Table 30
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2018
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged |
United States total (12,212 agencies; population 247,752,415) |
Northeast (3,227 agencies; population 43,716,119) |
Midwest (2,911 agencies; population 46,866,740) |
South (4,237 agencies; population 84,035,509) |
West (1,837 agencies; population 73,134,047) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL1 | 7,810,658 | 3,152.6 | 1,141,267 | 2,610.6 | 1,420,211 | 3,030.3 | 2,925,659 | 3,481.5 | 2,323,521 | 3,177.1 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 9,049 | 3.7 | 944 | 2.2 | 1,839 | 3.9 | 3,766 | 4.5 | 2,500 | 3.4 |
Rape2 | 19,093 | 7.7 | 3,178 | 7.3 | 4,455 | 9.5 | 5,998 | 7.1 | 5,462 | 7.5 |
Robbery | 67,397 | 27.2 | 10,334 | 23.6 | 10,278 | 21.9 | 21,405 | 25.5 | 25,380 | 34.7 |
Aggravated assault | 300,726 | 121.4 | 36,932 | 84.5 | 43,345 | 92.5 | 90,078 | 107.2 | 130,371 | 178.3 |
Burglary | 135,918 | 54.9 | 17,148 | 39.2 | 17,501 | 37.3 | 46,725 | 55.6 | 54,544 | 74.6 |
Larceny-theft | 682,517 | 275.5 | 116,467 | 266.4 | 139,080 | 296.8 | 266,500 | 317.1 | 160,470 | 219.4 |
Motor vehicle theft | 69,502 | 28.1 | 6,736 | 15.4 | 13,947 | 29.8 | 20,019 | 23.8 | 28,800 | 39.4 |
Arson | 7,050 | 2.8 | 954 | 2.2 | 1,161 | 2.5 | 2,032 | 2.4 | 2,903 | 4.0 |
Violent crime3 | 396,265 | 159.9 | 51,388 | 117.5 | 59,917 | 127.8 | 121,247 | 144.3 | 163,713 | 223.9 |
Property crime3 | 894,987 | 361.2 | 141,305 | 323.2 | 171,689 | 366.3 | 335,276 | 399.0 | 246,717 | 337.3 |
Other assaults | 809,050 | 326.6 | 135,286 | 309.5 | 154,241 | 329.1 | 307,823 | 366.3 | 211,700 | 289.5 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 38,128 | 15.4 | 6,689 | 15.3 | 6,486 | 13.8 | 15,957 | 19.0 | 8,996 | 12.3 |
Fraud | 90,886 | 36.7 | 19,536 | 44.7 | 17,795 | 38.0 | 36,019 | 42.9 | 17,536 | 24.0 |
Embezzlement | 11,278 | 4.6 | 1,207 | 2.8 | 2,158 | 4.6 | 5,330 | 6.3 | 2,583 | 3.5 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 70,996 | 28.7 | 9,302 | 21.3 | 12,282 | 26.2 | 22,977 | 27.3 | 26,435 | 36.1 |
Vandalism | 137,108 | 55.3 | 28,619 | 65.5 | 24,394 | 52.0 | 35,264 | 42.0 | 48,831 | 66.8 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 127,588 | 51.5 | 13,517 | 30.9 | 28,123 | 60.0 | 43,719 | 52.0 | 42,229 | 57.7 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 23,699 | 9.6 | 2,951 | 6.8 | 2,319 | 4.9 | 7,291 | 8.7 | 11,138 | 15.2 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 35,549 | 14.3 | 5,967 | 13.6 | 6,048 | 12.9 | 9,348 | 11.1 | 14,186 | 19.4 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,251,852 | 505.3 | 207,890 | 475.5 | 221,389 | 472.4 | 474,492 | 564.6 | 348,081 | 475.9 |
Gambling | 2,475 | 1.0 | 150 | 0.3 | 851 | 1.8 | 877 | 1.0 | 597 | 0.8 |
Offenses against the family and children | 64,872 | 26.2 | 12,720 | 29.1 | 11,956 | 25.5 | 28,977 | 34.5 | 11,219 | 15.3 |
Driving under the influence | 746,575 | 301.3 | 117,749 | 269.3 | 131,207 | 280.0 | 244,559 | 291.0 | 253,060 | 346.0 |
Liquor laws | 130,921 | 52.8 | 14,848 | 34.0 | 42,388 | 90.4 | 35,241 | 41.9 | 38,444 | 52.6 |
Drunkenness | 252,727 | 102.0 | 28,881 | 66.1 | 10,102 | 21.6 | 136,644 | 162.6 | 77,100 | 105.4 |
Disorderly conduct | 251,182 | 101.4 | 64,884 | 148.4 | 75,847 | 161.8 | 65,126 | 77.5 | 45,325 | 62.0 |
Vagrancy | 18,121 | 7.3 | 1,155 | 2.6 | 2,355 | 5.0 | 2,606 | 3.1 | 12,005 | 16.4 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,439,500 | 984.7 | 272,047 | 622.3 | 435,153 | 928.5 | 992,362 | 1,180.9 | 739,938 | 1,011.8 |
Suspicion | 427 | 0.2 | 7 | * | 34 | 0.1 | 298 | 0.4 | 88 | 0.1 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 16,899 | 6.8 | 5,176 | 11.8 | 3,511 | 7.5 | 4,524 | 5.4 | 3,688 | 5.0 |
- 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.
- * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
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