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Table 52

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

by Age, 2017

[1,458 agencies; 2017 estimated population 57,699,058]

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 1,630,907 27,079 102,325 1,528,582 667 6,313 20,099 18,494 24,816 31,936 43,115 48,757 51,032 52,405 54,806 56,860 58,874 293,488 244,053 197,787 131,573 109,556 84,972 55,995 26,449 18,860
Total percent distribution1 100.0 1.7 6.3 93.7 * 0.4 1.2 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 18.0 15.0 12.1 8.1 6.7 5.2 3.4 1.6 1.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,917 6 125 1,792 0 0 6 19 37 63 87 101 94 84 78 73 76 358 251 193 126 90 73 52 28 28
Rape2 3,602 245 595 3,007 11 72 162 78 127 145 154 153 153 131 97 106 91 422 406 388 234 201 163 123 93 92
Robbery 10,229 298 2,023 8,206 3 34 261 408 594 723 744 655 582 468 415 426 370 1,642 1,117 692 391 282 230 134 33 25
Aggravated assault 58,170 1,328 4,122 54,048 38 364 926 749 895 1,150 1,306 1,399 1,632 1,793 1,844 1,900 1,867 9,990 8,607 7,214 4,645 4,096 3,298 2,349 1,122 986
Burglary 29,411 1,226 4,102 25,309 22 260 944 845 947 1,084 1,315 1,180 1,044 963 926 991 1,050 5,249 4,194 3,143 1,846 1,422 1,111 540 217 118
Larceny-theft 104,711 3,354 12,986 91,725 55 743 2,556 2,566 3,238 3,828 4,282 3,883 3,432 3,166 3,191 3,183 3,284 16,784 14,381 11,365 7,246 6,541 5,230 3,271 1,437 1,049
Motor vehicle theft 14,046 365 1,803 12,243 1 40 324 423 502 513 566 500 455 443 473 517 505 2,704 2,075 1,678 893 692 402 232 74 34
Arson 1,271 150 271 1,000 8 61 81 51 38 32 58 26 31 32 33 23 28 166 132 130 85 80 74 51 28 23
Violent crime3 73,918 1,877 6,865 67,053 52 470 1,355 1,254 1,653 2,081 2,291 2,308 2,461 2,476 2,434 2,505 2,404 12,412 10,381 8,487 5,396 4,669 3,764 2,658 1,276 1,131
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 2.5 9.3 90.7 0.1 0.6 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 16.8 14.0 11.5 7.3 6.3 5.1 3.6 1.7 1.5
Property crime3 149,439 5,095 19,162 130,277 86 1,104 3,905 3,885 4,725 5,457 6,221 5,589 4,962 4,604 4,623 4,714 4,867 24,903 20,782 16,316 10,070 8,735 6,817 4,094 1,756 1,224
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.4 12.8 87.2 0.1 0.7 2.6 2.6 3.2 3.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 16.7 13.9 10.9 6.7 5.8 4.6 2.7 1.2 0.8
Other assaults 148,967 7,223 18,991 129,976 190 2,031 5,002 3,797 4,133 3,838 3,214 3,285 3,508 3,977 4,012 4,277 4,577 23,001 20,004 17,692 12,494 10,770 8,450 5,613 2,821 2,281
Forgery and counterfeiting 8,775 7 155 8,620 0 0 7 18 35 95 260 354 403 297 289 298 277 1,654 1,507 1,088 735 606 417 246 120 69
Fraud 20,799 104 537 20,262 4 18 82 66 141 226 346 467 504 543 612 641 669 3,664 3,477 2,798 2,080 1,793 1,229 768 403 268
Embezzlement 2,135 0 51 2,084 0 0 0 4 17 30 111 97 95 105 86 75 59 337 289 260 185 147 101 72 44 21
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 15,784 198 1,135 14,649 0 32 166 219 323 395 601 584 536 532 517 556 529 3,087 2,617 1,999 1,216 835 567 302 117 54
Vandalism 25,455 1,749 5,025 20,430 69 469 1,211 904 1,169 1,203 1,005 943 868 840 865 912 845 3,827 3,112 2,300 1,512 1,223 982 652 316 228
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 23,315 762 2,323 20,992 18 219 525 375 488 698 802 847 812 967 915 913 922 4,333 3,265 2,483 1,523 1,130 866 656 291 267
Prostitution and commercialized vice 3,443 4 32 3,411 0 2 2 5 6 17 72 76 131 137 157 116 144 657 518 400 317 274 187 113 74 38
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 8,202 715 1,453 6,749 27 178 510 247 225 266 270 241 209 186 197 186 193 879 858 779 625 606 497 407 280 336
Drug abuse violations 266,029 1,707 13,716 252,313 19 210 1,478 1,804 3,525 6,680 11,355 12,605 12,261 11,400 11,512 11,342 11,112 50,813 38,098 29,248 17,705 13,918 10,450 6,588 2,690 1,216
Gambling 590 9 50 540 0 1 8 9 13 19 15 20 20 8 10 12 21 65 47 65 52 56 51 43 25 30
Offenses against the family and children 25,730 155 522 25,208 9 42 104 101 137 129 164 179 218 277 342 455 552 4,552 5,191 4,882 3,342 2,447 1,533 699 233 142
Driving under the influence 202,119 14 1,000 201,119 3 2 9 45 228 713 2,146 3,454 4,360 7,069 7,776 8,170 8,430 39,514 30,013 23,745 17,305 15,697 13,318 10,236 5,585 4,301
Liquor laws 21,746 472 4,498 17,248 3 45 424 665 1,244 2,117 3,095 3,171 2,907 453 374 313 341 1,305 1,117 1,014 739 760 699 521 283 156
Drunkenness 25,656 39 303 25,353 1 2 36 42 82 140 378 470 558 784 728 762 845 4,063 3,689 3,212 2,405 2,344 2,279 1,677 707 452
Disorderly conduct 32,777 2,298 6,284 26,493 66 603 1,629 1,273 1,421 1,292 938 793 833 895 985 879 910 4,507 3,798 3,146 2,278 2,083 1,915 1,302 653 578
Vagrancy 1,949 32 109 1,840 0 2 30 24 33 20 31 42 37 35 56 71 58 305 250 233 142 167 161 139 70 43
All other offenses (except traffic) 572,506 4,246 18,599 553,907 113 831 3,302 3,369 4,784 6,200 9,797 13,229 15,344 16,814 18,316 19,659 21,117 109,601 95,029 77,637 51,448 41,294 30,685 19,208 8,705 6,024
Suspicion 86 5 28 58 0 1 4 7 5 11 3 3 5 6 0 4 2 9 11 3 4 2 4 1 0 1
Curfew and loitering law violations 1,487 368 1,487 - 7 51 310 381 429 309 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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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