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Table 46

Arrests

Cities by Age, 2018

[8,967 agencies; 2018 estimated population 172,802,238]

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 5,660,751 132,538 438,355 5,222,396 2,597 30,492 99,449 84,180 102,051 119,586 163,972 172,836 172,517 175,580 176,999 181,181 208,961 967,031 813,268 666,810 448,664 367,726 298,768 221,285 113,242 73,556
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.3 7.7 92.3 * 0.5 1.8 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.7 17.1 14.4 11.8 7.9 6.5 5.3 3.9 2.0 1.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,719 47 531 6,188 0 1 46 76 152 256 368 372 343 288 284 278 418 1,256 821 613 356 240 215 162 87 87
Rape2 13,740 929 2,194 11,546 16 291 622 378 439 448 531 476 467 460 390 363 429 1,770 1,668 1,482 1,068 787 618 502 267 268
Robbery 56,841 2,270 11,215 45,626 10 249 2,011 2,427 3,090 3,428 3,921 3,176 2,579 2,254 2,078 2,019 2,889 8,843 6,272 4,320 2,507 1,852 1,502 954 325 135
Aggravated assault 228,348 5,796 16,415 211,933 108 1,626 4,062 2,911 3,606 4,102 5,101 5,614 6,148 7,003 7,224 7,441 8,571 41,261 34,434 27,343 18,631 14,572 11,978 8,798 4,560 3,254
Burglary 101,535 3,998 13,168 88,367 131 831 3,036 2,837 3,055 3,278 3,903 3,383 3,106 2,944 3,070 3,028 3,486 17,239 14,762 11,711 7,102 5,829 4,318 2,784 1,113 589
Larceny-theft 564,524 16,862 59,824 504,700 235 3,646 12,981 11,746 14,450 16,766 20,407 18,902 17,007 15,632 15,149 15,635 18,322 89,776 80,178 65,621 43,984 36,954 29,897 20,745 10,048 6,443
Motor vehicle theft 52,376 2,278 9,205 43,171 10 261 2,007 2,280 2,370 2,277 2,037 1,786 1,561 1,558 1,596 1,602 3,336 9,025 7,270 5,446 3,131 2,234 1,407 777 276 129
Arson 5,042 597 1,054 3,988 39 211 347 178 153 126 133 85 97 114 109 101 123 640 584 566 366 345 283 204 149 89
Violent crime3 305,648 9,042 30,355 275,293 134 2,167 6,741 5,792 7,287 8,234 9,921 9,638 9,537 10,005 9,976 10,101 12,307 53,130 43,195 33,758 22,562 17,451 14,313 10,416 5,239 3,744
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.0 9.9 90.1 * 0.7 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.0 17.4 14.1 11.0 7.4 5.7 4.7 3.4 1.7 1.2
Property crime3 723,477 23,735 83,251 640,226 415 4,949 18,371 17,041 20,028 22,447 26,480 24,156 21,771 20,248 19,924 20,366 25,267 116,680 102,794 83,344 54,583 45,362 35,905 24,510 11,586 7,250
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.3 11.5 88.5 0.1 0.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.5 16.1 14.2 11.5 7.5 6.3 5.0 3.4 1.6 1.0
Other assaults 616,990 29,979 71,533 545,457 622 8,369 20,988 13,793 14,233 13,528 14,530 14,217 15,446 17,678 18,563 19,190 23,769 103,608 86,501 71,320 48,619 39,311 30,780 22,169 11,371 8,385
Forgery and counterfeiting 28,226 135 645 27,581 2 32 101 87 150 273 791 1,127 1,276 796 868 854 967 4,972 4,790 4,089 2,487 1,828 1,343 815 370 208
Fraud 66,364 713 2,995 63,369 7 126 580 571 714 997 1,510 1,754 2,076 1,864 2,001 2,128 2,212 11,974 11,059 8,954 5,939 4,482 3,385 2,182 1,099 750
Embezzlement 9,067 20 395 8,672 1 2 17 28 114 233 443 468 454 413 344 371 339 1,572 1,248 962 734 524 366 235 117 82
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 53,149 1,288 5,943 47,206 10 151 1,127 1,278 1,618 1,759 2,112 2,068 1,919 1,666 1,642 1,731 1,902 9,709 8,150 6,467 3,771 2,689 1,780 1,021 413 166
Vandalism 107,028 7,157 18,346 88,682 294 2,088 4,775 3,566 3,889 3,734 3,841 3,498 3,234 3,797 3,599 3,597 4,375 18,146 13,836 10,515 6,494 4,990 3,801 2,760 1,304 895
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 97,680 2,926 10,530 87,150 108 771 2,047 1,923 2,440 3,241 3,936 4,077 3,776 4,067 4,123 3,993 6,369 18,344 12,753 9,487 5,660 3,878 2,887 1,959 1,076 765
Prostitution and commercialized vice 20,966 25 155 20,811 0 3 22 22 38 70 669 706 811 922 944 939 912 4,160 2,983 2,324 1,657 1,385 1,049 645 366 339
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 25,439 1,937 4,076 21,363 51 508 1,378 758 686 695 688 650 549 603 564 575 584 2,966 2,752 2,599 1,969 1,844 1,612 1,425 915 1,068
Drug abuse violations 888,318 9,507 52,666 835,652 68 1,494 7,945 8,561 13,262 21,336 37,816 38,130 35,464 33,118 32,725 32,822 37,533 163,786 130,710 102,837 64,260 49,302 37,051 24,764 10,798 4,536
Gambling 1,909 22 116 1,793 1 3 18 15 27 52 66 63 56 70 74 76 321 296 196 158 120 90 75 55 39 38
Offenses against the family and children 33,590 690 1,878 31,712 26 170 494 401 409 378 550 590 630 738 822 906 1,123 6,297 6,077 5,195 3,177 2,198 1,627 939 527 316
Driving under the influence 429,437 58 2,523 426,914 3 7 48 126 590 1,749 5,310 7,097 8,812 14,474 15,772 16,447 16,956 79,252 63,020 51,012 38,302 33,721 28,241 23,456 13,987 11,055
Liquor laws 103,908 2,110 14,598 89,310 15 213 1,882 2,394 3,861 6,233 13,729 15,195 12,490 2,502 1,781 1,417 1,420 6,367 5,455 5,533 4,671 4,742 5,023 4,857 2,655 1,473
Drunkenness 217,976 334 2,153 215,823 7 30 297 329 514 976 2,887 3,677 3,961 6,655 6,351 6,430 6,554 33,085 29,757 26,834 20,987 20,120 19,033 16,429 8,480 4,583
Disorderly conduct 206,822 14,709 36,250 170,572 238 3,880 10,591 7,330 7,562 6,649 6,054 5,667 5,621 7,062 6,344 6,084 7,146 29,281 24,408 20,232 13,881 12,083 10,624 8,316 4,471 3,298
Vagrancy 16,254 113 420 15,834 2 15 96 95 111 101 268 221 236 244 246 326 335 1,990 1,989 2,103 1,595 1,775 1,723 1,466 851 466
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,692,876 23,229 84,035 1,608,841 501 4,527 18,201 16,621 20,436 23,749 32,367 39,836 44,392 48,652 50,331 52,824 58,566 301,396 261,568 219,075 147,188 119,941 98,136 72,858 37,574 24,137
Suspicion 165 13 30 135 0 3 10 3 5 9 4 1 6 6 5 4 4 20 27 12 8 10 14 8 4 2
Curfew and loitering law violations 15,462 4,796 15,462 - 92 984 3,720 3,446 4,077 3,143 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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.