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Table 59

Arrests

Nonmetropolitan Counties

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

[1,958 agencies; 2010 estimated population 22,251,821]

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 809,277 11,706 52,173 152,303 274,153 1.4 6.4 18.8 33.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 637 7 26 105 205 1.1 4.1 16.5 32.2
Forcible rape 1,483 61 189 413 638 4.1 12.7 27.8 43.0
Robbery 2,085 22 194 717 1,159 1.1 9.3 34.4 55.6
Aggravated assault 19,766 402 1,369 3,366 6,085 2.0 6.9 17.0 30.8
Burglary 19,429 738 2,944 7,125 10,528 3.8 15.2 36.7 54.2
Larceny-theft 37,159 1,261 5,027 10,995 16,586 3.4 13.5 29.6 44.6
Motor vehicle theft 3,856 142 695 1,306 1,861 3.7 18.0 33.9 48.3
Arson 795 80 177 293 382 10.1 22.3 36.9 48.1
Violent crime1 23,971 492 1,778 4,601 8,087 2.1 7.4 19.2 33.7
Property crime1 61,239 2,221 8,843 19,719 29,357 3.6 14.4 32.2 47.9
Other assaults 75,245 2,591 8,386 15,119 24,614 3.4 11.1 20.1 32.7
Forgery and counterfeiting 4,197 3 53 452 1,128 0.1 1.3 10.8 26.9
Fraud 19,115 60 294 1,349 3,530 0.3 1.5 7.1 18.5
Embezzlement 987 3 7 73 195 0.3 0.7 7.4 19.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 4,992 68 407 1,132 2,012 1.4 8.2 22.7 40.3
Vandalism 12,208 920 2,707 4,796 6,664 7.5 22.2 39.3 54.6
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 6,836 229 673 1,436 2,415 3.3 9.8 21.0 35.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 211 2 4 15 38 0.9 1.9 7.1 18.0
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 5,074 421 934 1,608 2,155 8.3 18.4 31.7 42.5
Drug abuse violations 98,516 786 5,593 22,035 39,885 0.8 5.7 22.4 40.5
Gambling 191 0 8 39 55 0.0 4.2 20.4 28.8
Offenses against the family and children 12,417 81 230 824 2,167 0.7 1.9 6.6 17.5
Driving under the influence 178,369 25 1,487 15,001 43,257 * 0.8 8.4 24.3
Liquor laws 29,479 481 6,196 21,204 23,353 1.6 21.0 71.9 79.2
Drunkenness 18,289 27 322 2,125 4,779 0.1 1.8 11.6 26.1
Disorderly conduct 21,800 1,184 3,895 6,290 9,261 5.4 17.9 28.9 42.5
Vagrancy 329 2 13 49 85 0.6 4.0 14.9 25.8
All other offenses (except traffic) 235,223 2,006 9,903 33,984 70,630 0.9 4.2 14.4 30.0
Suspicion 151 1 2 14 48 0.7 1.3 9.3 31.8
Curfew and loitering law violations 438 103 438 438 438 23.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 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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