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Table 46

Arrests

Cities by Age, 2011

[8,791 agencies; 2011 estimated population 163,760,401]

Offense charged Total all
ages
Ages under
15
Ages
under 18
Ages 18 and
over
Under
10
10-12 13-14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 and
over
TOTAL 7,139,104 256,392 928,321 6,210,783 5,559 55,370 195,463 178,080 226,306 267,543 329,628 353,115 341,666 313,421 287,085 263,214 245,965 1,042,817 784,707 569,484 530,049 480,942 352,452 181,982 81,385 52,871
Total percent distribution1 100.0 3.6 13.0 87.0 0.1 0.8 2.7 2.5 3.2 3.7 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.4 14.6 11.0 8.0 7.4 6.7 4.9 2.5 1.1 0.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,085 52 506 5,579 1 9 42 79 125 250 377 393 395 381 297 333 258 1,072 658 397 332 293 197 100 51 45
Forcible rape 10,837 545 1,553 9,284 5 155 385 273 324 411 462 483 441 479 388 340 336 1,567 1,200 997 878 722 506 245 122 118
Robbery 70,832 3,107 16,329 54,503 29 389 2,689 3,326 4,602 5,294 6,062 5,410 4,562 3,887 3,196 2,687 2,474 8,994 5,807 3,607 3,203 2,343 1,427 563 187 94
Aggravated assault 231,162 7,922 24,608 206,554 234 2,034 5,654 4,516 5,710 6,460 7,481 8,483 8,962 9,573 9,253 8,877 8,423 37,308 29,505 21,206 18,868 16,428 11,636 5,838 2,655 2,058
Burglary 166,221 10,307 37,188 129,033 285 2,146 7,876 7,332 9,110 10,439 11,759 10,335 8,746 7,603 6,550 5,671 5,093 20,815 15,180 10,500 10,033 8,411 5,024 2,240 714 359
Larceny-theft 815,356 48,915 171,212 644,144 814 10,933 37,168 33,217 41,923 47,157 50,330 44,585 37,760 32,817 29,127 25,657 23,702 100,512 76,515 56,047 53,983 47,898 33,924 17,495 7,932 5,860
Motor vehicle theft 38,262 1,750 8,605 29,657 13 180 1,557 1,977 2,366 2,512 2,415 2,146 1,790 1,588 1,403 1,366 1,224 5,262 4,105 2,799 2,377 1,683 936 363 145 55
Arson 6,457 1,742 2,980 3,477 175 570 997 502 416 320 248 214 220 160 130 129 127 544 401 312 277 281 211 127 51 45
Violent crime2 318,916 11,626 42,996 275,920 269 2,587 8,770 8,194 10,761 12,415 14,382 14,769 14,360 14,320 13,134 12,237 11,491 48,941 37,170 26,207 23,281 19,786 13,766 6,746 3,015 2,315
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.6 13.5 86.5 0.1 0.8 2.7 2.6 3.4 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.6 15.3 11.7 8.2 7.3 6.2 4.3 2.1 0.9 0.7
Property crime2 1,026,296 62,714 219,985 806,311 1,287 13,829 47,598 43,028 53,815 60,428 64,752 57,280 48,516 42,168 37,210 32,823 30,146 127,133 96,201 69,658 66,670 58,273 40,095 20,225 8,842 6,319
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 6.1 21.4 78.6 0.1 1.3 4.6 4.2 5.2 5.9 6.3 5.6 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.2 2.9 12.4 9.4 6.8 6.5 5.7 3.9 2.0 0.9 0.6
Other assaults 716,626 42,785 111,019 605,607 1,128 11,121 30,536 21,273 23,503 23,458 22,220 23,628 25,539 28,376 27,425 25,877 24,878 110,149 86,529 63,865 57,301 48,777 32,880 15,848 7,023 5,292
Forgery and counterfeiting 40,470 124 963 39,507 2 25 97 148 197 494 1,175 1,707 1,896 1,640 1,668 1,656 1,657 7,756 6,311 4,416 3,749 2,710 1,789 839 347 191
Fraud 81,037 455 3,064 77,973 9 79 367 550 755 1,304 2,165 3,014 3,324 3,069 3,104 2,865 2,884 13,611 11,669 9,264 8,319 6,514 4,326 2,215 946 684
Embezzlement 9,380 20 265 9,115 0 5 15 14 65 166 420 628 641 576 487 449 377 1,514 1,095 905 740 563 384 197 100 39
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 52,962 1,882 8,503 44,459 19 282 1,581 1,717 2,116 2,788 3,478 3,358 2,839 2,482 2,236 2,033 1,767 7,837 5,882 3,989 3,435 2,510 1,529 699 251 134
Vandalism 142,860 16,579 41,921 100,939 701 4,712 11,166 8,161 8,538 8,643 8,244 7,457 6,854 6,719 5,762 4,984 4,402 17,879 11,700 7,703 6,718 5,644 3,738 1,726 823 586
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 92,728 5,606 17,702 75,026 280 1,566 3,760 3,177 3,999 4,920 5,731 5,556 5,091 4,788 4,305 3,860 3,568 14,021 9,184 5,618 4,287 3,539 2,689 1,411 770 608
Prostitution and commercialized vice 41,635 64 697 40,938 0 5 59 103 183 347 1,267 1,682 1,832 1,837 1,847 1,686 1,579 6,783 5,601 4,589 4,653 3,686 2,204 937 399 356
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 37,653 3,296 6,723 30,930 126 934 2,236 1,165 1,163 1,099 1,370 1,339 1,262 1,236 1,047 983 920 4,148 3,606 3,095 3,002 3,076 2,438 1,584 879 945
Drug abuse violations 871,342 15,849 90,586 780,756 90 2,001 13,758 16,013 24,019 34,705 51,935 54,373 50,796 45,589 40,655 36,844 34,350 139,362 100,144 64,961 57,086 48,665 32,850 15,112 5,793 2,241
Gambling 5,668 75 707 4,961 1 2 72 125 193 314 415 376 382 301 244 235 196 710 476 354 329 254 253 177 124 135
Offenses against the family and children 40,846 674 2,140 38,706 44 143 487 395 519 552 894 1,065 1,186 1,382 1,451 1,452 1,418 7,745 6,859 4,993 4,074 2,943 1,718 873 365 288
Driving under the influence 606,953 95 5,313 601,640 7 19 69 209 1,202 3,807 10,708 15,990 19,335 29,854 29,490 28,143 26,914 112,078 81,014 59,563 54,767 50,966 39,398 22,754 12,353 8,313
Liquor laws 314,311 5,329 54,206 260,105 43 461 4,825 8,016 15,324 25,537 51,246 58,596 50,028 8,467 5,549 4,351 3,561 13,913 10,707 9,006 10,676 12,497 11,019 6,199 2,737 1,553
Drunkenness 357,796 899 7,658 350,138 12 79 808 1,253 1,826 3,680 8,685 10,452 10,757 17,189 15,208 13,454 12,604 52,661 40,538 32,714 35,840 39,435 32,861 17,338 7,031 3,371
Disorderly conduct 381,490 35,015 91,862 289,628 485 8,351 26,179 18,844 19,467 18,536 16,200 15,299 14,789 18,152 15,700 13,677 12,144 47,789 33,253 24,384 22,902 22,459 17,224 8,943 3,915 2,798
Vagrancy 20,074 378 1,312 18,762 6 57 315 334 372 228 958 861 778 599 510 492 412 1,921 1,680 1,528 1,994 2,390 2,445 1,354 559 281
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,923,852 38,837 165,317 1,758,535 889 6,894 31,054 33,130 42,862 50,488 63,318 75,629 81,400 84,622 80,008 75,064 70,667 306,740 234,997 172,597 160,173 146,197 108,820 56,786 25,102 16,415
Suspicion 884 15 57 827 1 2 12 3 21 18 65 56 61 55 45 49 30 126 91 75 53 58 26 19 11 7
Curfew and loitering law violations 55,325 14,075 55,325 - 160 2,216 11,699 12,228 15,406 13,616 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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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