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Table 52

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

by Age, 2018

[1,440 agencies; 2018 estimated population 55,828,114]

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 1,536,169 26,080 91,083 1,445,086 645 6,148 19,287 16,058 21,523 27,422 37,207 41,955 43,907 46,356 48,706 50,162 52,735 274,298 233,431 195,334 130,595 104,758 80,872 56,799 28,494 19,477
Total percent distribution1 100.0 1.7 5.9 94.1 * 0.4 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.4 17.9 15.2 12.7 8.5 6.8 5.3 3.7 1.9 1.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,755 15 126 1,629 0 2 13 15 38 58 85 92 85 86 71 70 67 302 238 179 107 83 54 54 22 34
Rape2 3,753 289 678 3,075 5 89 195 129 122 138 164 134 130 126 136 84 81 411 420 360 263 240 193 139 84 110
Robbery 9,434 340 1,947 7,487 1 33 306 345 602 660 659 544 482 376 375 356 332 1,574 1,028 642 419 287 223 133 42 15
Aggravated assault 56,574 1,356 4,055 52,519 31 365 960 736 929 1,034 1,221 1,255 1,444 1,636 1,689 1,733 1,821 9,627 8,446 7,162 4,837 3,857 3,290 2,349 1,235 917
Burglary 24,780 887 2,879 21,901 19 198 670 522 662 808 933 834 803 717 758 741 785 4,373 3,883 3,086 1,804 1,361 963 507 230 123
Larceny-theft 97,589 2,749 9,999 87,590 32 589 2,128 1,788 2,398 3,064 3,641 3,394 2,987 2,804 2,799 2,737 2,960 15,748 13,792 11,476 7,661 6,233 5,089 3,489 1,681 1,099
Motor vehicle theft 13,191 358 1,551 11,640 2 44 312 337 440 416 407 432 409 396 434 418 459 2,532 2,105 1,672 954 688 392 211 102 29
Arson 1,316 171 270 1,046 11 52 108 33 30 36 36 38 38 20 28 27 17 183 161 141 82 92 82 44 36 21
Violent crime3 71,516 2,000 6,806 64,710 37 489 1,474 1,225 1,691 1,890 2,129 2,025 2,141 2,224 2,271 2,243 2,301 11,914 10,132 8,343 5,626 4,467 3,760 2,675 1,383 1,076
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 2.8 9.5 90.5 0.1 0.7 2.1 1.7 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.2 16.7 14.2 11.7 7.9 6.2 5.3 3.7 1.9 1.5
Property crime3 136,876 4,165 14,699 122,177 64 883 3,218 2,680 3,530 4,324 5,017 4,698 4,237 3,937 4,019 3,923 4,221 22,836 19,941 16,375 10,501 8,374 6,526 4,251 2,049 1,272
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.0 10.7 89.3 * 0.6 2.4 2.0 2.6 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 16.7 14.6 12.0 7.7 6.1 4.8 3.1 1.5 0.9
Other assaults 141,785 7,670 19,215 122,570 197 2,187 5,286 3,629 4,030 3,886 2,959 2,917 3,084 3,487 3,815 3,786 4,062 21,511 19,382 17,052 11,878 10,001 7,874 5,467 2,921 2,374
Forgery and counterfeiting 7,550 20 122 7,428 3 1 16 7 26 69 168 300 357 220 237 254 243 1,351 1,205 1,023 707 520 388 261 135 59
Fraud 18,272 108 473 17,799 2 15 91 100 91 174 263 391 429 481 475 542 583 3,169 3,061 2,560 1,885 1,500 1,094 716 369 281
Embezzlement 1,766 0 41 1,725 0 0 0 2 12 27 77 79 79 60 71 66 59 330 226 190 168 136 86 47 27 24
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 14,190 202 983 13,207 3 16 183 170 277 334 504 524 415 405 448 477 521 2,707 2,258 1,929 1,107 789 557 348 152 66
Vandalism 23,085 1,388 3,910 19,175 45 382 961 722 847 953 866 752 725 754 759 768 752 3,841 2,910 2,323 1,493 1,099 930 585 333 285
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 23,014 715 2,163 20,851 33 229 453 383 470 595 752 798 764 882 914 904 893 4,288 3,265 2,515 1,599 1,187 895 632 326 237
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,528 12 38 2,490 0 4 8 5 4 17 35 56 70 99 97 98 107 486 331 296 237 222 162 85 59 50
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 7,608 575 1,238 6,370 24 167 384 231 202 230 229 210 176 154 165 160 152 762 822 831 573 556 549 438 241 352
Drug abuse violations 265,238 1,811 12,769 252,469 14 241 1,556 1,793 3,204 5,961 10,505 11,574 11,440 10,969 10,679 10,593 10,704 50,919 39,011 30,387 19,093 14,539 10,502 7,189 3,052 1,313
Gambling 425 1 18 407 0 0 1 4 6 7 5 19 18 9 10 14 10 46 49 48 34 24 25 40 34 22
Offenses against the family and children 23,312 167 502 22,810 8 41 118 107 103 125 152 147 202 270 304 378 482 3,752 4,686 4,614 3,185 2,214 1,326 701 258 139
Driving under the influence 201,462 26 895 200,567 5 2 19 25 201 643 1,965 3,118 3,847 6,616 7,390 7,786 8,221 39,105 30,246 24,677 17,940 15,513 12,987 10,499 6,059 4,598
Liquor laws 17,026 420 3,295 13,731 1 44 375 491 914 1,470 2,292 2,302 2,002 359 274 258 263 1,156 974 854 689 661 649 556 290 152
Drunkenness 24,559 29 253 24,306 0 1 28 49 54 121 351 444 501 699 701 773 769 3,927 3,633 3,216 2,281 2,028 2,072 1,661 816 434
Disorderly conduct 30,511 2,251 5,851 24,660 77 583 1,591 1,127 1,325 1,148 773 663 645 696 750 756 842 4,161 3,545 3,205 2,312 2,030 1,688 1,299 701 594
Vagrancy 1,557 31 93 1,464 1 3 27 24 24 14 28 26 39 25 27 34 38 229 174 202 159 130 138 128 62 25
All other offenses (except traffic) 522,443 4,167 16,509 505,934 122 817 3,228 3,005 4,134 5,203 8,132 10,901 12,729 14,005 15,291 16,341 17,499 97,763 87,544 74,658 49,113 38,749 28,650 19,215 9,223 6,121
Suspicion 240 1 4 236 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 11 7 5 9 8 13 45 36 36 15 19 14 6 4 3
Curfew and loitering law violations 1,206 321 1,206 - 9 43 269 279 376 230 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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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