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Table 62

Arrest Trends

Suburban Areas,1 2013–2014

[6,157 agencies; 2014 estimated population 103,149,228; 2013 estimated population 102,154,205]

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
TOTAL2 3,362,968 3,269,759 -2.8 308,656 285,649 -7.5 3,054,312 2,984,110 -2.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,324 2,214 -4.7 169 150 -11.2 2,155 2,064 -4.2
Rape3 4,926 5,415 +9.9 891 918 +3.0 4,035 4,497 +11.4
Robbery 20,073 18,857 -6.1 3,470 3,333 -3.9 16,603 15,524 -6.5
Aggravated assault 94,307 93,457 -0.9 8,568 8,320 -2.9 85,739 85,137 -0.7
Burglary 70,947 65,637 -7.5 10,900 10,155 -6.8 60,047 55,482 -7.6
Larceny-theft 349,219 345,139 -1.2 48,999 47,062 -4.0 300,220 298,077 -0.7
Motor vehicle theft 16,700 16,856 +0.9 2,514 2,572 +2.3 14,186 14,284 +0.7
Arson 2,848 2,660 -6.6 1,031 1012 -1.8 1,817 1,648 -9.3
Violent crime4 121,630 119,943 -1.4 13,098 12,721 -2.9 108,532 107,222 -1.2
Property crime4 439,714 430,292 -2.1 63,444 60,801 -4.2 376,270 369,491 -1.8
Other assaults 308,902 298,474 -3.4 44,497 40,625 -8.7 264,405 257,849 -2.5
Forgery and counterfeiting 19,595 17,766 -9.3 390 418 +7.2 19,205 17,348 -9.7
Fraud 48,769 46,556 -4.5 1,409 1,328 -5.7 47,360 45,228 -4.5
Embezzlement 4,896 4,773 -2.5 122 131 +7.4 4,774 4,642 -2.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 29,302 27,516 -6.1 3,039 2,908 -4.3 26,263 24,608 -6.3
Vandalism 57,770 55,195 -4.5 14,535 13,742 -5.5 43,235 41,453 -4.1
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 34,699 34,040 -1.9 5,322 5,355 +0.6 29,377 28,685 -2.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice 5,600 5,244 -6.4 115 122 +6.1 5,485 5,122 -6.6
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 16,500 15,824 -4.1 3,203 3,017 -5.8 13,297 12,807 -3.7
Drug abuse violations 451,118 457,187 +1.3 38,345 35,902 -6.4 412,773 421,285 +2.1
Gambling 916 955 +4.3 64 77 +20.3 852 878 +3.1
Offenses against the family and children 40,466 39,103 -3.4 897 904 +0.8 39,569 38,199 -3.5
Driving under the influence 388,582 372,119 -4.2 2,544 2,293 -9.9 386,038 369,826 -4.2
Liquor laws 106,165 93,957 -11.5 21,720 19,254 -11.4 84,445 74,703 -11.5
Drunkenness 110,646 105,522 -4.6 2,314 1,936 -16.3 108,332 103,586 -4.4
Disorderly conduct 131,052 119,315 -9.0 27,973 24,188 -13.5 103,079 95,127 -7.7
Vagrancy 4,067 4,632 +13.9 246 246 0.0 3,821 4,386 +14.8
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,034,348 1,013,493 -2.0 57,148 51,828 -9.3 977,200 961,665 -1.6
Suspicion 246 323 +31.3 30 40 +33.3 216 283 +31.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 8,231 7,853 -4.6 8,231 7,853 -4.6 - - -
  • 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 aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
  • 4 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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