Table 66
Arrests
Suburban Areas1
by Sex, 2012
[6,766 agencies; 2012 estimated population 110,031,559]
| Offense charged | Number of persons arrested |
Percent male |
Percent female |
Percent distribution2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||
| TOTAL | 3,915,278 | 2,865,218 | 1,050,060 | 73.2 | 26.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 2,662 | 2,355 | 307 | 88.5 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | * |
| Forcible rape | 5,038 | 4,979 | 59 | 98.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | * |
| Robbery | 24,196 | 21,071 | 3,125 | 87.1 | 12.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Aggravated assault | 108,717 | 84,518 | 24,199 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Burglary | 85,407 | 72,045 | 13,362 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| Larceny-theft | 412,871 | 235,888 | 176,983 | 57.1 | 42.9 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 16.9 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 19,093 | 15,248 | 3,845 | 79.9 | 20.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Arson | 3,377 | 2,810 | 567 | 83.2 | 16.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Violent crime3 | 140,613 | 112,923 | 27,690 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| Property crime3 | 520,748 | 325,991 | 194,757 | 62.6 | 37.4 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 18.5 |
| Other assaults | 365,535 | 262,021 | 103,514 | 71.7 | 28.3 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 23,633 | 14,755 | 8,878 | 62.4 | 37.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Fraud | 55,519 | 32,845 | 22,674 | 59.2 | 40.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Embezzlement | 5,227 | 2,713 | 2,514 | 51.9 | 48.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 33,073 | 26,072 | 7,001 | 78.8 | 21.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Vandalism | 71,949 | 57,772 | 14,177 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 39,839 | 36,180 | 3,659 | 90.8 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 5,819 | 2,280 | 3,539 | 39.2 | 60.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 21,003 | 19,522 | 1,481 | 92.9 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Drug abuse violations | 484,599 | 380,382 | 104,217 | 78.5 | 21.5 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| Gambling | 1,290 | 936 | 354 | 72.6 | 27.4 | * | * | * |
| Offenses against the family and children | 44,450 | 34,446 | 10,004 | 77.5 | 22.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Driving under the influence | 455,803 | 339,777 | 116,026 | 74.5 | 25.5 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 11.0 |
| Liquor laws | 148,963 | 103,033 | 45,930 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| Drunkenness | 139,655 | 112,114 | 27,541 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| Disorderly conduct | 174,435 | 123,817 | 50,618 | 71.0 | 29.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| Vagrancy | 5,414 | 4,261 | 1,153 | 78.7 | 21.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 1,163,506 | 863,752 | 299,754 | 74.2 | 25.8 | 29.7 | 30.1 | 28.5 |
| Suspicion | 765 | 587 | 178 | 76.7 | 23.3 | * | * | * |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 13,440 | 9,039 | 4,401 | 67.3 | 32.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
- 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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