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Table 51

Arrest Trends

Metropolitan Counties

by Sex, 2013–2014

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

Offense charged Male Female
Total Under 18 Total Under 18
2013 2014 Percent
change
2013 2014 Percent
change
2013 2014 Percent
change
2013 2014 Percent
change
TOTAL1 1,207,151 1,172,028 -2.9 85,743 78,149 -8.9 423,951 420,696 -0.8 33,077 30,625 -7.4
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,341 1,347 +0.4 66 83 +25.8 204 198 -2.9 11 11 0.0
Rape2 2,584 2,890 +11.8 434 478 +10.1 60 76 +26.7 19 16 -15.8
Robbery 7,750 7,460 -3.7 1,286 1,154 -10.3 1,356 1,324 -2.4 138 110 -20.3
Aggravated assault 40,412 40,063 -0.9 2,812 2,847 +1.2 10,810 11,044 +2.2 945 885 -6.3
Burglary 30,861 27,935 -9.5 4,397 3,888 -11.6 6,359 6,086 -4.3 492 450 -8.5
Larceny-theft 71,903 69,495 -3.3 9,804 8,891 -9.3 48,317 47,063 -2.6 5,427 5,011 -7.7
Motor vehicle theft 7,661 7,632 -0.4 1,031 987 -4.3 1,993 2,014 +1.1 215 200 -7.0
Arson 1,054 963 -8.6 318 293 -7.9 235 245 +4.3 58 40 -31.0
Violent crime3 52,087 51,760 -0.6 4,598 4,562 -0.8 12,430 12,642 +1.7 1,113 1,022 -8.2
Property crime3 111,479 106,025 -4.9 15,550 14,059 -9.6 56,904 55,408 -2.6 6,192 5,701 -7.9
Other assaults 113,211 109,378 -3.4 13,959 12,969 -7.1 43,212 42,849 -0.8 7,736 7,237 -6.5
Forgery and counterfeiting 6,098 5,445 -10.7 128 110 -14.1 3,473 3,161 -9.0 42 47 +11.9
Fraud 15,220 14,378 -5.5 400 353 -11.8 10,490 9,500 -9.4 162 147 -9.3
Embezzlement 1,302 1,228 -5.7 24 35 +45.8 1,126 1,100 -2.3 13 21 +61.5
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 11,294 10,469 -7.3 905 863 -4.6 3,141 2,996 -4.6 212 156 -26.4
Vandalism 21,146 20,320 -3.9 4,891 4,534 -7.3 5,347 5,204 -2.7 1,006 925 -8.1
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 15,432 15,097 -2.2 1,927 1,819 -5.6 1,799 1,707 -5.1 272 263 -3.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 1348 1,345 -0.2 17 6 -64.7 1,659 1,707 +2.9 48 44 -8.3
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 8,572 7,896 -7.9 1,426 1,297 -9.0 671 629 -6.3 178 138 -22.5
Drug abuse violations 177,535 178,138 +0.3 12,364 11,271 -8.8 52,104 54,330 +4.3 2,939 3,006 +2.3
Gambling 488 493 +1.0 21 24 +14.3 221 246 +11.3 21 29 +38.1
Offenses against the family and children 25,043 23,953 -4.4 264 229 -13.3 5,418 5,378 -0.7 131 111 -15.3
Driving under the influence 163,999 157,694 -3.8 856 725 -15.3 55,073 53,102 -3.6 294 300 +2.0
Liquor laws 23,315 20,728 -11.1 4,892 4,246 -13.2 11,253 9,736 -13.5 3,276 2,859 -12.7
Drunkenness 27,979 26,439 -5.5 408 345 -15.4 6,699 6,325 -5.6 149 142 -4.7
Disorderly conduct 26,611 24,111 -9.4 5,245 4,574 -12.8 10,550 9,644 -8.6 2,666 2,251 -15.6
Vagrancy 1,417 1,584 +11.8 71 79 +11.3 499 501 +0.4 26 17 -34.6
All other offenses (except traffic) 402,067 394,227 -1.9 16,289 14,729 -9.6 141,061 143,897 +2.0 5,780 5,575 -3.5
Suspicion 30 5 -83.3 4 0 -100.0 10 1 -90.0 2 0 -100.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 1,508 1,320 -12.5 1,508 1,320 -12.5 821 634 -22.8 821 634 -22.8
  • 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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