Table 65
Arrests
Suburban Areas1
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2012
[6,766 agencies; 2012 estimated population 110,031,559]
| 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 | 3,915,278 | 114,860 | 419,136 | 951,845 | 1,577,009 | 2.9 | 10.7 | 24.3 | 40.3 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 2,662 | 24 | 176 | 624 | 1,179 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 23.4 | 44.3 |
| Forcible rape | 5,038 | 278 | 763 | 1,532 | 2,259 | 5.5 | 15.1 | 30.4 | 44.8 |
| Robbery | 24,196 | 774 | 4,403 | 9,799 | 14,456 | 3.2 | 18.2 | 40.5 | 59.7 |
| Aggravated assault | 108,717 | 3,639 | 10,704 | 21,670 | 37,934 | 3.3 | 9.8 | 19.9 | 34.9 |
| Burglary | 85,407 | 4,229 | 15,285 | 30,754 | 45,151 | 5.0 | 17.9 | 36.0 | 52.9 |
| Larceny-theft | 412,871 | 18,939 | 68,761 | 132,218 | 193,108 | 4.6 | 16.7 | 32.0 | 46.8 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 19,093 | 678 | 3,341 | 6,015 | 8,754 | 3.6 | 17.5 | 31.5 | 45.8 |
| Arson | 3,377 | 840 | 1,423 | 1,768 | 2,060 | 24.9 | 42.1 | 52.4 | 61.0 |
| Violent crime2 | 140,613 | 4,715 | 16,046 | 33,625 | 55,828 | 3.4 | 11.4 | 23.9 | 39.7 |
| Property crime2 | 520,748 | 24,686 | 88,810 | 170,755 | 249,073 | 4.7 | 17.1 | 32.8 | 47.8 |
| Other assaults | 365,535 | 22,906 | 57,821 | 90,842 | 139,830 | 6.3 | 15.8 | 24.9 | 38.3 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 23,633 | 66 | 554 | 3,391 | 7,258 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 30.7 |
| Fraud | 55,519 | 259 | 1,626 | 6,395 | 13,854 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 25.0 |
| Embezzlement | 5,227 | 5 | 111 | 913 | 1,925 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 17.5 | 36.8 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 33,073 | 980 | 4,255 | 9,411 | 15,028 | 3.0 | 12.9 | 28.5 | 45.4 |
| Vandalism | 71,949 | 7,611 | 19,691 | 31,093 | 41,725 | 10.6 | 27.4 | 43.2 | 58.0 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 39,839 | 2,660 | 6,980 | 12,745 | 19,471 | 6.7 | 17.5 | 32.0 | 48.9 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 5,819 | 16 | 104 | 683 | 1,679 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 28.9 |
| Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 21,003 | 2,067 | 4,120 | 6,543 | 8,829 | 9.8 | 19.6 | 31.2 | 42.0 |
| Drug abuse violations | 484,599 | 7,912 | 48,389 | 141,282 | 234,361 | 1.6 | 10.0 | 29.2 | 48.4 |
| Gambling | 1,290 | 13 | 89 | 195 | 320 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 15.1 | 24.8 |
| Offenses against the family and children | 44,450 | 362 | 1,206 | 3,139 | 7,734 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 17.4 |
| Driving under the influence | 455,803 | 53 | 3,414 | 34,541 | 118,789 | * | 0.7 | 7.6 | 26.1 |
| Liquor laws | 148,963 | 2,701 | 31,078 | 113,476 | 123,019 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 76.2 | 82.6 |
| Drunkenness | 139,655 | 403 | 3,218 | 15,909 | 38,877 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 11.4 | 27.8 |
| Disorderly conduct | 174,435 | 15,093 | 40,130 | 61,117 | 87,793 | 8.7 | 23.0 | 35.0 | 50.3 |
| Vagrancy | 5,414 | 78 | 301 | 911 | 1,648 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 16.8 | 30.4 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 1,163,506 | 18,739 | 77,709 | 201,272 | 396,237 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 17.3 | 34.1 |
| Suspicion | 765 | 11 | 44 | 167 | 291 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 21.8 | 38.0 |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 13,440 | 3,524 | 13,440 | 13,440 | 13,440 | 26.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
- 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 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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