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Table 50

Arrest Trends

Metropolitan Counties, 2013–2014

[1,321 agencies; 2014 estimated population 54,967,828; 2013 estimated population 54,398,457]

Offense charged Number of persons arrested
Total all ages Under 18 years of age 18 years of age and over
2013 2014 Percent
change
2013 2014 Percent
change
2013 2014 Percent
change
TOTAL1 1,631,102 1,592,724 -2.4 118,820 108,774 -8.5 1,512,282 1,483,950 -1.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,545 1,545 0.0 77 94 +22.1 1,468 1,451 -1.2
Rape2 2,644 2,966 +12.2 453 494 +9.1 2,191 2,472 +12.8
Robbery 9,106 8,784 -3.5 1,424 1,264 -11.2 7,682 7,520 -2.1
Aggravated assault 51,222 51,107 -0.2 3,757 3,732 -0.7 47,465 47,375 -0.2
Burglary 37,220 34,021 -8.6 4,889 4,338 -11.3 32,331 29,683 -8.2
Larceny-theft 120,220 116,558 -3.0 15,231 13,902 -8.7 104,989 102,656 -2.2
Motor vehicle theft 9,654 9,646 -0.1 1,246 1,187 -4.7 8,408 8,459 +0.6
Arson 1,289 1,208 -6.3 376 333 -11.4 913 875 -4.2
Violent crime3 64,517 64,402 -0.2 5,711 5,584 -2.2 58,806 58,818 *
Property crime3 168,383 161,433 -4.1 21,742 19,760 -9.1 146,641 141,673 -3.4
Other assaults 156,423 152,227 -2.7 21,695 20,206 -6.9 134,728 132,021 -2.0
Forgery and counterfeiting 9,571 8,606 -10.1 170 157 -7.6 9,401 8,449 -10.1
Fraud 25,710 23,878 -7.1 562 500 -11.0 25,148 23,378 -7.0
Embezzlement 2,428 2,328 -4.1 37 56 +51.4 2,391 2,272 -5.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 14,435 13,465 -6.7 1,117 1,019 -8.8 13,318 12,446 -6.5
Vandalism 26,493 25,524 -3.7 5,897 5,459 -7.4 20,596 20,065 -2.6
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 17,231 16,804 -2.5 2,199 2,082 -5.3 15,032 14,722 -2.1
Prostitution and commercialized vice 3,007 3,052 +1.5 65 50 -23.1 2,942 3,002 +2.0
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 9,243 8,525 -7.8 1,604 1,435 -10.5 7,639 7,090 -7.2
Drug abuse violations 229,639 232,468 +1.2 15,303 14,277 -6.7 214,336 218,191 +1.8
Gambling 709 739 +4.2 42 53 +26.2 667 686 +2.8
Offenses against the family and children 30,461 29,331 -3.7 395 340 -13.9 30,066 28,991 -3.6
Driving under the influence 219,072 210,796 -3.8 1,150 1,025 -10.9 217,922 209,771 -3.7
Liquor laws 34,568 30,464 -11.9 8,168 7,105 -13.0 26,400 23,359 -11.5
Drunkenness 34,678 32,764 -5.5 557 487 -12.6 34,121 32,277 -5.4
Disorderly conduct 37,161 33,755 -9.2 7,911 6,825 -13.7 29,250 26,930 -7.9
Vagrancy 1,916 2,085 +8.8 97 96 -1.0 1,819 1,989 +9.3
All other offenses (except traffic) 543,128 538,124 -0.9 22,069 20,304 -8.0 521,059 517,820 -0.6
Suspicion 40 6 -85.0 6 0 -100.0 34 6 -82.4
Curfew and loitering law violations 2,329 1,954 -16.1 2,329 1,954 -16.1 - - -
  • 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.
  • * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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