 | 222 | 692 | 556 | 717 | 745 | 1,483 | 1,698 | 1,887 | 2,290 | 2,372 | 2,580 | 2,755 | 14,803 | 14,692 | 12,477 | 10,373 | 7,615 | 4,262 | 1,795 | 678 | 471 |
Driving under the influence | 1,087,987 | 171 | 9,352 | 1,078,635 | 25 | 20 | 126 | 335 | 2,141 | 6,705 | 19,764 | 29,313 | 34,499 | 50,104 | 49,872 | 48,905 | 47,523 | 198,928 | 140,950 | 111,499 | 102,248 | 98,081 | 70,997 | 40,360 | 21,013 | 14,579 |
Liquor laws | 400,608 | 7,451 | 75,889 | 324,719 | 54 | 653 | 6,744 | 11,353 | 21,337 | 35,748 | 65,538 | 73,739 | 62,188 | 10,469 | 7,346 | 5,570 | 4,758 | 17,850 | 13,222 | 11,794 | 13,734 | 15,094 | 12,138 | 6,685 | 2,931 | 1,663 |
Drunkenness | 442,392 | 1,231 | 10,030 | 432,362 | 19 | 88 | 1,124 | 1,659 | 2,357 | 4,783 | 11,511 | 13,333 | 13,572 | 20,295 | 18,149 | 16,586 | 15,602 | 66,140 | 49,173 | 41,725 | 45,697 | 50,741 | 38,159 | 19,690 | 7,913 | 4,076 |
Disorderly conduct | 482,991 | 44,481 | 121,276 | 361,715 | 616 | 10,720 | 33,145 | 24,762 | 26,675 | 25,358 | 21,257 | 19,305 | 18,748 | 22,141 | 19,131 | 16,686 | 15,566 | 58,233 | 40,419 | 31,512 | 29,816 | 29,909 | 20,695 | 10,195 | 4,617 | 3,485 |
Vagrancy | 24,839 | 474 | 1,690 | 23,149 | 6 | 66 | 402 | 404 | 474 | 338 | 1,162 | 1,134 | 948 | 765 | 671 | 604 | 557 | 2,461 | 1,989 | 2,005 | 2,542 | 3,192 | 2,713 | 1,506 | 567 | 333 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,892,023 | 54,165 | 232,702 | 2,659,321 | 1,422 | 9,477 | 43,266 | 45,685 | 60,060 | 72,792 | 94,346 | 114,338 | 122,037 | 125,767 | 117,348 | 112,156 | 108,422 | 474,259 | 357,948 | 277,672 | 251,097 | 223,940 | 149,797 | 75,149 | 32,263 | 22,782 |
Suspicion | 904 | 25 | 106 | 798 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 44 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 46 | 38 | 146 | 95 | 90 | 53 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 73,897 | 18,233 | 73,897 | - | 243 | 2,864 | 15,126 | 16,178 | 21,443 | 18,043 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
- 2 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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Overview
Arrests, by Age, 2010
- In 2010, 87.4 percent of all individuals arrested were adults (18 years of age and over).
- Adults comprised 86.3 percent of the arrests for violent crimes and 77.5 percent of the arrests for property crimes.
- Nearly 90 percent (89.6) of persons arrested for drug abuse violations were adults.
- In 2010, 40.6 percent of persons arrested for arson were juveniles. More than half (58.8 percent) of juveniles arrested for arson were under age 15.