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Home Crime in the U.S. 2012 Crime in the U.S. 2012 Tables 64TableDataDecPDF

Table 64

Arrests

Suburban Areas1

by Age, 2012

[6,766 agencies; 2012 estimated population 110,031,559]

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 3,915,278 114,860 419,136 3,496,142 3,069 24,618 87,173 76,191 100,818 127,267 170,817 183,093 178,799 169,919 163,160 151,006 141,079 601,415 471,833 333,658 299,940 258,644 191,473 101,487 45,854 33,965
Total percent distribution2 100.0 2.9 10.7 89.3 0.1 0.6 2.2 1.9 2.6 3.3 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.6 15.4 12.1 8.5 7.7 6.6 4.9 2.6 1.2 0.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,662 24 176 2,486 0 5 19 19 51 82 133 159 156 172 151 111 121 401 323 213 160 137 98 59 46 46
Forcible rape 5,038 278 763 4,275 1 69 208 111 165 209 285 251 233 196 188 186 157 600 549 430 399 320 229 122 77 53
Robbery 24,196 774 4,403 19,793 10 91 673 848 1,212 1,569 1,964 1,864 1,568 1,355 1,258 1,060 984 3,460 2,295 1,229 1,097 849 499 199 73 39
Aggravated assault 108,717 3,639 10,704 98,013 130 970 2,539 1,996 2,416 2,653 3,308 3,697 3,961 4,290 4,177 4,004 3,793 17,137 13,980 10,209 9,431 8,036 5,835 3,325 1,538 1,292
Burglary 85,407 4,229 15,285 70,122 115 911 3,203 2,995 3,674 4,387 5,704 5,258 4,507 4,202 3,704 3,385 3,106 12,789 9,138 5,732 4,777 3,757 2,491 1,015 354 203
Larceny-theft 412,871 18,939 68,761 344,110 315 4,032 14,592 12,525 16,814 20,483 23,063 21,122 19,272 17,139 15,878 14,520 13,353 57,453 44,664 30,688 28,490 24,314 17,669 9,105 4,190 3,190
Motor vehicle theft 19,093 678 3,341 15,752 4 77 597 743 964 956 979 918 777 724 748 597 670 2,969 2,462 1,642 1,326 958 573 272 81 56
Arson 3,377 840 1,423 1,954 60 294 486 227 197 159 142 118 85 84 94 59 55 295 220 213 141 169 134 78 36 31
Violent crime3 140,613 4,715 16,046 124,567 141 1,135 3,439 2,974 3,844 4,513 5,690 5,971 5,918 6,013 5,774 5,361 5,055 21,598 17,147 12,081 11,087 9,342 6,661 3,705 1,734 1,430
Violent crime percent distribution2 100.0 3.4 11.4 88.6 0.1 0.8 2.4 2.1 2.7 3.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.6 15.4 12.2 8.6 7.9 6.6 4.7 2.6 1.2 1.0
Property crime3 520,748 24,686 88,810 431,938 494 5,314 18,878 16,490 21,649 25,985 29,888 27,416 24,641 22,149 20,424 18,561 17,184 73,506 56,484 38,275 34,734 29,198 20,867 10,470 4,661 3,480
Property crime percent distribution2 100.0 4.7 17.1 82.9 0.1 1.0 3.6 3.2 4.2 5.0 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.3 14.1 10.8 7.4 6.7 5.6 4.0 2.0 0.9 0.7
Other assaults 365,535 22,906 57,821 307,714 767 5,950 16,189 10,954 12,046 11,915 10,454 10,982 11,585 12,768 12,754 11,980 11,486 51,932 44,858 33,927 31,622 26,793 18,791 9,660 4,335 3,787
Forgery and counterfeiting 23,633 66 554 23,079 1 10 55 52 121 315 705 1,052 1,080 967 963 962 975 4,351 3,718 2,601 2,099 1,691 1,093 489 203 130
Fraud 55,519 259 1,626 53,893 5 38 216 254 423 690 1,260 1,633 1,876 1,785 1,891 1,871 1,912 9,262 8,470 6,694 6,181 4,724 3,092 1,816 814 612
Embezzlement 5,227 5 111 5,116 0 1 4 8 30 68 214 275 313 320 273 221 198 795 692 543 492 335 220 131 63 31
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 33,073 980 4,255 28,818 16 164 800 860 1,086 1,329 1,840 1,740 1,576 1,541 1,471 1,359 1,246 5,321 4,118 2,733 2,311 1,743 1,046 473 194 106
Vandalism 71,949 7,611 19,691 52,258 331 2,086 5,194 3,423 4,337 4,320 4,368 3,779 3,255 3,252 2,767 2,412 2,201 8,917 6,283 4,178 3,715 2,998 2,133 1,053 497 450
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 39,839 2,660 6,980 32,859 204 759 1,697 1,137 1,468 1,715 2,016 1,913 1,836 1,826 1,790 1,599 1,511 6,001 4,356 2,695 2,255 1,854 1,504 842 450 411
Prostitution and commercialized vice 5,819 16 104 5,715 0 3 13 17 20 51 141 225 213 256 254 264 222 1,032 785 552 606 487 302 205 85 86
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 21,003 2,067 4,120 16,883 83 583 1,401 698 664 691 850 829 744 663 627 520 476 2,236 1,926 1,655 1,666 1,510 1,195 792 512 682
Drug abuse violations 484,599 7,912 48,389 436,210 49 1,000 6,863 7,639 12,619 20,219 31,346 32,156 29,391 27,030 24,629 21,868 19,552 78,630 56,148 35,111 28,487 23,431 16,387 7,918 2,851 1,275
Gambling 1,290 13 89 1,201 1 2 10 10 21 45 31 32 43 29 30 36 30 109 101 148 167 108 112 85 67 73
Offenses against the family and children 44,450 362 1,206 43,244 19 81 262 218 282 344 532 632 769 958 1,113 1,185 1,339 7,417 7,984 6,756 5,851 4,216 2,641 1,192 391 268
Driving under the influence 455,803 53 3,414 452,389 3 6 44 126 734 2,501 7,176 10,675 13,276 20,923 21,982 21,253 20,090 82,859 61,373 44,717 42,201 38,651 31,659 18,766 9,817 6,971
Liquor laws 148,963 2,701 31,078 117,885 9 174 2,518 4,409 8,856 15,112 28,473 29,899 24,026 3,583 2,572 1,861 1,527 5,738 4,186 3,222 3,274 3,548 2,949 1,682 788 557
Drunkenness 139,655 403 3,218 136,437 10 31 362 507 759 1,549 3,923 4,478 4,290 6,830 6,059 5,337 4,742 20,233 16,405 12,868 13,441 14,293 12,457 6,729 2,778 1,574
Disorderly conduct 174,435 15,093 40,130 134,305 279 3,351 11,463 8,139 8,509 8,389 7,548 6,815 6,624 8,041 7,039 6,084 5,512 21,164 15,916 11,568 10,864 10,528 8,374 4,427 2,133 1,668
Vagrancy 5,414 78 301 5,113 1 14 63 60 71 92 201 214 195 203 190 189 155 771 657 480 476 541 433 233 118 57
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,163,506 18,739 77,709 1,085,797 629 3,436 14,674 14,979 19,351 24,640 34,123 42,332 47,108 50,748 50,525 48,057 45,635 199,439 160,131 112,784 98,363 82,589 59,516 30,789 13,351 10,307
Suspicion 765 11 44 721 1 4 6 5 10 18 38 45 40 34 33 26 31 104 95 70 48 64 41 30 12 10
Curfew and loitering law violations 13,440 3,524 13,440 - 26 476 3,022 3,232 3,918 2,766 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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.
  • 2 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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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