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Table 46

Arrests

Cities by Age, 2015

[9,115 agencies; 2015 estimated population 168,734,653]

Offense charged Total all
ages
Ages under
15
Ages
under 18
Ages 18 and
over
Under
10
10-12 13-14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 and
over
TOTAL 6,035,048 162,640 574,162 5,460,886 3,912 35,272 123,456 110,055 138,904 162,563 208,976 225,300 224,118 228,372 229,788 231,275 227,876 986,640 792,482 589,402 439,319 386,375 328,143 204,141 95,229 63,450
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.7 9.5 90.5 0.1 0.6 2.0 1.8 2.3 2.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 16.3 13.1 9.8 7.3 6.4 5.4 3.4 1.6 1.1
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,258 41 502 5,756 0 5 36 80 145 236 348 363 369 370 352 363 319 1,077 758 463 305 218 205 123 63 60
Rape2 12,521 762 1,915 10,606 12 213 537 361 381 411 540 500 483 443 408 372 383 1,646 1,520 1,199 953 741 670 364 187 197
Robbery 62,265 2,486 12,527 49,738 13 312 2,161 2,700 3,410 3,931 4,354 3,780 3,305 3,069 2,823 2,738 2,392 9,344 6,354 4,146 2,603 2,162 1,523 778 247 120
Aggravated assault 218,940 5,673 17,436 201,504 153 1,464 4,056 3,319 3,934 4,510 5,396 6,162 6,722 7,778 8,372 8,514 8,464 37,910 30,981 23,381 17,343 14,733 12,155 7,554 3,411 2,628
Burglary 123,383 6,624 21,895 101,488 166 1,331 5,127 4,623 5,253 5,395 6,219 5,625 4,903 4,918 4,674 4,548 4,325 18,933 14,930 10,429 6,899 6,231 4,801 2,569 992 492
Larceny-theft 756,295 29,023 105,239 651,056 464 6,061 22,498 19,992 26,222 30,002 33,955 31,197 27,966 26,508 26,262 26,250 25,936 115,878 95,139 69,709 51,221 45,229 36,808 21,769 10,199 7,030
Motor vehicle theft 44,572 1,994 9,229 35,343 12 226 1,756 2,201 2,551 2,483 2,243 1,922 1,786 1,708 1,632 1,724 1,561 7,188 5,679 3,863 2,409 1,772 1,088 513 162 93
Arson 5,108 1,029 1,690 3,418 91 396 542 294 220 147 131 121 130 112 122 136 142 511 538 353 275 251 279 165 94 58
Violent crime3 299,984 8,962 32,380 267,604 178 1,994 6,790 6,460 7,870 9,088 10,638 10,805 10,879 11,660 11,955 11,987 11,558 49,977 39,613 29,189 21,204 17,854 14,553 8,819 3,908 3,005
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.0 10.8 89.2 0.1 0.7 2.3 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 16.7 13.2 9.7 7.1 6.0 4.9 2.9 1.3 1.0
Property crime3 929,358 38,670 138,053 791,305 733 8,014 29,923 27,110 34,246 38,027 42,548 38,865 34,785 33,246 32,690 32,658 31,964 142,510 116,286 84,354 60,804 53,483 42,976 25,016 11,447 7,673
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 4.2 14.9 85.1 0.1 0.9 3.2 2.9 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 15.3 12.5 9.1 6.5 5.8 4.6 2.7 1.2 0.8
Other assaults 624,009 29,622 76,469 547,540 847 7,965 20,810 14,730 16,243 15,874 14,905 16,157 17,868 21,282 22,314 23,005 23,173 102,243 84,121 64,399 48,708 40,795 33,348 19,645 8,903 6,674
Forgery and counterfeiting 31,437 85 603 30,834 5 15 65 65 125 328 840 1,177 1,448 1,133 1,236 1,325 1,319 6,193 5,181 3,841 2,610 1,939 1,452 711 264 165
Fraud 70,891 530 2,847 68,044 3 87 440 503 743 1,071 1,707 2,127 2,598 2,454 2,626 2,642 2,748 13,144 11,080 8,514 6,281 4,832 3,529 2,071 985 706
Embezzlement 9,562 19 389 9,173 0 2 17 13 113 244 513 605 563 493 486 489 392 1,695 1,180 866 662 485 363 210 125 46
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 50,592 1,524 6,653 43,939 20 221 1,283 1,397 1,772 1,960 2,358 2,258 2,092 2,212 2,079 2,104 2,089 8,749 7,046 4,822 3,040 2,290 1,525 821 307 147
Vandalism 113,543 10,109 25,302 88,241 452 2,623 7,034 4,718 5,147 5,328 4,868 4,562 4,278 4,757 4,544 4,520 4,093 16,974 12,406 8,657 5,919 4,877 3,820 2,247 973 746
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 85,618 3,730 12,330 73,288 116 926 2,688 2,115 2,913 3,572 4,006 4,076 3,972 4,189 4,142 4,072 3,894 14,801 10,260 6,777 4,325 3,305 2,466 1,569 751 683
Prostitution and commercialized vice 28,450 42 388 28,062 0 7 35 60 105 181 785 1,124 1,206 1,400 1,397 1,379 1,266 5,507 3,859 2,995 2,320 1,838 1,443 828 387 328
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 27,417 2,309 4,831 22,586 67 602 1,640 868 843 811 849 821 787 792 689 701 621 3,027 2,854 2,453 2,058 1,928 1,853 1,354 813 986
Drug abuse violations 810,262 9,857 59,277 750,985 52 1,292 8,513 9,671 15,705 24,044 39,206 41,130 38,726 37,270 36,888 36,317 35,139 144,487 109,932 76,275 51,402 42,387 33,029 18,527 7,372 2,898
Gambling 2,848 42 310 2,538 1 9 32 58 96 114 180 149 148 127 124 121 97 428 260 205 175 160 120 104 72 68
Offenses against the family and children 37,512 732 1,943 35,569 66 135 531 383 394 434 659 717 830 1,035 1,174 1,365 1,422 7,136 6,640 5,108 3,445 2,460 1,832 1,008 444 294
Driving under the influence 468,701 74 3,172 465,529 12 3 59 155 742 2,201 6,075 9,397 11,571 18,973 20,083 20,750 20,536 86,270 66,581 50,479 40,681 36,819 32,743 22,833 12,268 9,470
Liquor laws 160,696 2,729 23,939 136,757 8 217 2,504 3,815 6,556 10,839 23,891 26,390 21,718 4,003 2,836 2,477 2,113 8,399 7,381 6,528 6,335 7,114 7,699 5,594 2,741 1,538
Drunkenness 271,597 470 3,649 267,948 18 37 415 565 838 1,776 4,800 6,028 6,223 9,893 9,298 9,146 9,120 39,042 34,615 28,968 25,645 27,303 27,189 17,939 8,341 4,398
Disorderly conduct 247,467 17,975 46,302 201,165 413 4,368 13,194 9,685 9,605 9,037 8,343 7,797 7,896 10,469 9,693 9,010 8,518 34,160 26,251 20,053 15,734 14,591 13,191 8,533 4,050 2,876
Vagrancy 16,892 159 682 16,210 3 24 132 164 174 185 394 379 392 389 402 441 401 1,994 1,970 1,783 1,446 1,796 1,869 1,484 729 341
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,715,484 25,637 102,690 1,612,794 670 4,581 20,386 20,380 26,198 30,475 41,373 50,702 56,107 62,558 65,107 66,729 67,386 299,756 244,860 183,051 136,457 120,079 103,095 64,808 30,340 20,386
Suspicion 842 17 67 775 0 6 11 9 21 20 38 34 31 37 25 37 27 148 106 85 68 40 48 20 9 22
Curfew and loitering law violations 31,886 9,346 31,886 - 248 2,144 6,954 7,131 8,455 6,954 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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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