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Table 51

Arrest Trends

Metropolitan Counties

by Sex, 2010–2011

[1,200 agencies; 2011 estimated population 46,615,313; 2010 estimated population 46,217,361]

Offense charged Male Female
Total Under 18 Total Under 18
2010 2011 Percent
change
2010 2011 Percent
change
2010 2011 Percent
change
2010 2011 Percent
change
TOTAL1 1,131,941 1,083,951 -4.2 107,333 97,411 -9.2 376,698 365,747 -2.9 40,903 37,622 -8.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,203 1,177 -2.2 95 74 -22.1 162 172 +6.2 18 14 -22.2
Forcible rape 2,308 2,180 -5.5 359 317 -11.7 27 19 -29.6 9 3 -66.7
Robbery 7,223 6,622 -8.3 1,415 1,251 -11.6 1,027 933 -9.2 140 124 -11.4
Aggravated assault 40,454 37,586 -7.1 3,864 3,483 -9.9 10,911 10,444 -4.3 1,265 1,175 -7.1
Burglary 30,199 30,390 +0.6 6,004 5,696 -5.1 5,420 5,447 +0.5 669 648 -3.1
Larceny-theft 64,300 66,987 +4.2 12,072 11,621 -3.7 40,830 42,043 +3.0 7,315 6,754 -7.7
Motor vehicle theft 6,369 6,142 -3.6 1,208 1,102 -8.8 1,382 1,343 -2.8 266 218 -18.0
Arson 1,114 1,196 +7.4 356 456 +28.1 225 262 +16.4 66 69 +4.5
Violent crime2 51,188 47,565 -7.1 5,733 5,125 -10.6 12,127 11,568 -4.6 1,432 1,316 -8.1
Property crime2 101,982 104,715 +2.7 19,640 18,875 -3.9 47,857 49,095 +2.6 8,316 7,689 -7.5
Other assaults 112,009 107,862 -3.7 17,158 15,238 -11.2 41,354 40,913 -1.1 8,657 7,992 -7.7
Forgery and counterfeiting 6,284 5,509 -12.3 133 128 -3.8 3,617 3,213 -11.2 37 49 +32.4
Fraud 17,080 15,182 -11.1 404 402 -0.5 13,997 11,450 -18.2 207 194 -6.3
Embezzlement 1,151 1,118 -2.9 40 21 -47.5 1,045 982 -6.0 19 19 0.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 9,480 9,414 -0.7 1,102 934 -15.2 2,320 2,304 -0.7 218 179 -17.9
Vandalism 20,496 20,144 -1.7 5,955 5,515 -7.4 4,900 4,661 -4.9 1,152 1,035 -10.2
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 13,950 13,730 -1.6 2,610 2,336 -10.5 1,514 1,402 -7.4 395 340 -13.9
Prostitution and commercialized vice 948 781 -17.6 11 10 -9.1 1,431 1,161 -18.9 52 39 -25.0
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 9,278 8,856 -4.5 1,679 1,556 -7.3 676 589 -12.9 200 149 -25.5
Drug abuse violations 149,542 142,682 -4.6 14,216 12,577 -11.5 40,927 40,097 -2.0 3,191 2,861 -10.3
Gambling 891 364 -59.1 16 18 +12.5 171 155 -9.4 13 21 +61.5
Offenses against the family and children 24,831 26,777 +7.8 311 223 -28.3 4,690 4,833 +3.0 134 111 -17.2
Driving under the influence 125,421 119,282 -4.9 986 918 -6.9 39,909 40,044 +0.3 375 355 -5.3
Liquor laws 32,086 29,546 -7.9 6,478 5,912 -8.7 13,769 13,327 -3.2 4,253 4,131 -2.9
Drunkenness 34,559 31,302 -9.4 660 577 -12.6 7,651 7,115 -7.0 222 184 -17.1
Disorderly conduct 31,377 29,597 -5.7 7,602 6,495 -14.6 12,222 11,360 -7.1 3,746 3,138 -16.2
Vagrancy 1,226 1,186 -3.3 100 40 -60.0 466 457 -1.9 40 4 -90.0
All other offenses (except traffic) 386,134 366,406 -5.1 20,471 18,578 -9.2 124,986 120,058 -3.9 7,175 6,853 -4.5
Suspicion 17 43 +152.9 5 8 +60.0 7 6 -14.3 0 1
Curfew and loitering law violations 2,028 1,933 -4.7 2,028 1,933 -4.7 1,069 963 -9.9 1,069 963 -9.9
  • 1 Does not include suspicion.
  • 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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