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Table 66

Arrests

Suburban Areas1

by Sex, 2010

[6,634 agencies; 2010 estimated population 106,002,095]

Offense charged Number of persons arrested Percent
male
Percent
female
Percent distribution2
Total Male Female Total Male Female
TOTAL 4,096,678 3,034,589 1,062,089 74.1 25.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,679 2,346 333 87.6 12.4 0.1 0.1 *
Forcible rape 5,449 5,387 62 98.9 1.1 0.1 0.2 *
Robbery 25,602 22,494 3,108 87.9 12.1 0.6 0.7 0.3
Aggravated assault 113,187 88,449 24,738 78.1 21.9 2.8 2.9 2.3
Burglary 85,116 72,433 12,683 85.1 14.9 2.1 2.4 1.2
Larceny-theft 392,605 222,340 170,265 56.6 43.4 9.6 7.3 16.0
Motor vehicle theft 18,921 15,457 3,464 81.7 18.3 0.5 0.5 0.3
Arson 3,669 3,111 558 84.8 15.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Violent crime3 146,917 118,676 28,241 80.8 19.2 3.6 3.9 2.7
Property crime3 500,311 313,341 186,970 62.6 37.4 12.2 10.3 17.6
Other assaults 388,235 281,650 106,585 72.5 27.5 9.5 9.3 10.0
Forgery and counterfeiting 26,004 16,378 9,626 63.0 37.0 0.6 0.5 0.9
Fraud 67,273 38,802 28,471 57.7 42.3 1.6 1.3 2.7
Embezzlement 5,155 2,607 2,548 50.6 49.4 0.1 0.1 0.2
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 32,399 25,608 6,791 79.0 21.0 0.8 0.8 0.6
Vandalism 76,171 62,099 14,072 81.5 18.5 1.9 2.0 1.3
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 42,133 38,283 3,850 90.9 9.1 1.0 1.3 0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice 5,918 2,262 3,656 38.2 61.8 0.1 0.1 0.3
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 22,011 20,368 1,643 92.5 7.5 0.5 0.7 0.2
Drug abuse violations 486,332 387,203 99,129 79.6 20.4 11.9 12.8 9.3
Gambling 1,558 1,266 292 81.3 18.7 * * *
Offenses against the family and children 45,174 35,816 9,358 79.3 20.7 1.1 1.2 0.9
Driving under the influence 494,513 374,079 120,434 75.6 24.4 12.1 12.3 11.3
Liquor laws 168,371 117,722 50,649 69.9 30.1 4.1 3.9 4.8
Drunkenness 153,565 125,036 28,529 81.4 18.6 3.7 4.1 2.7
Disorderly conduct 191,791 137,243 54,548 71.6 28.4 4.7 4.5 5.1
Vagrancy 5,206 4,067 1,139 78.1 21.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,219,293 919,514 299,779 75.4 24.6 29.8 30.3 28.2
Suspicion 371 288 83 77.6 22.4 * * *
Curfew and loitering law violations 17,977 12,281 5,696 68.3 31.7 0.4 0.4 0.5
  • 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.
  • 2 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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.
  • * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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