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Home Crime in the U.S. 2012 Crime in the U.S. 2012 Tables 46TableDataDecPDF

Table 46

Arrests

Cities by Age, 2012

[8,871 agencies; 2012 estimated population 165,509,499]

Offense charged Total all
ages
Ages
under 15
Ages
under 18
Ages 18
and over
Under
10
10-12 13-14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 and
over
TOTAL 6,988,793 234,528 831,162 6,157,631 5,459 49,737 179,332 158,674 201,075 236,885 299,610 322,716 318,275 305,018 287,476 264,759 247,268 1,044,652 812,544 568,591 520,437 465,054 361,773 195,282 86,579 57,597
Total percent distribution1 100.0 3.4 11.9 88.1 0.1 0.7 2.6 2.3 2.9 3.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.5 14.9 11.6 8.1 7.4 6.7 5.2 2.8 1.2 0.8
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,308 46 438 5,870 1 3 42 63 121 208 316 441 446 425 367 337 286 1,101 711 448 316 271 188 113 58 46
Forcible rape 10,304 544 1,450 8,854 3 121 420 266 296 344 497 405 393 398 358 347 304 1,374 1,277 952 880 715 460 246 130 118
Robbery 68,207 2,872 14,531 53,676 23 365 2,484 2,946 3,959 4,754 5,371 5,027 4,263 3,679 3,209 2,819 2,517 9,140 6,070 3,661 3,105 2,443 1,466 603 220 83
Aggravated assault 228,621 7,291 22,282 206,339 211 1,871 5,209 4,240 5,178 5,573 6,736 7,818 8,423 9,405 9,243 8,824 8,448 37,421 30,387 21,497 18,717 16,076 11,902 6,365 2,903 2,174
Burglary 161,277 9,487 32,946 128,331 274 1,915 7,298 6,546 8,018 8,895 10,542 9,533 8,273 7,202 6,445 5,898 5,359 21,672 16,107 10,433 9,785 8,111 5,384 2,384 775 428
Larceny-theft 829,563 43,928 150,611 678,952 661 9,691 33,576 28,733 36,791 41,159 46,202 42,062 37,707 33,531 30,646 27,864 25,691 109,797 86,060 60,099 56,552 49,899 37,530 20,097 8,763 6,452
Motor vehicle theft 39,234 1,666 7,916 31,318 6 184 1,476 1,846 2,213 2,191 2,272 2,017 1,752 1,582 1,577 1,376 1,331 5,864 4,632 3,066 2,432 1,737 1,028 424 154 74
Arson 6,733 1,631 2,673 4,060 153 558 920 428 333 281 270 204 176 183 157 147 133 618 545 401 335 336 263 162 86 44
Violent crime2 313,440 10,753 38,701 274,739 238 2,360 8,155 7,515 9,554 10,879 12,920 13,691 13,525 13,907 13,177 12,327 11,555 49,036 38,445 26,558 23,018 19,505 14,016 7,327 3,311 2,421
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.4 12.3 87.7 0.1 0.8 2.6 2.4 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.7 15.6 12.3 8.5 7.3 6.2 4.5 2.3 1.1 0.8
Property crime2 1,036,807 56,712 194,146 842,661 1,094 12,348 43,270 37,553 47,355 52,526 59,286 53,816 47,908 42,498 38,825 35,285 32,514 137,951 107,344 73,999 69,104 60,083 44,205 23,067 9,778 6,998
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 5.5 18.7 81.3 0.1 1.2 4.2 3.6 4.6 5.1 5.7 5.2 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 13.3 10.4 7.1 6.7 5.8 4.3 2.2 0.9 0.7
Other assaults 699,670 39,274 100,614 599,056 1,075 10,071 28,128 19,438 20,951 20,951 20,154 22,012 23,930 27,172 27,031 25,677 24,949 108,686 88,104 63,034 56,164 47,519 34,192 17,100 7,452 5,880
Forgery and counterfeiting 38,298 128 823 37,475 2 16 110 75 200 420 1,050 1,519 1,603 1,611 1,613 1,607 1,545 7,357 6,294 4,256 3,490 2,589 1,683 782 316 160
Fraud 77,873 492 2,855 75,018 8 81 403 449 776 1,138 2,102 2,853 3,263 2,849 2,946 2,829 2,792 13,254 11,646 8,585 7,780 6,031 4,053 2,241 1,053 741
Embezzlement 9,436 20 272 9,164 0 3 17 19 75 158 409 573 577 656 520 434 379 1,553 1,191 857 749 550 364 203 97 52
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 56,619 1,968 8,389 48,230 22 306 1,640 1,741 2,138 2,542 3,198 3,097 2,782 2,620 2,523 2,212 2,068 9,035 6,876 4,392 3,759 2,732 1,754 735 319 128
Vandalism 137,216 14,658 36,614 100,602 676 4,115 9,867 6,772 7,562 7,622 7,575 6,763 6,316 6,495 5,750 5,010 4,481 18,028 12,599 8,170 6,713 5,482 3,878 1,865 826 651
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 90,466 5,106 15,570 74,896 240 1,351 3,515 2,783 3,473 4,208 5,124 5,074 4,676 4,662 4,395 3,937 3,676 14,068 10,068 5,803 4,460 3,441 2,714 1,436 734 628
Prostitution and commercialized vice 40,536 34 542 39,994 0 3 31 67 168 273 1,164 1,623 1,814 1,870 1,832 1,799 1,687 6,975 5,406 4,226 4,205 3,513 2,112 989 444 335
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 37,482 3,379 6,750 30,732 115 970 2,294 1,172 1,100 1,099 1,271 1,230 1,205 1,192 1,008 905 882 3,963 3,733 3,045 3,107 2,993 2,536 1,637 960 1,065
Drug abuse violations 888,894 14,691 85,101 803,793 81 1,881 12,729 14,563 22,663 33,184 50,608 52,703 49,658 46,841 43,180 38,983 35,648 145,526 107,088 67,810 57,654 48,080 34,551 16,720 6,188 2,555
Gambling 5,018 67 677 4,341 0 10 57 118 216 276 380 361 333 293 250 257 196 656 376 243 248 209 199 141 106 93
Offenses against the family and children 39,871 634 1,973 37,898 35 144 455 393 487 459 790 954 1,078 1,303 1,388 1,407 1,407 7,473 6,661 5,028 3,959 2,914 1,918 932 364 322
Driving under the influence 580,534 81 4,775 575,759 15 3 63 181 1,113 3,400 9,565 14,437 17,512 27,883 28,335 27,146 25,716 106,593 79,321 57,143 52,221 46,746 38,766 23,371 12,205 8,799
Liquor laws 274,760 4,911 47,668 227,092 33 324 4,554 7,199 13,382 22,176 43,953 49,017 42,352 7,203 4,953 3,699 3,090 12,198 9,823 8,086 9,644 11,433 10,837 6,288 2,973 1,543
Drunkenness 345,951 830 6,573 339,378 20 60 750 1,071 1,502 3,170 7,820 9,310 9,950 16,108 14,454 13,080 11,960 50,834 40,983 31,891 34,236 36,505 32,880 18,180 7,507 3,680
Disorderly conduct 357,193 30,304 78,870 278,323 490 6,843 22,971 16,162 16,663 15,741 14,109 13,591 13,557 17,190 15,254 13,086 11,918 45,486 33,499 23,666 21,945 20,966 17,404 9,414 4,342 2,896
Vagrancy 18,204 198 836 17,368 0 26 172 190 226 222 762 736 721 534 487 509 411 1,812 1,724 1,420 1,839 2,142 2,129 1,311 565 266
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,889,294 36,175 148,889 1,740,405 1,037 6,285 28,853 29,820 38,168 44,726 57,325 69,300 75,473 82,095 79,515 74,542 70,361 304,062 241,270 170,323 156,098 141,571 111,546 61,517 27,030 18,377
Suspicion 777 14 70 707 1 6 7 12 18 26 45 56 42 36 40 28 33 106 93 56 44 50 36 26 9 7
Curfew and loitering law violations 50,454 14,099 50,454 - 277 2,531 11,291 11,381 13,285 11,689 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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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