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Table 53

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2010

[1,352 agencies; 2010 estimated population 52,433,613]

Offense charged Total all
ages
Number of persons arrested Percent of total all ages
Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25 Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25
TOTAL 1,815,431 46,664 176,428 408,132 688,692 2.6 9.7 22.5 37.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,657 12 140 421 723 0.7 8.4 25.4 43.6
Forcible rape 2,679 143 402 780 1,145 5.3 15.0 29.1 42.7
Robbery 11,108 377 2,247 5,083 7,057 3.4 20.2 45.8 63.5
Aggravated assault 58,440 1,893 5,892 12,155 20,287 3.2 10.1 20.8 34.7
Burglary 40,413 1,908 7,747 16,355 23,200 4.7 19.2 40.5 57.4
Larceny-theft 129,188 6,648 25,060 46,690 64,958 5.1 19.4 36.1 50.3
Motor vehicle theft 10,432 370 1,858 3,546 5,066 3.5 17.8 34.0 48.6
Arson 1,524 248 459 652 802 16.3 30.1 42.8 52.6
Violent crime1 73,884 2,425 8,681 18,439 29,212 3.3 11.7 25.0 39.5
Property crime1 181,557 9,174 35,124 67,243 94,026 5.1 19.3 37.0 51.8
Other assaults 175,126 11,740 30,724 46,524 67,866 6.7 17.5 26.6 38.8
Forgery and counterfeiting 11,735 26 209 1,370 3,329 0.2 1.8 11.7 28.4
Fraud 35,737 141 707 2,919 6,899 0.4 2.0 8.2 19.3
Embezzlement 2,393 7 68 444 857 0.3 2.8 18.6 35.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 14,235 302 1,583 3,943 6,262 2.1 11.1 27.7 44.0
Vandalism 30,077 3,092 8,617 13,419 17,623 10.3 28.6 44.6 58.6
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 19,868 1,562 3,838 6,829 9,973 7.9 19.3 34.4 50.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,822 17 78 403 918 0.6 2.8 14.3 32.5
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 11,502 1,049 2,100 3,376 4,658 9.1 18.3 29.4 40.5
Drug abuse violations 231,600 3,362 20,527 62,207 105,123 1.5 8.9 26.9 45.4
Gambling 1,190 3 33 88 150 0.3 2.8 7.4 12.6
Offenses against the family and children 31,142 141 482 1,467 4,106 0.5 1.5 4.7 13.2
Driving under the influence 263,087 26 1,734 20,535 68,625 * 0.7 7.8 26.1
Liquor laws 49,220 932 11,286 36,092 39,363 1.9 22.9 73.3 80.0
Drunkenness 43,619 100 890 5,087 11,832 0.2 2.0 11.7 27.1
Disorderly conduct 49,473 4,536 13,225 18,703 25,050 9.2 26.7 37.8 50.6
Vagrancy 2,457 36 170 426 710 1.5 6.9 17.3 28.9
All other offenses (except traffic) 580,443 7,082 32,157 94,412 187,890 1.2 5.5 16.3 32.4
Suspicion 81 1 12 23 37 1.2 14.8 28.4 45.7
Curfew and loitering law violations 4,183 910 4,183 4,183 4,183 21.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 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.
  • * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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