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Table 59

Arrests

Nonmetropolitan Counties

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2012

[1,962 agencies; 2012 estimated population 21,512,971]

Offense charged Total
all ages
Number of persons arrested Percent of total all ages
Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25 Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25
TOTAL 734,778 9,718 40,413 122,429 233,323 1.3 5.5 16.7 31.8
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 641 5 30 89 182 0.8 4.7 13.9 28.4
Forcible rape 1,197 65 160 354 532 5.4 13.4 29.6 44.4
Robbery 1,542 11 109 404 739 0.7 7.1 26.2 47.9
Aggravated assault 17,309 336 1,096 2,490 4,766 1.9 6.3 14.4 27.5
Burglary 17,804 518 2,294 5,520 8,670 2.9 12.9 31.0 48.7
Larceny-theft 35,412 989 3,734 8,741 14,134 2.8 10.5 24.7 39.9
Motor vehicle theft 3,781 153 638 1,116 1,689 4.0 16.9 29.5 44.7
Arson 732 59 142 248 350 8.1 19.4 33.9 47.8
Violent crime1 20,689 417 1,395 3,337 6,219 2.0 6.7 16.1 30.1
Property crime1 57,729 1,719 6,808 15,625 24,843 3.0 11.8 27.1 43.0
Other assaults 64,571 2,025 6,092 11,499 19,628 3.1 9.4 17.8 30.4
Forgery and counterfeiting 3,103 3 41 298 760 0.1 1.3 9.6 24.5
Fraud 13,250 44 165 906 2,334 0.3 1.2 6.8 17.6
Embezzlement 599 1 11 40 122 0.2 1.8 6.7 20.4
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 4,425 49 272 880 1,595 1.1 6.1 19.9 36.0
Vandalism 10,444 879 2,347 4,022 5,606 8.4 22.5 38.5 53.7
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 6,241 174 472 1,019 1,892 2.8 7.6 16.3 30.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 139 3 11 26 47 2.2 7.9 18.7 33.8
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 4,362 381 818 1,431 1,893 8.7 18.8 32.8 43.4
Drug abuse violations 85,521 582 4,065 16,827 32,539 0.7 4.8 19.7 38.0
Gambling 196 0 11 78 87 0.0 5.6 39.8 44.4
Offenses against the family and children 11,649 79 205 650 1,861 0.7 1.8 5.6 16.0
Driving under the influence 165,735 24 1,054 12,501 38,749 * 0.6 7.5 23.4
Liquor laws 24,377 385 5,011 17,523 19,329 1.6 20.6 71.9 79.3
Drunkenness 17,784 23 307 1,780 4,238 0.1 1.7 10.0 23.8
Disorderly conduct 19,428 1,096 3,060 4,983 7,607 5.6 15.8 25.6 39.2
Vagrancy 202 0 21 41 71 0.0 10.4 20.3 35.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 223,845 1,695 7,805 28,516 63,447 0.8 3.5 12.7 28.3
Suspicion 165 62 118 123 132 37.6 71.5 74.5 80.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 324 77 324 324 324 23.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 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.
  • * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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