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Table 66

Arrests

Suburban Areas1

by Sex, 2014

[6,799 agencies; 2014 estimated population 112,259,903]

Offense charged Number of persons arrested Percent male Percent female Percent distribution2
Total Male Female Total Male Female
TOTAL 3,671,216 2,671,032 1,000,184 72.8 27.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,578 2,253 325 87.4 12.6 0.1 0.1 *
Rape3 6,064 5,908 156 97.4 2.6 0.2 0.2 *
Robbery 21,990 18,839 3,151 85.7 14.3 0.6 0.7 0.3
Aggravated assault 103,374 80,446 22,928 77.8 22.2 2.8 3.0 2.3
Burglary 72,821 60,387 12,434 82.9 17.1 2.0 2.3 1.2
Larceny-theft 395,852 225,514 170,338 57.0 43.0 10.8 8.4 17.0
Motor vehicle theft 18,580 14,700 3,880 79.1 20.9 0.5 0.6 0.4
Arson 2,923 2,380 543 81.4 18.6 0.1 0.1 0.1
Violent crime4 134,006 107,446 26,560 80.2 19.8 3.7 4.0 2.7
Property crime4 490,176 302,981 187,195 61.8 38.2 13.4 11.3 18.7
Other assaults 337,515 241,317 96,198 71.5 28.5 9.2 9.0 9.6
Forgery and counterfeiting 19,758 12,604 7,154 63.8 36.2 0.5 0.5 0.7
Fraud 51,166 31,172 19,994 60.9 39.1 1.4 1.2 2.0
Embezzlement 5,394 2,736 2,658 50.7 49.3 0.1 0.1 0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 30,341 23,521 6,820 77.5 22.5 0.8 0.9 0.7
Vandalism 62,239 49,917 12,322 80.2 19.8 1.7 1.9 1.2
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 38,179 34,407 3,772 90.1 9.9 1.0 1.3 0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice 6,224 2,649 3,575 42.6 57.4 0.2 0.1 0.4
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 17,642 16,329 1,313 92.6 7.4 0.5 0.6 0.1
Drug abuse violations 511,765 394,705 117,060 77.1 22.9 13.9 14.8 11.7
Gambling 1,036 746 290 72.0 28.0 * * *
Offenses against the family and children 42,617 32,675 9,942 76.7 23.3 1.2 1.2 1.0
Driving under the influence 402,498 299,156 103,342 74.3 25.7 11.0 11.2 10.3
Liquor laws 109,480 76,418 33,062 69.8 30.2 3.0 2.9 3.3
Drunkenness 120,546 96,455 24,091 80.0 20.0 3.3 3.6 2.4
Disorderly conduct 141,023 100,958 40,065 71.6 28.4 3.8 3.8 4.0
Vagrancy 5,660 4,424 1,236 78.2 21.8 0.2 0.2 0.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,133,431 833,091 300,340 73.5 26.5 30.9 31.2 30.0
Suspicion 349 271 78 77.7 22.3 * * *
Curfew and loitering law violations 10,171 7,054 3,117 69.4 30.6 0.3 0.3 0.3
  • 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 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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.
  • * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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