Table 30
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2012
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged |
United States total (12,196 agencies; population 242,925,157) |
Northeast (2,971 agencies; population 45,295,024) |
Midwest (3,004 agencies; population 46,969,870) |
South (4,428 agencies; population 82,826,596) |
West (1,793 agencies; population 67,833,667) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL1 | 9,445,500 | 3,888.2 | 1,491,232 | 3,292.3 | 1,826,800 | 3,889.3 | 3,604,931 | 4,352.4 | 2,522,537 | 3,718.7 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,514 | 3.5 | 1,205 | 2.7 | 1,428 | 3.0 | 3,435 | 4.1 | 2,446 | 3.6 |
Forcible rape | 13,971 | 5.8 | 2,409 | 5.3 | 2,918 | 6.2 | 5,037 | 6.1 | 3,607 | 5.3 |
Robbery | 80,487 | 33.1 | 17,203 | 38.0 | 12,647 | 26.9 | 25,749 | 31.1 | 24,888 | 36.7 |
Aggravated assault | 301,065 | 123.9 | 46,480 | 102.6 | 44,948 | 95.7 | 95,225 | 115.0 | 114,412 | 168.7 |
Burglary | 220,284 | 90.7 | 34,784 | 76.8 | 32,666 | 69.5 | 79,732 | 96.3 | 73,102 | 107.8 |
Larceny-theft | 1,000,496 | 411.9 | 168,504 | 372.0 | 210,144 | 447.4 | 388,703 | 469.3 | 233,145 | 343.7 |
Motor vehicle theft | 53,244 | 21.9 | 7,056 | 15.6 | 10,749 | 22.9 | 15,059 | 18.2 | 20,380 | 30.0 |
Arson | 8,882 | 3.7 | 1,586 | 3.5 | 1,538 | 3.3 | 2,754 | 3.3 | 3,004 | 4.4 |
Violent crime2 | 404,037 | 166.3 | 67,297 | 148.6 | 61,941 | 131.9 | 129,446 | 156.3 | 145,353 | 214.3 |
Property crime2 | 1,282,906 | 528.1 | 211,930 | 467.9 | 255,097 | 543.1 | 486,248 | 587.1 | 329,631 | 485.9 |
Other assaults | 930,210 | 382.9 | 167,336 | 369.4 | 183,609 | 390.9 | 375,164 | 453.0 | 204,101 | 300.9 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 51,987 | 21.4 | 9,673 | 21.4 | 7,461 | 15.9 | 22,944 | 27.7 | 11,909 | 17.6 |
Fraud | 118,374 | 48.7 | 20,812 | 45.9 | 20,251 | 43.1 | 60,462 | 73.0 | 16,849 | 24.8 |
Embezzlement | 12,429 | 5.1 | 1,309 | 2.9 | 1,894 | 4.0 | 6,891 | 8.3 | 2,335 | 3.4 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 75,989 | 31.3 | 15,146 | 33.4 | 13,276 | 28.3 | 20,261 | 24.5 | 27,306 | 40.3 |
Vandalism | 177,325 | 73.0 | 41,276 | 91.1 | 37,007 | 78.8 | 46,022 | 55.6 | 53,020 | 78.2 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 115,464 | 47.5 | 15,564 | 34.4 | 22,206 | 47.3 | 39,940 | 48.2 | 37,754 | 55.7 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 43,395 | 17.9 | 5,381 | 11.9 | 5,847 | 12.4 | 15,719 | 19.0 | 16,448 | 24.2 |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 52,768 | 21.7 | 8,953 | 19.8 | 10,245 | 21.8 | 15,460 | 18.7 | 18,110 | 26.7 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,200,538 | 494.2 | 208,351 | 460.0 | 222,495 | 473.7 | 450,386 | 543.8 | 319,306 | 470.7 |
Gambling | 5,976 | 2.5 | 525 | 1.2 | 2,774 | 5.9 | 2,112 | 2.5 | 565 | 0.8 |
Offenses against the family and children | 82,121 | 33.8 | 16,862 | 37.2 | 17,664 | 37.6 | 35,068 | 42.3 | 12,527 | 18.5 |
Driving under the influence | 987,224 | 406.4 | 140,014 | 309.1 | 205,543 | 437.6 | 318,531 | 384.6 | 323,136 | 476.4 |
Liquor laws | 341,328 | 140.5 | 43,337 | 95.7 | 111,281 | 236.9 | 92,827 | 112.1 | 93,883 | 138.4 |
Drunkenness | 399,920 | 164.6 | 35,089 | 77.5 | 27,876 | 59.3 | 233,492 | 281.9 | 103,463 | 152.5 |
Disorderly conduct | 422,382 | 173.9 | 104,887 | 231.6 | 123,407 | 262.7 | 131,900 | 159.2 | 62,188 | 91.7 |
Vagrancy | 20,900 | 8.6 | 1,889 | 4.2 | 3,570 | 7.6 | 5,968 | 7.2 | 9,473 | 14.0 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,666,096 | 1,097.5 | 356,840 | 787.8 | 484,204 | 1,030.9 | 1,104,223 | 1,333.2 | 720,829 | 1,062.6 |
Suspicion | 1,160 | 0.5 | 52 | 0.1 | 257 | 0.5 | 822 | 1.0 | 29 | 0.0 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 54,131 | 22.3 | 18,761 | 41.4 | 9,152 | 19.5 | 11,867 | 14.3 | 14,351 | 21.2 |
- 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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