Table 28
Number of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means
Percent of Clearances Involving Persons Under 18 Years of Age
by Population Group, 2015
| Population group |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition)1 |
Rape (legacy definition)2 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson3 |
Number of agencies |
2015 estimated population |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: | Total clearances | 473,793 | 8,232 | 35,521 | 2,723 | 80,641 | 346,676 | 1,296,532 | 168,516 | 1,050,449 | 77,567 | 7,847 | 14,592 | 274,604,622 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 14.6 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 24.9 | |||
| TOTAL CITIES | Total clearances | 373,044 | 6,309 | 26,213 | 1,824 | 71,253 | 267,445 | 1,059,235 | 120,141 | 880,450 | 58,644 | 5,845 | 10,595 | 188,057,806 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 13.9 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 26.3 | |||
| GROUP I (all cities 250,000 and over) | Total clearances | 157,297 | 3,057 | 10,478 | 368 | 36,569 | 106,825 | 256,304 | 33,198 | 203,623 | 19,483 | 1,777 | 74 | 54,786,571 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 14.7 | 6.1 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 13.7 | 23.5 | |||
| 1,000,000 and over (Group 1 subset) | Total clearances | 73,768 | 1,165 | 4,751 | 0 | 18,425 | 49,427 | 89,891 | 11,349 | 72,147 | 6,395 | 487 | 10 | 24,675,984 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 18.9 | |||
| 500,000 to 999,999 (Group 1 subset) | Total clearances | 44,997 | 1,000 | 2,941 | 196 | 9,390 | 31,470 | 81,320 | 10,578 | 64,170 | 6,572 | 594 | 22 | 15,742,712 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 6.7 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 10.6 | 16.4 | 27.4 | |||
| 250,000 to 499,999 (Group 1 subset) | Total clearances | 38,532 | 892 | 2,786 | 172 | 8,754 | 25,928 | 85,093 | 11,271 | 67,306 | 6,516 | 696 | 42 | 14,367,875 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 13.2 | 4.1 | 13.0 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 23.3 | |||
| GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) | Total clearances | 56,565 | 1,101 | 4,271 | 174 | 11,184 | 39,835 | 162,451 | 19,323 | 131,579 | 11,549 | 916 | 189 | 28,281,300 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 15.8 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 22.2 | |||
| GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) | Total clearances | 49,353 | 696 | 3,486 | 309 | 8,950 | 35,912 | 171,173 | 18,073 | 144,621 | 8,479 | 820 | 435 | 30,343,562 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.9 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 27.7 | |||
| GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | Total clearances | 36,994 | 573 | 2,752 | 291 | 6,095 | 27,283 | 159,435 | 15,630 | 137,548 | 6,257 | 716 | 769 | 26,625,101 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 14.4 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 33.7 | |||
| GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | Total clearances | 36,678 | 467 | 2,679 | 322 | 5,010 | 28,200 | 168,427 | 16,887 | 145,213 | 6,327 | 705 | 1,630 | 25,941,688 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 31.2 | |||
| GROUP VI (under 10,000) | Total clearances | 36,157 | 415 | 2,547 | 360 | 3,445 | 29,390 | 141,445 | 17,030 | 117,866 | 6,549 | 911 | 7,498 | 22,079,584 |
| Percent under 18 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 13.6 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 25.0 | |||
| METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Total clearances | 76,409 | 1,346 | 6,272 | 645 | 8,381 | 59,765 | 184,115 | 33,808 | 136,484 | 13,823 | 1,370 | 1,726 | 62,778,487 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 23.2 | |||
| NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Total clearances | 24,340 | 577 | 3,036 | 254 | 1,007 | 19,466 | 53,182 | 14,567 | 33,515 | 5,100 | 632 | 2,271 | 23,768,329 |
| Percent under 18 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 16.1 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 15.5 | |||
| SUBURBAN AREA4 | Total clearances | 140,676 | 2,111 | 11,070 | 1,178 | 18,229 | 108,088 | 470,020 | 62,506 | 382,135 | 25,379 | 2,673 | 7,799 | 115,973,258 |
| Percent under 18 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 16.0 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 27.2 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 3 Not all agencies submit reports for arson to the FBI. As a result, the number of reports the FBI uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for arson is less than the number it uses to compute the percent of offenses cleared for all other offenses.
- 4 Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
