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Table 47

Arrests

Cities

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2018

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

Offense charged Total all
ages
Number of persons arrested Percent of total all ages
Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25 Under 15 Under 18 Under 21 Under 25
TOTAL 5,660,751 132,538 438,355 947,680 1,690,401 2.3 7.7 16.7 29.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,719 47 531 1,614 2,882 0.7 7.9 24.0 42.9
Rape1 13,740 929 2,194 3,668 5,310 6.8 16.0 26.7 38.6
Robbery 56,841 2,270 11,215 20,891 30,131 4.0 19.7 36.8 53.0
Aggravated assault 228,348 5,796 16,415 33,278 63,517 2.5 7.2 14.6 27.8
Burglary 101,535 3,998 13,168 23,560 36,088 3.9 13.0 23.2 35.5
Larceny-theft 564,524 16,862 59,824 116,140 180,878 3.0 10.6 20.6 32.0
Motor vehicle theft 52,376 2,278 9,205 14,589 22,681 4.3 17.6 27.9 43.3
Arson 5,042 597 1,054 1,369 1,816 11.8 20.9 27.2 36.0
Violent crime2 305,648 9,042 30,355 59,451 101,840 3.0 9.9 19.5 33.3
Property crime2 723,477 23,735 83,251 155,658 241,463 3.3 11.5 21.5 33.4
Other assaults 616,990 29,979 71,533 115,726 194,926 4.9 11.6 18.8 31.6
Forgery and counterfeiting 28,226 135 645 3,839 7,324 0.5 2.3 13.6 25.9
Fraud 66,364 713 2,995 8,335 16,540 1.1 4.5 12.6 24.9
Embezzlement 9,067 20 395 1,760 3,227 0.2 4.4 19.4 35.6
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 53,149 1,288 5,943 12,042 18,983 2.4 11.2 22.7 35.7
Vandalism 107,028 7,157 18,346 28,919 44,287 6.7 17.1 27.0 41.4
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 97,680 2,926 10,530 22,319 40,871 3.0 10.8 22.8 41.8
Prostitution and commercialized vice 20,966 25 155 2,341 6,058 0.1 0.7 11.2 28.9
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 25,439 1,937 4,076 5,963 8,289 7.6 16.0 23.4 32.6
Drug abuse violations 888,318 9,507 52,666 164,076 300,274 1.1 5.9 18.5 33.8
Gambling 1,909 22 116 301 842 1.2 6.1 15.8 44.1
Offenses against the family and children 33,590 690 1,878 3,648 7,237 2.1 5.6 10.9 21.5
Driving under the influence 429,437 58 2,523 23,742 87,391 * 0.6 5.5 20.4
Liquor laws 103,908 2,110 14,598 56,012 63,132 2.0 14.0 53.9 60.8
Drunkenness 217,976 334 2,153 12,678 38,668 0.2 1.0 5.8 17.7
Disorderly conduct 206,822 14,709 36,250 53,592 80,228 7.1 17.5 25.9 38.8
Vagrancy 16,254 113 420 1,145 2,296 0.7 2.6 7.0 14.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,692,876 23,229 84,035 200,630 411,003 1.4 5.0 11.9 24.3
Suspicion 165 13 30 41 60 7.9 18.2 24.8 36.4
Curfew and loitering law violations 15,462 4,796 15,462 15,462 15,462 31.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 1 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
  • 2 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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