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Table 53

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2014

[1,458 agencies; 2014 estimated population 58,220,680]

Offense charged Total all
ages
Number of persons arrested Percent of total all ages
Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25 Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25
TOTAL 1,688,938 30,921 116,390 287,822 553,486 1.8 6.9 17.0 32.8
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,692 4 104 356 696 0.2 6.1 21.0 41.1
Rape1 3,122 204 511 899 1,304 6.5 16.4 28.8 41.8
Robbery 9,850 253 1,481 3,516 5,555 2.6 15.0 35.7 56.4
Aggravated assault 53,791 1,290 3,943 8,526 16,122 2.4 7.3 15.9 30.0
Burglary 36,014 1,216 4,657 10,024 16,319 3.4 12.9 27.8 45.3
Larceny-theft 124,936 3,975 14,846 30,744 49,868 3.2 11.9 24.6 39.9
Motor vehicle theft 10,203 299 1,278 2,545 4,161 2.9 12.5 24.9 40.8
Arson 1,257 167 346 449 579 13.3 27.5 35.7 46.1
Violent crime2 68,455 1,751 6,039 13,297 23,677 2.6 8.8 19.4 34.6
Property crime2 172,410 5,657 21,127 43,762 70,927 3.3 12.3 25.4 41.1
Other assaults 160,277 8,239 21,296 33,374 53,452 5.1 13.3 20.8 33.3
Forgery and counterfeiting 9,079 18 168 940 2,477 0.2 1.9 10.4 27.3
Fraud 24,810 113 532 2,316 5,382 0.5 2.1 9.3 21.7
Embezzlement 2,433 0 56 405 863 0.0 2.3 16.6 35.5
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 14,096 189 1,053 2,782 5,042 1.3 7.5 19.7 35.8
Vandalism 26,531 2,066 5,650 9,008 12,918 7.8 21.3 34.0 48.7
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 18,035 895 2,234 4,343 7,439 5.0 12.4 24.1 41.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice 3,321 12 49 396 1,048 0.4 1.5 11.9 31.6
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 9,075 723 1,493 2,358 3,322 8.0 16.5 26.0 36.6
Drug abuse violations 251,045 2,159 15,065 51,800 99,781 0.9 6.0 20.6 39.7
Gambling 751 12 55 99 146 1.6 7.3 13.2 19.4
Offenses against the family and children 30,152 88 351 1,022 3,437 0.3 1.2 3.4 11.4
Driving under the influence 218,040 30 1,069 13,282 51,927 * 0.5 6.1 23.8
Liquor laws 34,383 568 7,327 23,288 25,638 1.7 21.3 67.7 74.6
Drunkenness 33,054 55 480 3,052 7,929 0.2 1.5 9.2 24.0
Disorderly conduct 38,415 2,771 7,351 10,693 15,705 7.2 19.1 27.8 40.9
Vagrancy 2,107 12 98 269 570 0.6 4.7 12.8 27.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 569,340 4,828 21,774 68,213 158,683 0.8 3.8 12.0 27.9
Suspicion 7 1 1 1 1 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.3
Curfew and loitering law violations 3,122 734 3,122 3,122 3,122 23.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
  • 2 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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