Table 48
Arrests
Cities
by Sex, 2017
[9,289 agencies; 2017 estimated population 175,386,806]
Offense charged | Number of persons arrested |
Percent male |
Percent female |
Percent distribution1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||
TOTAL | 5,953,871 | 4,330,425 | 1,623,446 | 72.7 | 27.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 7,058 | 6,243 | 815 | 88.5 | 11.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Rape2 | 13,036 | 12,663 | 373 | 97.1 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | * |
Robbery | 62,927 | 53,743 | 9,184 | 85.4 | 14.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
Aggravated assault | 229,798 | 174,803 | 54,995 | 76.1 | 23.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
Burglary | 115,300 | 93,534 | 21,766 | 81.1 | 18.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
Larceny-theft | 621,866 | 365,405 | 256,461 | 58.8 | 41.2 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 15.8 |
Motor vehicle theft | 53,010 | 41,218 | 11,792 | 77.8 | 22.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
Arson | 5,421 | 4,317 | 1,104 | 79.6 | 20.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Violent crime3 | 312,819 | 247,452 | 65,367 | 79.1 | 20.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
Property crime3 | 795,597 | 504,474 | 291,123 | 63.4 | 36.6 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 17.9 |
Other assaults | 629,727 | 447,335 | 182,392 | 71.0 | 29.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 32,362 | 21,358 | 11,004 | 66.0 | 34.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Fraud | 68,407 | 43,013 | 25,394 | 62.9 | 37.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
Embezzlement | 9,910 | 5,041 | 4,869 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 57,682 | 44,990 | 12,692 | 78.0 | 22.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Vandalism | 114,103 | 88,182 | 25,921 | 77.3 | 22.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 98,876 | 90,015 | 8,861 | 91.0 | 9.0 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 24,853 | 9,251 | 15,602 | 37.2 | 62.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 26,831 | 24,738 | 2,093 | 92.2 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Drug abuse violations | 906,754 | 693,098 | 213,656 | 76.4 | 23.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 13.2 |
Gambling | 1,789 | 1,494 | 295 | 83.5 | 16.5 | * | * | * |
Offenses against the family and children | 37,793 | 24,269 | 13,524 | 64.2 | 35.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
Driving under the influence | 442,122 | 327,469 | 114,653 | 74.1 | 25.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
Liquor laws | 127,086 | 88,714 | 38,372 | 69.8 | 30.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
Drunkenness | 252,852 | 201,393 | 51,459 | 79.6 | 20.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
Disorderly conduct | 228,822 | 160,917 | 67,905 | 70.3 | 29.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
Vagrancy | 16,388 | 12,481 | 3,907 | 76.2 | 23.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 1,746,599 | 1,278,804 | 467,795 | 73.2 | 26.8 | 29.3 | 29.5 | 28.8 |
Suspicion | 541 | 407 | 134 | 75.2 | 24.8 | * | * | * |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 21,958 | 15,530 | 6,428 | 70.7 | 29.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
- 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.
- * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
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