Table 50
Arrest Trends
Metropolitan Counties, 2017–2018
[1,296 agencies; 2018 estimated population 48,986,577; 2017 estimated population 48,991,999]
Offense charged | Number of persons arrested | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total all ages | Under 18 years of age | 18 years of age and over | |||||||
2017 | 2018 |
Percent change |
2017 | 2018 |
Percent change |
2017 | 2018 |
Percent change |
|
TOTAL1 | 1,412,921 | 1,395,666 | -1.2 | 89,517 | 80,653 | -9.9 | 1,323,404 | 1,315,013 | -0.6 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1,614 | 1,492 | -7.6 | 84 | 103 | +22.6 | 1,530 | 1,389 | -9.2 |
Rape2 | 3,340 | 3,420 | +2.4 | 595 | 628 | +5.5 | 2,745 | 2,792 | +1.7 |
Robbery | 9,011 | 8,272 | -8.2 | 1,791 | 1,680 | -6.2 | 7,220 | 6,592 | -8.7 |
Aggravated assault | 49,933 | 50,468 | +1.1 | 3,466 | 3,491 | +0.7 | 46,467 | 46,977 | +1.1 |
Burglary | 24,838 | 21,802 | -12.2 | 3,420 | 2,495 | -27.0 | 21,418 | 19,307 | -9.9 |
Larceny-theft | 90,480 | 85,738 | -5.2 | 11,347 | 8,861 | -21.9 | 79,133 | 76,877 | -2.9 |
Motor vehicle theft | 12,527 | 12,156 | -3.0 | 1,537 | 1,420 | -7.6 | 10,990 | 10,736 | -2.3 |
Arson | 1,135 | 1,182 | +4.1 | 243 | 237 | -2.5 | 892 | 945 | +5.9 |
Violent crime3 | 63,898 | 63,652 | -0.4 | 5,936 | 5,902 | -0.6 | 57,962 | 57,750 | -0.4 |
Property crime3 | 128,980 | 120,878 | -6.3 | 16,547 | 13,013 | -21.4 | 112,433 | 107,865 | -4.1 |
Other assaults | 127,962 | 125,481 | -1.9 | 17,003 | 16,970 | -0.2 | 110,959 | 108,511 | -2.2 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 7,528 | 6,750 | -10.3 | 142 | 111 | -21.8 | 7,386 | 6,639 | -10.1 |
Fraud | 16,962 | 15,917 | -6.2 | 460 | 408 | -11.3 | 16,502 | 15,509 | -6.0 |
Embezzlement | 1,912 | 1,605 | -16.1 | 46 | 41 | -10.9 | 1,866 | 1,564 | -16.2 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 12,950 | 12,456 | -3.8 | 898 | 806 | -10.2 | 12,052 | 11,650 | -3.3 |
Vandalism | 21,724 | 20,096 | -7.5 | 4,484 | 3,399 | -24.2 | 17,240 | 16,697 | -3.1 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 20,268 | 20,492 | +1.1 | 2,044 | 1,851 | -9.4 | 18,224 | 18,641 | +2.3 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 2,746 | 2,018 | -26.5 | 28 | 33 | +17.9 | 2,718 | 1,985 | -27.0 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 6,924 | 6,634 | -4.2 | 1,187 | 1,046 | -11.9 | 5,737 | 5,588 | -2.6 |
Drug abuse violations | 237,224 | 240,586 | +1.4 | 11,910 | 11,081 | -7.0 | 225,314 | 229,505 | +1.9 |
Gambling | 477 | 414 | -13.2 | 26 | 17 | -34.6 | 451 | 397 | -12.0 |
Offenses against the family and children | 22,650 | 21,464 | -5.2 | 549 | 452 | -17.7 | 22,101 | 21,012 | -4.9 |
Driving under the influence | 186,883 | 190,174 | +1.8 | 860 | 822 | -4.4 | 186,023 | 189,352 | +1.8 |
Liquor laws | 19,223 | 15,562 | -19.0 | 3,970 | 3,013 | -24.1 | 15,253 | 12,549 | -17.7 |
Drunkenness | 23,240 | 22,893 | -1.5 | 284 | 243 | -14.4 | 22,956 | 22,650 | -1.3 |
Disorderly conduct | 27,365 | 26,200 | -4.3 | 5,633 | 5,199 | -7.7 | 21,732 | 21,001 | -3.4 |
Vagrancy | 1,604 | 1,492 | -7.0 | 80 | 68 | -15.0 | 1,524 | 1,424 | -6.6 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 481,097 | 479,827 | -0.3 | 16,126 | 15,103 | -6.3 | 464,971 | 464,724 | -0.1 |
Suspicion | 80 | 238 | +197.5 | 24 | 4 | -83.3 | 56 | 234 | +317.9 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 1,304 | 1,075 | -17.6 | 1,304 | 1,075 | -17.6 | - | - | - |
- 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.
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