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Table 57

Arrest Trends

Nonmetropolitan Counties

by Sex, 2017–2016

[1,756 agencies; 2017 estimated population 19,977,979; 2016 estimated population 19,965,738]

Offense charged Male Female
Total Under 18 Total Under 18
2016 2017 Percent
change
2016 2017 Percent
change
2016 2017 Percent
change
2016 2017 Percent
change
TOTAL1 470,520 476,652 +1.3 20,077 19,534 -2.7 168,368 173,053 +2.8 7,826 7,735 -1.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 480 470 -2.1 23 28 +21.7 100 112 +12.0 3 3 0.0
Rape2 1,578 1,574 -0.3 224 287 +28.1 52 46 -11.5 9 11 +22.2
Robbery 1,099 939 -14.6 73 86 +17.8 230 191 -17.0 16 6 -62.5
Aggravated assault 13,384 13,444 +0.4 673 673 0.0 3,390 3,396 +0.2 183 212 +15.8
Burglary 9,467 9,127 -3.6 1,126 1,110 -1.4 2,140 2,212 +3.4 139 134 -3.6
Larceny-theft 15,628 14,946 -4.4 1,442 1,241 -13.9 9,246 8,597 -7.0 550 509 -7.5
Motor vehicle theft 3,030 3,291 +8.6 441 401 -9.1 850 1,009 +18.7 109 117 +7.3
Arson 380 371 -2.4 87 50 -42.5 103 101 -1.9 13 14 +7.7
Violent crime3 16,541 16,427 -0.7 993 1,074 +8.2 3,772 3,745 -0.7 211 232 +10.0
Property crime3 28,505 27,735 -2.7 3,096 2,802 -9.5 12,339 11,919 -3.4 811 774 -4.6
Other assaults 39,401 38,787 -1.6 3,011 2,970 -1.4 14,735 14,378 -2.4 1,461 1,566 +7.2
Forgery and counterfeiting 1,501 1,422 -5.3 16 25 +56.3 933 935 +0.2 9 6 -33.3
Fraud 4,536 4,394 -3.1 70 78 +11.4 3,460 3,158 -8.7 36 37 +2.8
Embezzlement 266 230 -13.5 5 5 0.0 280 253 -9.6 3 3 0.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 2,800 3,010 +7.5 163 170 +4.3 864 900 +4.2 37 54 +45.9
Vandalism 6,637 6,443 -2.9 1,146 1,153 +0.6 1,639 1,711 +4.4 211 233 +10.4
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 5,842 6,153 +5.3 279 307 +10.0 618 722 +16.8 33 39 +18.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice 119 106 -10.9 6 1 -83.3 123 87 -29.3 3 0 -100.0
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 2,832 2,548 -10.0 471 406 -13.8 196 201 +2.6 59 55 -6.8
Drug abuse violations 70,183 73,130 +4.2 2,649 2,730 +3.1 25,602 27,811 +8.6 969 1,024 +5.7
Gambling 126 88 -30.2 4 2 -50.0 44 42 -4.5 3 1 -66.7
Offenses against the family and children 6,177 6,287 +1.8 195 63 -67.7 2,252 2,226 -1.2 163 36 -77.9
Driving under the influence 90,149 89,768 -0.4 569 537 -5.6 28,204 28,649 +1.6 184 161 -12.5
Liquor laws 9,116 8,271 -9.3 1,589 1,476 -7.1 4,147 3,938 -5.0 1,076 1,089 +1.2
Drunkenness 8,721 8,015 -8.1 105 84 -20.0 2,877 2,865 -0.4 52 28 -46.2
Disorderly conduct 11,067 10,760 -2.8 1,341 1,359 +1.3 4,693 4,440 -5.4 645 605 -6.2
Vagrancy 124 154 +24.2 2 3 +50.0 48 50 +4.2 2 2 0.0
All other offenses (except traffic) 165,741 172,773 +4.2 4,231 4,138 -2.2 61,425 64,921 +5.7 1,741 1,688 -3.0
Suspicion 42 48 +14.3 0 4 9 15 +66.7 0 0
Curfew and loitering law violations 136 151 +11.0 136 151 +11.0 117 102 -12.8 117 102 -12.8
  • 1 Does not include suspicion.
  • 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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