Table 30
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2014
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
| Offense charged |
United States total (12,327 agencies; population 250,219,374) |
Northeast (3,078 agencies; population 44,861,741) |
Midwest (3,115 agencies; population 50,295,343) |
South (4,322 agencies; population 85,236,433) |
West (1,812 agencies; population 69,825,857) |
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| Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
| TOTAL1 | 8,789,559 | 3,512.7 | 1,352,573 | 3,015.0 | 1,739,863 | 3,459.3 | 3,247,981 | 3,810.6 | 2,449,142 | 3,507.5 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 8,267 | 3.3 | 1,036 | 2.3 | 1,649 | 3.3 | 3,357 | 3.9 | 2,225 | 3.2 |
| Rape2 | 16,473 | 6.6 | 2,565 | 5.7 | 3,902 | 7.8 | 5,253 | 6.2 | 4,753 | 6.8 |
| Robbery | 74,432 | 29.7 | 15,479 | 34.5 | 12,412 | 24.7 | 23,921 | 28.1 | 22,620 | 32.4 |
| Aggravated assault | 293,005 | 117.1 | 41,452 | 92.4 | 44,236 | 88.0 | 87,403 | 102.5 | 119,914 | 171.7 |
| Burglary | 187,474 | 74.9 | 26,917 | 60.0 | 26,207 | 52.1 | 65,869 | 77.3 | 68,481 | 98.1 |
| Larceny-theft | 978,033 | 390.9 | 160,925 | 358.7 | 205,750 | 409.1 | 382,634 | 448.9 | 228,724 | 327.6 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 53,744 | 21.5 | 6,124 | 13.7 | 11,266 | 22.4 | 14,923 | 17.5 | 21,431 | 30.7 |
| Arson | 7,357 | 2.9 | 1,478 | 3.3 | 1,255 | 2.5 | 2,354 | 2.8 | 2,270 | 3.3 |
| Violent crime3 | 392,177 | 156.7 | 60,532 | 134.9 | 62,199 | 123.7 | 119,934 | 140.7 | 149,512 | 214.1 |
| Property crime3 | 1,226,608 | 490.2 | 195,444 | 435.7 | 244,478 | 486.1 | 465,780 | 546.5 | 320,906 | 459.6 |
| Other assaults | 859,214 | 343.4 | 148,134 | 330.2 | 173,354 | 344.7 | 336,676 | 395.0 | 201,050 | 287.9 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 44,609 | 17.8 | 7,667 | 17.1 | 7,229 | 14.4 | 19,579 | 23.0 | 10,134 | 14.5 |
| Fraud | 110,355 | 44.1 | 21,746 | 48.5 | 19,463 | 38.7 | 52,096 | 61.1 | 17,050 | 24.4 |
| Embezzlement | 12,772 | 5.1 | 1,438 | 3.2 | 2,165 | 4.3 | 7,071 | 8.3 | 2,098 | 3.0 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 70,170 | 28.0 | 11,734 | 26.2 | 12,818 | 25.5 | 19,657 | 23.1 | 25,961 | 37.2 |
| Vandalism | 155,893 | 62.3 | 33,352 | 74.3 | 32,198 | 64.0 | 40,962 | 48.1 | 49,381 | 70.7 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 110,367 | 44.1 | 14,960 | 33.3 | 22,908 | 45.5 | 36,854 | 43.2 | 35,645 | 51.0 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 37,222 | 14.9 | 5,329 | 11.9 | 5,370 | 10.7 | 11,101 | 13.0 | 15,422 | 22.1 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 43,422 | 17.4 | 6,599 | 14.7 | 8,399 | 16.7 | 12,708 | 14.9 | 15,716 | 22.5 |
| Drug abuse violations | 1,223,505 | 489.0 | 203,938 | 454.6 | 231,208 | 459.7 | 445,928 | 523.2 | 342,431 | 490.4 |
| Gambling | 4,373 | 1.7 | 509 | 1.1 | 1,715 | 3.4 | 1,735 | 2.0 | 414 | 0.6 |
| Offenses against the family and children | 79,556 | 31.8 | 15,545 | 34.7 | 17,148 | 34.1 | 34,905 | 41.0 | 11,958 | 17.1 |
| Driving under the influence | 872,184 | 348.6 | 128,054 | 285.4 | 187,748 | 373.3 | 271,101 | 318.1 | 285,281 | 408.6 |
| Liquor laws | 249,970 | 99.9 | 30,657 | 68.3 | 84,575 | 168.2 | 60,628 | 71.1 | 74,110 | 106.1 |
| Drunkenness | 328,466 | 131.3 | 33,338 | 74.3 | 21,011 | 41.8 | 176,546 | 207.1 | 97,571 | 139.7 |
| Disorderly conduct | 341,979 | 136.7 | 86,874 | 193.6 | 109,220 | 217.2 | 92,281 | 108.3 | 53,604 | 76.8 |
| Vagrancy | 21,810 | 8.7 | 1,706 | 3.8 | 3,313 | 6.6 | 5,676 | 6.7 | 11,115 | 15.9 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,563,166 | 1,024.4 | 327,772 | 730.6 | 486,240 | 966.8 | 1,028,770 | 1,207.0 | 720,384 | 1,031.7 |
| Suspicion | 1,068 | 0.4 | 66 | 0.1 | 237 | 0.5 | 719 | 0.8 | 46 | 0.1 |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 41,741 | 16.7 | 17,245 | 38.4 | 7,104 | 14.1 | 7,993 | 9.4 | 9,399 | 13.5 |
- 1 Does not include suspicion.
- 2 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
- 3 Violent crimes are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
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