Table 62
Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas,1 2012–2013
[4,928 agencies; 2013 estimated population 91,923,343; 2012 estimated population 91,089,328]
Offense charged | Number of persons arrested | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total all ages | Under 18 years of age | 18 years of age and over | |||||||
2012 | 2013 |
Percent change |
2012 | 2013 |
Percent change |
2012 | 2013 |
Percent change |
|
TOTAL2 | 3,133,889 | 3,004,029 | -4.1 | 318,198 | 269,056 | -15.4 | 2,815,691 | 2,734,973 | -2.9 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 2,157 | 2,188 | +1.4 | 127 | 161 | +26.8 | 2,030 | 2,027 | -0.1 |
Rape3 | 4,084 | 3,877 | -5.1 | 618 | 597 | -3.4 | 3,466 | 3,280 | -5.4 |
Robbery | 18,788 | 18,160 | -3.3 | 3,336 | 3,104 | -7.0 | 15,452 | 15,056 | -2.6 |
Aggravated assault | 90,832 | 86,858 | -4.4 | 8,250 | 7,382 | -10.5 | 82,582 | 79,476 | -3.8 |
Burglary | 71,312 | 64,265 | -9.9 | 12,452 | 10,025 | -19.5 | 58,860 | 54,240 | -7.8 |
Larceny-theft | 310,989 | 306,199 | -1.5 | 49,606 | 42,577 | -14.2 | 261,383 | 263,622 | +0.9 |
Motor vehicle theft | 15,426 | 15,328 | -0.6 | 2,528 | 2,341 | -7.4 | 12,898 | 12,987 | +0.7 |
Arson | 2,745 | 2,554 | -7.0 | 1,166 | 899 | -22.9 | 1,579 | 1,655 | +4.8 |
Violent crime4 | 115,861 | 111,083 | -4.1 | 12,331 | 11,244 | -8.8 | 103,530 | 99,839 | -3.6 |
Property crime4 | 400,472 | 388,346 | -3.0 | 65,752 | 55,842 | -15.1 | 334,720 | 332,504 | -0.7 |
Other assaults | 289,547 | 273,353 | -5.6 | 45,007 | 39,689 | -11.8 | 244,540 | 233,664 | -4.4 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 18,958 | 17,279 | -8.9 | 452 | 340 | -24.8 | 18,506 | 16,939 | -8.5 |
Fraud | 46,191 | 43,003 | -6.9 | 1,315 | 1,244 | -5.4 | 44,876 | 41,759 | -6.9 |
Embezzlement | 4,208 | 4,432 | +5.3 | 81 | 92 | +13.6 | 4,127 | 4,340 | +5.2 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 28,394 | 26,719 | -5.9 | 3,429 | 2,701 | -21.2 | 24,965 | 24,018 | -3.8 |
Vandalism | 56,083 | 51,099 | -8.9 | 15,134 | 12,341 | -18.5 | 40,949 | 38,758 | -5.4 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 33,392 | 32,615 | -2.3 | 5,694 | 4,906 | -13.8 | 27,698 | 27,709 | * |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 4,350 | 5,297 | +21.8 | 94 | 100 | +6.4 | 4,256 | 5,197 | +22.1 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 16,803 | 14,680 | -12.6 | 3,242 | 2,830 | -12.7 | 13,561 | 11,850 | -12.6 |
Drug abuse violations | 401,378 | 409,235 | +2.0 | 39,209 | 34,355 | -12.4 | 362,169 | 374,880 | +3.5 |
Gambling | 971 | 914 | -5.9 | 77 | 61 | -20.8 | 894 | 853 | -4.6 |
Offenses against the family and children | 38,745 | 37,677 | -2.8 | 934 | 863 | -7.6 | 37,811 | 36,814 | -2.6 |
Driving under the influence | 366,838 | 341,319 | -7.0 | 2,576 | 2,121 | -17.7 | 364,262 | 339,198 | -6.9 |
Liquor laws | 105,212 | 87,108 | -17.2 | 21,612 | 16,883 | -21.9 | 83,600 | 70,225 | -16.0 |
Drunkenness | 106,811 | 97,487 | -8.7 | 2,841 | 2,130 | -25.0 | 103,970 | 95,357 | -8.3 |
Disorderly conduct | 114,523 | 101,873 | -11.0 | 27,259 | 22,276 | -18.3 | 87,264 | 79,597 | -8.8 |
Vagrancy | 4,391 | 3,840 | -12.5 | 358 | 209 | -41.6 | 4,033 | 3,631 | -10.0 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 971,088 | 949,834 | -2.2 | 61,128 | 51,993 | -14.9 | 909,960 | 897,841 | -1.3 |
Suspicion | 440 | 231 | -47.5 | 102 | 28 | -72.5 | 338 | 203 | -39.9 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 9,673 | 6,836 | -29.3 | 9,673 | 6,836 | -29.3 | - | - | - |
- 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 Does not include suspicion.
- 3 The rape figures in this table are based on the legacy definition of rape only. The rape figures shown include converted National Incident-Based Reporting System rape data and those states/agencies that reported the legacy definition of rape for both years.
- 4 Violent crimes in this table are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape (legacy definition), 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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