
Table 30
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2011
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged |
United States total (12,023 agencies; population 238,952,977) |
Northeast (3,021 agencies; population 42,838,148) |
Midwest (2,999 agencies; population 49,075,854) |
South (4,317 agencies; population 81,895,840) |
West (1,686 agencies; population 65,143,135) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL1 | 9,536,787 | 3,991.1 | 1,445,100 | 3,373.4 | 1,944,775 | 3,962.8 | 3,742,708 | 4,570.1 | 2,404,204 | 3,690.6 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,359 | 3.5 | 1,077 | 2.5 | 1,526 | 3.1 | 3,456 | 4.2 | 2,300 | 3.5 |
Forcible rape | 14,943 | 6.3 | 2,398 | 5.6 | 3,736 | 7.6 | 5,147 | 6.3 | 3,662 | 5.6 |
Robbery | 82,557 | 34.5 | 16,600 | 38.8 | 15,038 | 30.6 | 26,405 | 32.2 | 24,514 | 37.6 |
Aggravated assault | 305,939 | 128.0 | 45,420 | 106.0 | 47,146 | 96.1 | 97,333 | 118.8 | 116,040 | 178.1 |
Burglary | 228,401 | 95.6 | 33,097 | 77.3 | 37,356 | 76.1 | 85,298 | 104.2 | 72,650 | 111.5 |
Larceny-theft | 981,116 | 410.6 | 157,453 | 367.6 | 215,645 | 439.4 | 385,660 | 470.9 | 222,358 | 341.3 |
Motor vehicle theft | 51,027 | 21.4 | 6,779 | 15.8 | 11,880 | 24.2 | 15,739 | 19.2 | 16,629 | 25.5 |
Arson | 8,994 | 3.8 | 1,471 | 3.4 | 1,598 | 3.3 | 3,199 | 3.9 | 2,726 | 4.2 |
Violent crime2 | 411,798 | 172.3 | 65,495 | 152.9 | 67,446 | 137.4 | 132,341 | 161.6 | 146,516 | 224.9 |
Property crime2 | 1,269,538 | 531.3 | 198,800 | 464.1 | 266,479 | 543.0 | 489,896 | 598.2 | 314,363 | 482.6 |
Other assaults | 955,620 | 399.9 | 165,154 | 385.5 | 200,515 | 408.6 | 389,609 | 475.7 | 200,342 | 307.5 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 53,983 | 22.6 | 9,112 | 21.3 | 8,523 | 17.4 | 24,293 | 29.7 | 12,055 | 18.5 |
Fraud | 128,200 | 53.7 | 20,448 | 47.7 | 21,758 | 44.3 | 69,390 | 84.7 | 16,604 | 25.5 |
Embezzlement | 12,496 | 5.2 | 1,260 | 2.9 | 1,786 | 3.6 | 7,108 | 8.7 | 2,342 | 3.6 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 71,890 | 30.1 | 13,943 | 32.5 | 13,446 | 27.4 | 20,584 | 25.1 | 23,917 | 36.7 |
Vandalism | 183,203 | 76.7 | 39,018 | 91.1 | 39,110 | 79.7 | 49,425 | 60.4 | 55,650 | 85.4 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 118,072 | 49.4 | 14,867 | 34.7 | 24,064 | 49.0 | 40,356 | 49.3 | 38,785 | 59.5 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 44,174 | 18.5 | 5,167 | 12.1 | 7,264 | 14.8 | 14,999 | 18.3 | 16,744 | 25.7 |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 53,048 | 22.2 | 8,527 | 19.9 | 10,554 | 21.5 | 15,766 | 19.3 | 18,201 | 27.9 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,175,083 | 491.8 | 193,294 | 451.2 | 232,588 | 473.9 | 439,664 | 536.9 | 309,537 | 475.2 |
Gambling | 6,517 | 2.7 | 479 | 1.1 | 2,938 | 6.0 | 2,392 | 2.9 | 708 | 1.1 |
Offenses against the family and children | 87,963 | 36.8 | 20,406 | 47.6 | 19,107 | 38.9 | 36,342 | 44.4 | 12,108 | 18.6 |
Driving under the influence | 929,903 | 389.2 | 142,830 | 333.4 | 217,890 | 444.0 | 326,681 | 398.9 | 242,502 | 372.3 |
Liquor laws | 383,903 | 160.7 | 44,501 | 103.9 | 126,719 | 258.2 | 113,872 | 139.0 | 98,811 | 151.7 |
Drunkenness | 414,861 | 173.6 | 34,248 | 79.9 | 33,383 | 68.0 | 241,204 | 294.5 | 106,026 | 162.8 |
Disorderly conduct | 449,694 | 188.2 | 103,951 | 242.7 | 134,855 | 274.8 | 142,860 | 174.4 | 68,028 | 104.4 |
Vagrancy | 22,576 | 9.4 | 2,183 | 5.1 | 4,350 | 8.9 | 7,375 | 9.0 | 8,668 | 13.3 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,704,866 | 1,132.0 | 345,820 | 807.3 | 499,675 | 1,018.2 | 1,164,264 | 1,421.6 | 695,107 | 1,067.0 |
Suspicion | 1,150 | 0.5 | 23 | 0.1 | 186 | 0.4 | 889 | 1.1 | 52 | 0.1 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 59,399 | 24.9 | 15,597 | 36.4 | 12,325 | 25.1 | 14,287 | 17.4 | 17,190 | 26.4 |
- 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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