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Table 53

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2011

[1,280 agencies; 2011 estimated population 51,699,773]

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 1,617,135 40,376 153,173 353,794 601,587 2.5 9.5 21.9 37.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,566 15 111 366 662 1.0 7.1 23.4 42.3
Forcible rape 2,427 128 339 663 975 5.3 14.0 27.3 40.2
Robbery 9,744 298 1,879 4,093 5,942 3.1 19.3 42.0 61.0
Aggravated assault 54,787 1,744 5,350 10,699 18,446 3.2 9.8 19.5 33.7
Burglary 41,103 2,000 7,599 15,799 22,710 4.9 18.5 38.4 55.3
Larceny-theft 124,496 5,546 21,407 41,139 59,248 4.5 17.2 33.0 47.6
Motor vehicle theft 8,811 290 1,586 2,941 4,205 3.3 18.0 33.4 47.7
Arson 1,764 309 589 774 945 17.5 33.4 43.9 53.6
Violent crime1 68,524 2,185 7,679 15,821 26,025 3.2 11.2 23.1 38.0
Property crime1 176,174 8,145 31,181 60,653 87,108 4.6 17.7 34.4 49.4
Other assaults 163,111 10,220 26,254 40,571 61,142 6.3 16.1 24.9 37.5
Forgery and counterfeiting 9,844 27 188 1,207 2,777 0.3 1.9 12.3 28.2
Fraud 29,665 98 626 2,585 5,952 0.3 2.1 8.7 20.1
Embezzlement 2,343 9 47 403 828 0.4 2.0 17.2 35.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 13,759 244 1,326 3,482 5,711 1.8 9.6 25.3 41.5
Vandalism 28,225 2,608 7,555 12,209 16,241 9.2 26.8 43.3 57.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 18,406 1,350 3,367 5,890 8,781 7.3 18.3 32.0 47.7
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,387 5 61 318 759 0.2 2.6 13.3 31.8
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 10,705 915 1,976 3,176 4,304 8.5 18.5 29.7 40.2
Drug abuse violations 213,452 2,718 17,229 53,719 93,765 1.3 8.1 25.2 43.9
Gambling 600 7 41 80 115 1.2 6.8 13.3 19.2
Offenses against the family and children 33,272 111 384 1,352 4,125 0.3 1.2 4.1 12.4
Driving under the influence 171,732 26 1,325 12,977 42,135 * 0.8 7.6 24.5
Liquor laws 43,985 835 10,122 32,281 35,079 1.9 23.0 73.4 79.8
Drunkenness 38,633 114 768 4,434 10,319 0.3 2.0 11.5 26.7
Disorderly conduct 46,743 3,777 10,839 15,853 21,874 8.1 23.2 33.9 46.8
Vagrancy 2,248 18 70 314 650 0.8 3.1 14.0 28.9
All other offenses (except traffic) 539,545 6,097 28,406 82,731 170,151 1.1 5.3 15.3 31.5
Suspicion 77 5 24 33 41 6.5 31.2 42.9 53.2
Curfew and loitering law violations 3,705 862 3,705 3,705 3,705 23.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 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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