Table 27
Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means
Additional Information About Selected Offenses
by Population Group, 2017
Population group | Rape1 | Robbery | Aggravated assault | Burglary | Motor vehicle theft | Arson2 |
Number of agencies |
2017 estimated population |
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Rape |
Assault to rape- attempts |
Firearm |
Knife or cutting instrument |
Other weapon |
Strongarm | Firearm |
Knife or cutting instrument |
Other weapon |
Hands, fists, feet, etc. |
Forcible entry |
Unlawful entry |
Attempted forcible entry |
Autos |
Trucks and buses |
Other vehicles |
Structure | Mobile | Other | ||||
TOTAL ALL AGENCIES: | Offenses known | 108,015 | 5,410 | 111,555 | 22,632 | 26,915 | 113,859 | 179,615 | 118,605 | 212,194 | 180,939 | 690,503 | 431,109 | 73,082 | 517,327 | 99,694 | 61,612 | 17,025 | 9,395 | 11,952 | 14,404 | 277,152,623 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 33.6 | 37.7 | 24.1 | 33.5 | 31.5 | 33.1 | 36.6 | 62.2 | 54.6 | 61.5 | 12.3 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 26.0 | 10.3 | 23.3 | |||
TOTAL CITIES | Offenses known | 82,072 | 4,309 | 97,868 | 20,358 | 23,891 | 103,108 | 147,974 | 99,060 | 168,430 | 136,699 | 522,927 | 322,119 | 58,123 | 430,295 | 81,615 | 43,548 | 13,365 | 7,034 | 9,385 | 10,662 | 192,305,575 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 32.5 | 38.1 | 23.9 | 33.0 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 33.8 | 61.0 | 52.8 | 61.5 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 24.9 | 9.5 | 22.7 | |||
GROUP I (all cities 250,000 and over) | Offenses known | 31,100 | 1,878 | 56,904 | 11,051 | 12,822 | 57,723 | 79,239 | 46,704 | 79,274 | 46,141 | 208,498 | 96,672 | 21,049 | 189,048 | 45,947 | 17,014 | 5,076 | 3,292 | 3,710 | 76 | 56,778,339 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 32.8 | 38.1 | 21.4 | 30.4 | 27.9 | 30.3 | 29.6 | 58.7 | 48.6 | 56.6 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 18.7 | 6.4 | 17.4 | |||
1,000,000 and over (Group I subset) | Offenses known | 12,203 | 844 | 20,893 | 5,186 | 5,351 | 25,368 | 23,696 | 21,247 | 31,344 | 22,588 | 70,324 | 29,693 | 6,695 | 58,701 | 20,938 | 6,187 | 1,452 | 909 | 1,301 | 10 | 25,129,639 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 34.1 | 42.8 | 23.0 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 36.4 | 31.5 | 62.0 | 53.9 | 62.1 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 22.1 | 6.4 | 10.7 | |||
500,000 to 999,999 (Group I subset) | Offenses known | 9,966 | 572 | 21,365 | 3,676 | 4,917 | 16,560 | 30,320 | 15,089 | 29,514 | 13,000 | 80,205 | 36,008 | 8,513 | 69,217 | 15,170 | 6,515 | 2,021 | 1,350 | 1,260 | 23 | 16,676,765 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 34.2 | 37.9 | 19.2 | 26.1 | 21.5 | 27.1 | 29.2 | 55.2 | 41.9 | 50.2 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 17.6 | 6.1 | 21.0 | |||
250,000 to 499,999 (Group I subset) | Offenses known | 8,931 | 462 | 14,646 | 2,189 | 2,554 | 15,795 | 25,223 | 10,368 | 18,416 | 10,553 | 57,969 | 30,971 | 5,841 | 61,130 | 9,839 | 4,312 | 1,603 | 1,033 | 1,149 | 43 | 14,971,935 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 29.6 | 29.9 | 22.5 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 24.0 | 28.4 | 57.0 | 50.4 | 52.6 | 10.0 | 12.3 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 16.9 | 6.8 | 21.0 | |||
GROUP II (100,000 to 249,999) | Offenses known | 13,738 | 509 | 16,331 | 3,498 | 3,959 | 15,891 | 25,404 | 16,472 | 27,359 | 18,285 | 92,091 | 56,062 | 10,554 | 87,801 | 14,581 | 8,162 | 2,033 | 1,104 | 1,445 | 197 | 29,500,128 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 31.6 | 41.1 | 24.0 | 32.2 | 31.2 | 31.7 | 33.2 | 59.8 | 52.3 | 59.4 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 25.7 | 10.6 | 28.7 | |||
GROUP III (50,000 to 99,999) | Offenses known | 10,917 | 442 | 9,483 | 2,467 | 2,875 | 12,375 | 14,780 | 11,920 | 19,958 | 17,976 | 70,431 | 49,785 | 8,149 | 58,913 | 9,519 | 6,249 | 1,867 | 901 | 1,450 | 436 | 30,481,898 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 34.2 | 41.6 | 27.5 | 35.2 | 35.8 | 35.6 | 38.8 | 64.3 | 59.2 | 66.3 | 11.9 | 14.9 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 25.3 | 9.5 | 25.0 | |||
GROUP IV (25,000 to 49,999) | Offenses known | 9,567 | 462 | 7,046 | 1,561 | 2,007 | 7,768 | 11,646 | 9,265 | 14,911 | 14,639 | 55,846 | 41,155 | 6,890 | 38,952 | 4,478 | 4,490 | 1,269 | 566 | 1,030 | 791 | 27,474,766 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 31.5 | 38.1 | 29.2 | 37.8 | 35.6 | 37.6 | 39.2 | 63.4 | 57.6 | 63.1 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 11.9 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 27.8 | 13.3 | 25.0 | |||
GROUP V (10,000 to 24,999) | Offenses known | 8,547 | 364 | 5,036 | 1,098 | 1,415 | 5,476 | 9,725 | 7,793 | 13,996 | 16,046 | 51,499 | 41,710 | 5,860 | 31,459 | 4,140 | 3,877 | 1,267 | 510 | 846 | 1,648 | 26,285,968 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 33.5 | 35.2 | 31.6 | 44.4 | 37.4 | 39.9 | 44.1 | 65.6 | 59.0 | 66.2 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 19.9 | 15.3 | 12.5 | 30.5 | 15.1 | 26.7 | |||
GROUP VI (under 10,000) | Offenses known | 8,203 | 654 | 3,068 | 683 | 813 | 3,875 | 7,180 | 6,906 | 12,932 | 23,612 | 44,562 | 36,735 | 5,621 | 24,122 | 2,950 | 3,756 | 1,853 | 661 | 904 | 7,514 | 21,784,476 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 30.6 | 34.9 | 32.0 | 40.6 | 39.4 | 40.4 | 49.9 | 65.4 | 57.1 | 64.9 | 16.7 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 25.4 | 21.0 | 18.1 | 34.8 | 15.1 | 25.1 | |||
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Offenses known | 17,927 | 744 | 12,612 | 2,081 | 2,685 | 9,851 | 24,676 | 15,352 | 33,852 | 31,466 | 118,580 | 78,139 | 11,737 | 70,713 | 14,216 | 13,757 | 2,550 | 1,865 | 1,967 | 1,661 | 61,831,313 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 37.3 | 39.8 | 25.4 | 37.2 | 35.2 | 37.3 | 46.9 | 68.9 | 61.9 | 61.5 | 13.7 | 16.2 | 13.5 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 29.2 | 12.0 | 25.7 | |||
NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES | Offenses known | 8,016 | 357 | 1,075 | 193 | 339 | 900 | 6,965 | 4,193 | 9,912 | 12,774 | 48,996 | 30,851 | 3,222 | 16,319 | 3,863 | 4,307 | 1,110 | 496 | 600 | 2,081 | 23,015,735 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 36.5 | 28.3 | 36.1 | 50.3 | 40.4 | 47.2 | 58.5 | 66.8 | 60.7 | 61.8 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 14.8 | 28.2 | 21.0 | 17.3 | 31.5 | 16.1 | 25.2 | |||
SUBURBAN AREA3 | Offenses known | 33,585 | 1,615 | 22,803 | 4,304 | 5,536 | 21,628 | 39,602 | 28,664 | 57,618 | 61,606 | 206,642 | 146,657 | 23,968 | 135,910 | 22,085 | 21,671 | 5,052 | 2,962 | 3,670 | 7,781 | 116,232,117 |
Percent cleared by arrest | 35.6 | 37.1 | 27.4 | 39.5 | 36.8 | 38.9 | 46.1 | 68.1 | 60.7 | 63.8 | 14.1 | 16.8 | 13.2 | 17.3 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 30.4 | 12.0 | 25.9 |
- 1 The figures shown in the rape column include only those reported by law enforcement agencies that used the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 2 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. Agencies must report arson clearances by detailed property classification as specified on the Monthly Return of Arson Offenses Known to Law Enforcement to be included in this table; therefore, clearances in this table may differ from other clearance tables.
- 3 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.