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Home Crime in the U.S. 2012 Crime in the U.S. 2012 Tables 52TableDataDecPDF

Table 52

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

by Age, 2012

[1,363 agencies; 2012 estimated population 55,902,687]

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 1,723,089 39,319 148,759 1,574,330 1,249 8,648 29,422 26,063 36,060 47,317 60,815 68,265 71,150 71,733 71,217 67,375 63,893 279,519 224,620 160,672 143,974 121,804 87,745 46,131 20,573 14,844
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.3 8.6 91.4 0.1 0.5 1.7 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.5 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 16.2 13.0 9.3 8.4 7.1 5.1 2.7 1.2 0.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,565 12 92 1,473 0 5 7 11 27 42 78 89 91 90 83 66 74 238 197 127 101 85 58 38 25 33
Forcible rape 2,470 131 344 2,126 1 36 94 50 68 95 119 115 118 91 94 90 68 299 272 221 196 166 127 72 51 27
Robbery 10,738 329 1,923 8,815 5 33 291 368 534 692 873 810 721 627 585 456 465 1,563 989 523 472 391 208 87 25 20
Aggravated assault 55,135 1,576 4,782 50,353 51 410 1,115 907 1,104 1,195 1,520 1,774 1,910 2,105 2,079 1,971 1,920 8,710 7,261 5,271 4,958 4,308 3,182 1,848 828 708
Burglary 41,203 1,738 6,835 34,368 46 392 1,300 1,277 1,674 2,146 2,748 2,602 2,276 2,142 1,906 1,659 1,547 6,214 4,510 2,828 2,298 1,772 1,128 457 168 113
Larceny-theft 135,521 5,664 20,916 114,605 102 1,206 4,356 3,753 5,085 6,414 7,322 6,776 6,170 5,650 5,164 4,792 4,469 19,392 15,057 10,439 9,788 8,388 5,849 2,966 1,402 981
Motor vehicle theft 10,229 319 1,631 8,598 2 29 288 361 482 469 516 458 432 405 388 302 365 1,588 1,378 920 762 552 313 149 37 33
Arson 1,417 250 467 950 18 90 142 64 88 65 67 52 37 37 46 26 23 153 115 97 69 85 64 40 22 17
Violent crime2 69,908 2,048 7,141 62,767 57 484 1,507 1,336 1,733 2,024 2,590 2,788 2,840 2,913 2,841 2,583 2,527 10,810 8,719 6,142 5,727 4,950 3,575 2,045 929 788
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 2.9 10.2 89.8 0.1 0.7 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.6 15.5 12.5 8.8 8.2 7.1 5.1 2.9 1.3 1.1
Property crime2 188,370 7,971 29,849 158,521 168 1,717 6,086 5,455 7,329 9,094 10,653 9,888 8,915 8,234 7,504 6,779 6,404 27,347 21,060 14,284 12,917 10,797 7,354 3,612 1,629 1,144
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 4.2 15.8 84.2 0.1 0.9 3.2 2.9 3.9 4.8 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.4 14.5 11.2 7.6 6.9 5.7 3.9 1.9 0.9 0.6
Other assaults 165,969 9,897 25,492 140,477 393 2,641 6,863 4,756 5,464 5,375 4,385 4,549 4,983 5,394 5,503 5,264 5,036 23,331 20,760 15,980 15,097 12,719 8,933 4,622 2,068 1,853
Forgery and counterfeiting 10,586 27 242 10,344 1 5 21 23 42 150 266 417 505 435 437 435 410 1,909 1,627 1,209 993 799 525 224 92 61
Fraud 27,251 102 590 26,661 4 15 83 95 147 246 470 599 730 736 830 896 936 4,438 4,253 3,581 3,295 2,490 1,665 977 439 326
Embezzlement 2,394 2 58 2,336 0 1 1 6 16 34 95 115 143 126 114 104 84 348 309 251 253 168 117 63 29 17
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 14,945 268 1,515 13,430 4 43 221 280 423 544 752 696 683 672 646 627 574 2,466 2,034 1,364 1,154 881 504 242 76 59
Vandalism 29,665 2,676 7,507 22,158 127 676 1,873 1,354 1,776 1,701 1,630 1,460 1,275 1,238 1,090 984 900 3,841 2,689 1,879 1,746 1,413 1,045 512 245 211
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 18,757 1,070 2,814 15,943 128 320 622 437 594 713 776 780 820 832 820 769 729 3,007 2,231 1,382 1,223 1,007 743 411 225 188
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,720 9 63 2,657 0 1 8 14 11 29 82 98 101 115 112 127 126 496 396 235 280 195 144 85 33 32
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 10,924 1,034 2,002 8,922 41 317 676 323 300 345 418 409 374 315 319 275 243 1,184 1,032 932 917 792 654 417 273 368
Drug abuse violations 226,123 2,765 17,929 208,194 24 349 2,392 2,602 4,547 8,015 11,639 12,783 12,794 12,231 11,427 10,312 9,310 38,665 28,421 18,113 15,092 12,314 8,647 4,251 1,547 648
Gambling 762 8 44 718 1 0 7 6 11 19 7 13 10 10 12 13 9 51 48 105 118 81 67 65 53 56
Offenses against the family and children 30,601 142 485 30,116 11 32 99 86 98 159 259 297 393 545 638 702 862 4,960 5,800 4,994 4,423 3,116 1,909 821 265 132
Driving under the influence 240,955 35 1,407 239,548 1 6 28 58 293 1,021 3,353 5,227 6,713 10,869 11,669 11,361 10,832 45,478 33,669 24,201 22,333 19,951 16,056 9,487 4,940 3,409
Liquor laws 42,191 731 9,932 32,259 2 61 668 1,345 2,908 4,948 7,040 7,319 6,296 852 720 558 483 1,909 1,495 1,187 1,196 1,253 961 538 275 177
Drunkenness 36,185 75 738 35,447 4 4 67 117 188 358 918 1,058 1,059 1,507 1,422 1,348 1,262 5,547 4,535 3,460 3,556 3,795 3,182 1,732 652 414
Disorderly conduct 45,761 3,651 10,087 35,674 112 820 2,719 2,016 2,232 2,188 1,700 1,487 1,466 1,750 1,553 1,419 1,348 5,459 4,552 3,400 3,171 3,210 2,627 1,411 647 474
Vagrancy 2,494 53 127 2,367 1 11 41 28 17 29 82 92 82 110 104 97 79 407 313 231 225 211 175 92 46 21
All other offenses (except traffic) 552,957 5,976 27,379 525,578 168 1,070 4,738 4,934 6,855 9,614 13,695 18,184 20,956 22,840 23,450 22,713 21,731 97,830 80,649 57,716 50,241 41,643 28,850 14,513 6,106 4,461
Suspicion 218 2 5 213 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 6 12 9 6 9 8 36 28 26 17 19 12 11 4 5
Curfew and loitering law violations 3,353 777 3,353 - 2 75 700 791 1,075 710 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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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