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Table 59

Arrests

Nonmetropolitan Counties

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2017

[1,859 agencies; 2017 estimated population 20,549,030]

Offense charged Total
all ages
Number of persons arrested Percent of total all ages
Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25 Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25
TOTAL 662,813 6,717 27,715 84,455 169,477 1.0 4.2 12.7 25.6
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 601 4 31 84 180 0.7 5.2 14.0 30.0
Rape1 1,651 105 303 535 703 6.4 18.4 32.4 42.6
Robbery 1,184 8 92 276 480 0.7 7.8 23.3 40.5
Aggravated assault 17,323 286 906 1,991 3,938 1.7 5.2 11.5 22.7
Burglary 11,754 414 1,282 2,704 4,238 3.5 10.9 23.0 36.1
Larceny-theft 24,173 514 1,781 4,105 6,909 2.1 7.4 17.0 28.6
Motor vehicle theft 4,396 140 525 955 1,491 3.2 11.9 21.7 33.9
Arson 488 42 64 116 166 8.6 13.1 23.8 34.0
Violent crime2 20,759 403 1,332 2,886 5,301 1.9 6.4 13.9 25.5
Property crime2 40,811 1,110 3,652 7,880 12,804 2.7 8.9 19.3 31.4
Other assaults 54,702 1,569 4,616 8,226 14,044 2.9 8.4 15.0 25.7
Forgery and counterfeiting 2,397 4 31 205 501 0.2 1.3 8.6 20.9
Fraud 7,742 25 115 487 1,178 0.3 1.5 6.3 15.2
Embezzlement 487 0 8 46 97 0.0 1.6 9.4 19.9
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 4,008 35 227 571 1,108 0.9 5.7 14.2 27.6
Vandalism 8,401 551 1,425 2,333 3,424 6.6 17.0 27.8 40.8
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 7,019 103 354 881 1,858 1.5 5.0 12.6 26.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice 194 0 1 16 34 0.0 0.5 8.2 17.5
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 2,817 226 464 757 1,028 8.0 16.5 26.9 36.5
Drug abuse violations 103,029 404 3,803 17,438 34,271 0.4 3.7 16.9 33.3
Gambling 131 0 3 17 34 0.0 2.3 13.0 26.0
Offenses against the family and children 8,706 32 101 373 1,097 0.4 1.2 4.3 12.6
Driving under the influence 120,328 8 711 7,312 24,205 * 0.6 6.1 20.1
Liquor laws 12,445 221 2,616 8,882 9,639 1.8 21.0 71.4 77.5
Drunkenness 11,100 17 116 830 2,001 0.2 1.0 7.5 18.0
Disorderly conduct 15,388 632 1,971 3,143 4,808 4.1 12.8 20.4 31.2
Vagrancy 205 1 5 16 37 0.5 2.4 7.8 18.0
All other offenses (except traffic) 241,827 1,301 5,906 21,893 51,737 0.5 2.4 9.1 21.4
Suspicion 63 0 4 9 17 0.0 6.3 14.3 27.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 254 75 254 254 254 29.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
  • 2 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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