Table 31
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2012
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
| Offense charged | Cities | Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Total (12,196 agencies; population 242,925,157) |
Total cities (8,871 cities; population 165,509,499) |
Group I (63 cities, 250,000 and over; population 43,104,213) |
Group II (179 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 26,589,685) |
Group III (394 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,345,457) |
Group IV (719 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 24,749,466) |
Group V (1,510 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 24,038,826) |
Group VI (6,006 cities, under 10,000; population 19,681,852) |
Metropolitan counties (1,363 agencies; population 55,902,687) |
Nonmetropolitan counties (1,962 agencies; population 21,512,971) |
Suburban areas1 (6,766 agencies; population 110,031,559) |
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| Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
| TOTAL2 | 9,445,500 | 3,888.2 | 6,988,016 | 4,222.1 | 1,842,886 | 4,275.4 | 1,079,333 | 4,059.2 | 1,038,829 | 3,798.9 | 977,023 | 3,947.7 | 1,011,849 | 4,209.2 | 1,038,096 | 5,274.4 | 1,722,871 | 3,081.9 | 734,613 | 3,414.7 | 3,914,513 | 3,557.6 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,514 | 3.5 | 6,308 | 3.8 | 2,887 | 6.7 | 1,136 | 4.3 | 729 | 2.7 | 662 | 2.7 | 521 | 2.2 | 373 | 1.9 | 1,565 | 2.8 | 641 | 3.0 | 2,662 | 2.4 |
| Forcible rape | 13,971 | 5.8 | 10,304 | 6.2 | 3,669 | 8.5 | 1,531 | 5.8 | 1,411 | 5.2 | 1,271 | 5.1 | 1,240 | 5.2 | 1,182 | 6.0 | 2,470 | 4.4 | 1,197 | 5.6 | 5,038 | 4.6 |
| Robbery | 80,487 | 33.1 | 68,207 | 41.2 | 29,816 | 69.2 | 12,284 | 46.2 | 9,646 | 35.3 | 7,249 | 29.3 | 5,687 | 23.7 | 3,525 | 17.9 | 10,738 | 19.2 | 1,542 | 7.2 | 24,196 | 22.0 |
| Aggravated assault | 301,065 | 123.9 | 228,621 | 138.1 | 79,863 | 185.3 | 40,822 | 153.5 | 34,686 | 126.8 | 26,640 | 107.6 | 25,541 | 106.2 | 21,069 | 107.0 | 55,135 | 98.6 | 17,309 | 80.5 | 108,717 | 98.8 |
| Burglary | 220,284 | 90.7 | 161,277 | 97.4 | 43,382 | 100.6 | 30,243 | 113.7 | 27,398 | 100.2 | 20,962 | 84.7 | 21,110 | 87.8 | 18,182 | 92.4 | 41,203 | 73.7 | 17,804 | 82.8 | 85,407 | 77.6 |
| Larceny-theft | 1,000,496 | 411.9 | 829,563 | 501.2 | 193,259 | 448.4 | 127,934 | 481.1 | 133,883 | 489.6 | 138,878 | 561.1 | 136,202 | 566.6 | 99,407 | 505.1 | 135,521 | 242.4 | 35,412 | 164.6 | 412,871 | 375.2 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 53,244 | 21.9 | 39,234 | 23.7 | 14,447 | 33.5 | 7,081 | 26.6 | 5,568 | 20.4 | 4,138 | 16.7 | 4,195 | 17.5 | 3,805 | 19.3 | 10,229 | 18.3 | 3,781 | 17.6 | 19,093 | 17.4 |
| Arson | 8,882 | 3.7 | 6,733 | 4.1 | 1,991 | 4.6 | 1,017 | 3.8 | 1,042 | 3.8 | 883 | 3.6 | 830 | 3.5 | 970 | 4.9 | 1,417 | 2.5 | 732 | 3.4 | 3,377 | 3.1 |
| Violent crime3 | 404,037 | 166.3 | 313,440 | 189.4 | 116,235 | 269.7 | 55,773 | 209.8 | 46,472 | 169.9 | 35,822 | 144.7 | 32,989 | 137.2 | 26,149 | 132.9 | 69,908 | 125.1 | 20,689 | 96.2 | 140,613 | 127.8 |
| Property crime3 | 1,282,906 | 528.1 | 1,036,807 | 626.4 | 253,079 | 587.1 | 166,275 | 625.3 | 167,891 | 614.0 | 164,861 | 666.1 | 162,337 | 675.3 | 122,364 | 621.7 | 188,370 | 337.0 | 57,729 | 268.3 | 520,748 | 473.3 |
| Other assaults | 930,210 | 382.9 | 699,670 | 422.7 | 194,812 | 452.0 | 114,989 | 432.5 | 107,589 | 393.4 | 97,009 | 392.0 | 95,623 | 397.8 | 89,648 | 455.5 | 165,969 | 296.9 | 64,571 | 300.1 | 365,535 | 332.2 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 51,987 | 21.4 | 38,298 | 23.1 | 8,876 | 20.6 | 5,435 | 20.4 | 5,994 | 21.9 | 5,913 | 23.9 | 6,443 | 26.8 | 5,637 | 28.6 | 10,586 | 18.9 | 3,103 | 14.4 | 23,633 | 21.5 |
| Fraud | 118,374 | 48.7 | 77,873 | 47.1 | 15,975 | 37.1 | 10,741 | 40.4 | 11,149 | 40.8 | 12,307 | 49.7 | 12,254 | 51.0 | 15,447 | 78.5 | 27,251 | 48.7 | 13,250 | 61.6 | 55,519 | 50.5 |
| Embezzlement | 12,429 | 5.1 | 9,436 | 5.7 | 2,179 | 5.1 | 1,534 | 5.8 | 1,536 | 5.6 | 1,588 | 6.4 | 1,511 | 6.3 | 1,088 | 5.5 | 2,394 | 4.3 | 599 | 2.8 | 5,227 | 4.8 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 75,989 | 31.3 | 56,619 | 34.2 | 13,809 | 32.0 | 9,518 | 35.8 | 10,546 | 38.6 | 8,612 | 34.8 | 8,194 | 34.1 | 5,940 | 30.2 | 14,945 | 26.7 | 4,425 | 20.6 | 33,073 | 30.1 |
| Vandalism | 177,325 | 73.0 | 137,216 | 82.9 | 35,219 | 81.7 | 20,496 | 77.1 | 21,891 | 80.1 | 20,463 | 82.7 | 19,961 | 83.0 | 19,186 | 97.5 | 29,665 | 53.1 | 10,444 | 48.5 | 71,949 | 65.4 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 115,464 | 47.5 | 90,466 | 54.7 | 35,029 | 81.3 | 14,729 | 55.4 | 13,013 | 47.6 | 9,702 | 39.2 | 8,651 | 36.0 | 9,342 | 47.5 | 18,757 | 33.6 | 6,241 | 29.0 | 39,839 | 36.2 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 43,395 | 17.9 | 40,536 | 24.5 | 29,495 | 68.4 | 5,251 | 19.7 | 2,345 | 8.6 | 1,946 | 7.9 | 1,065 | 4.4 | 434 | 2.2 | 2,720 | 4.9 | 139 | 0.6 | 5,819 | 5.3 |
| Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) | 52,768 | 21.7 | 37,482 | 22.6 | 12,749 | 29.6 | 5,322 | 20.0 | 5,458 | 20.0 | 4,735 | 19.1 | 4,828 | 20.1 | 4,390 | 22.3 | 10,924 | 19.5 | 4,362 | 20.3 | 21,003 | 19.1 |
| Drug abuse violations | 1,200,538 | 494.2 | 888,894 | 537.1 | 280,244 | 650.2 | 137,259 | 516.2 | 131,786 | 481.9 | 112,055 | 452.8 | 109,619 | 456.0 | 117,931 | 599.2 | 226,123 | 404.5 | 85,521 | 397.5 | 484,599 | 440.4 |
| Gambling | 5,976 | 2.5 | 5,018 | 3.0 | 3,726 | 8.6 | 462 | 1.7 | 129 | 0.5 | 220 | 0.9 | 189 | 0.8 | 292 | 1.5 | 762 | 1.4 | 196 | 0.9 | 1,290 | 1.2 |
| Offenses against the family and children | 82,121 | 33.8 | 39,871 | 24.1 | 5,580 | 12.9 | 7,597 | 28.6 | 5,334 | 19.5 | 7,448 | 30.1 | 6,799 | 28.3 | 7,113 | 36.1 | 30,601 | 54.7 | 11,649 | 54.1 | 44,450 | 40.4 |
| Driving under the influence | 987,224 | 406.4 | 580,534 | 350.8 | 124,929 | 289.8 | 81,800 | 307.6 | 82,966 | 303.4 | 83,886 | 338.9 | 97,514 | 405.7 | 109,439 | 556.0 | 240,955 | 431.0 | 165,735 | 770.4 | 455,803 | 414.2 |
| Liquor laws | 341,328 | 140.5 | 274,760 | 166.0 | 48,647 | 112.9 | 35,299 | 132.8 | 33,302 | 121.8 | 37,971 | 153.4 | 45,795 | 190.5 | 73,746 | 374.7 | 42,191 | 75.5 | 24,377 | 113.3 | 148,963 | 135.4 |
| Drunkenness | 399,920 | 164.6 | 345,951 | 209.0 | 75,046 | 174.1 | 62,560 | 235.3 | 57,521 | 210.3 | 49,954 | 201.8 | 49,241 | 204.8 | 51,629 | 262.3 | 36,185 | 64.7 | 17,784 | 82.7 | 139,655 | 126.9 |
| Disorderly conduct | 422,382 | 173.9 | 357,193 | 215.8 | 78,074 | 181.1 | 46,933 | 176.5 | 49,365 | 180.5 | 50,788 | 205.2 | 60,109 | 250.0 | 71,924 | 365.4 | 45,761 | 81.9 | 19,428 | 90.3 | 174,435 | 158.5 |
| Vagrancy | 20,900 | 8.6 | 18,204 | 11.0 | 8,955 | 20.8 | 2,064 | 7.8 | 3,608 | 13.2 | 1,588 | 6.4 | 825 | 3.4 | 1,164 | 5.9 | 2,494 | 4.5 | 202 | 0.9 | 5,414 | 4.9 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,666,096 | 1,097.5 | 1,889,294 | 1,141.5 | 474,128 | 1,100.0 | 290,868 | 1,093.9 | 274,753 | 1,004.7 | 265,116 | 1,071.2 | 283,622 | 1,179.8 | 300,807 | 1,528.3 | 552,957 | 989.1 | 223,845 | 1,040.5 | 1,163,506 | 1,057.4 |
| Suspicion | 1,160 | 0.5 | 777 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 0.6 | 311 | 1.3 | 54 | 0.2 | 251 | 1.3 | 218 | 0.4 | 165 | 0.8 | 765 | 0.7 |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 54,131 | 22.3 | 50,454 | 30.5 | 26,100 | 60.6 | 4,428 | 16.7 | 6,181 | 22.6 | 5,039 | 20.4 | 4,280 | 17.8 | 4,426 | 22.5 | 3,353 | 6.0 | 324 | 1.5 | 13,440 | 12.2 |
- 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. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
- 2 Does not include suspicion.
- 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.
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