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Table 40

Arrests

Females, by Age, 2018

[12,212 agencies; 2018 estimated population 247,752,415]

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 2,126,700 52,588 164,364 1,962,336 704 11,141 40,743 31,783 37,096 42,897 58,920 63,672 65,319 65,493 66,233 67,523 75,255 375,613 326,648 267,698 175,219 136,380 100,453 66,117 30,978 20,815
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.5 7.7 92.3 * 0.5 1.9 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 17.7 15.4 12.6 8.2 6.4 4.7 3.1 1.5 1.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,105 13 73 1,032 0 1 12 13 18 29 41 55 39 36 33 52 57 194 160 126 71 52 44 38 14 20
Rape2 606 66 133 473 3 25 38 25 29 13 23 25 9 25 14 13 14 71 76 81 56 29 15 13 4 5
Robbery 10,185 354 1,503 8,682 2 34 318 333 372 444 544 535 427 375 417 413 457 1,897 1,345 914 525 353 263 165 38 14
Aggravated assault 70,958 2,159 5,861 65,097 23 523 1,613 1,087 1,315 1,300 1,573 1,729 2,051 2,270 2,204 2,366 2,627 12,930 10,857 8,432 5,846 4,466 3,541 2,345 1,077 783
Burglary 26,668 693 2,165 24,503 27 142 524 402 479 591 747 741 765 725 760 823 917 4,893 4,553 3,642 2,219 1,629 1,087 601 240 161
Larceny-theft 286,455 7,360 27,894 258,561 84 1,451 5,825 5,231 6,926 8,377 10,835 10,258 9,432 8,508 8,090 7,962 9,350 46,218 42,194 34,609 22,753 17,995 13,620 9,125 4,470 3,142
Motor vehicle theft 15,842 631 2,071 13,771 0 67 564 495 496 449 450 446 418 526 503 511 935 3,207 2,676 1,871 1,008 618 350 181 45 26
Arson 1,588 136 237 1,351 4 52 80 39 31 31 26 22 31 30 38 37 26 231 215 198 147 115 117 56 44 18
Violent crime3 82,854 2,592 7,570 75,284 28 583 1,981 1,458 1,734 1,786 2,181 2,344 2,526 2,706 2,668 2,844 3,155 15,092 12,438 9,553 6,498 4,900 3,863 2,561 1,133 822
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.1 9.1 90.9 * 0.7 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.8 18.2 15.0 11.5 7.8 5.9 4.7 3.1 1.4 1.0
Property crime3 330,553 8,820 32,367 298,186 115 1,712 6,993 6,167 7,932 9,448 12,058 11,467 10,646 9,789 9,391 9,333 11,228 54,549 49,638 40,320 26,127 20,357 15,174 9,963 4,799 3,347
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 2.7 9.8 90.2 * 0.5 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.4 16.5 15.0 12.2 7.9 6.2 4.6 3.0 1.5 1.0
Other assaults 233,668 14,728 35,214 198,454 168 3,648 10,912 7,001 7,033 6,452 6,075 6,093 6,547 7,184 7,450 7,378 8,773 38,033 31,173 25,511 17,154 13,666 10,468 6,993 3,420 2,536
Forgery and counterfeiting 12,887 27 155 12,732 1 9 17 17 32 79 306 483 607 372 399 400 424 2,261 2,355 2,013 1,228 854 557 271 118 84
Fraud 32,915 255 1,117 31,798 1 44 210 209 262 391 651 760 978 842 920 979 1,116 5,968 5,666 4,975 3,232 2,310 1,648 930 451 372
Embezzlement 5,602 8 178 5,424 1 1 6 8 57 105 256 275 273 237 195 235 194 961 778 629 505 358 248 153 68 59
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 15,585 301 1,158 14,427 0 24 277 229 311 317 424 505 472 476 525 493 598 3,211 2,952 2,115 1,152 728 446 236 77 17
Vandalism 31,551 1,650 4,414 27,137 46 423 1,181 863 895 1,006 1,059 996 1,019 1,139 1,082 1,113 1,353 5,612 4,301 3,294 2,003 1,539 1,228 772 337 290
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 11,915 586 1,439 10,476 25 200 361 256 288 309 302 322 339 413 443 407 538 2,267 1,808 1,382 840 586 421 232 100 76
Prostitution and commercialized vice 15,243 20 121 15,122 1 3 16 19 29 53 610 665 726 854 841 811 778 3,331 2,101 1,464 1,006 868 595 314 117 41
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 2,467 293 595 1,872 15 77 201 125 90 87 77 46 69 56 66 68 66 322 267 265 170 154 113 79 28 26
Drug abuse violations 309,134 3,785 17,365 291,769 20 628 3,137 2,811 4,048 6,721 12,144 12,670 12,377 11,494 11,134 11,100 11,956 58,574 49,075 38,528 23,797 17,539 11,456 6,680 2,381 864
Gambling 425 3 10 415 0 1 2 2 1 4 7 10 13 10 12 14 14 60 52 44 47 36 24 33 21 18
Offenses against the family and children 19,669 366 951 18,718 12 72 282 220 185 180 230 262 320 445 452 555 692 4,111 4,115 3,285 1,782 1,095 678 370 192 134
Driving under the influence 190,344 37 1,025 189,319 4 3 30 52 254 682 2,085 2,952 3,661 6,564 7,258 7,528 7,818 35,744 27,701 22,836 17,251 15,631 12,976 9,943 5,435 3,936
Liquor laws 39,875 1,472 8,411 31,464 5 163 1,304 1,481 2,183 3,275 6,426 6,645 5,384 900 592 425 450 2,049 1,636 1,746 1,430 1,275 1,074 870 382 180
Drunkenness 52,972 159 785 52,187 0 6 153 129 189 308 842 1,005 1,072 1,717 1,557 1,623 1,620 8,347 7,797 7,065 5,616 4,926 4,045 2,963 1,350 642
Disorderly conduct 74,304 6,619 15,874 58,430 66 1,489 5,064 3,345 3,166 2,744 2,218 2,074 2,048 2,293 2,104 2,033 2,306 10,268 8,733 7,319 4,993 4,046 3,445 2,436 1,203 911
Vagrancy 4,407 32 127 4,280 2 5 25 36 29 30 90 80 84 73 80 81 80 560 551 616 464 558 399 281 207 76
All other offenses (except traffic) 655,123 9,140 30,374 624,749 165 1,773 7,202 6,209 7,075 7,950 10,878 14,015 16,157 17,924 19,062 20,099 22,092 124,272 113,490 94,728 59,918 44,950 31,590 20,034 9,156 6,384
Suspicion 104 7 11 93 0 0 7 1 1 2 1 3 1 5 2 4 4 21 21 10 6 4 5 3 3 0
Curfew and loitering law violations 5,103 1,688 5,103 - 29 277 1,382 1,145 1,302 968 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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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Arrests, Females, by Age, 2018

  • More than 90 percent (92.3) of all females arrested in 2018 were adults (persons age 18 and older). Adult females accounted for 90.9 percent of females arrested for violent crimes and 90.2 percent of females arrested for property crimes.
  • Of all females arrested in 2018, 17.7 percent were between the ages of 25 and 29.
  • More female juveniles (27,894) were arrested for larceny-theft than for any other property crime offense. They accounted for 9.7 percent of females arrested for larceny-theft in 2018.
  • Nearly all females (99.5 percent) arrested for driving under the influence were adults.
  • Arrests of females for drug abuse violations represented 14.5 percent of all arrests of females. Of these females, 94.4 percent were adults.
  • Arrests of females for other assaults (assaults where no weapon was used or the victim did not sustain serious or aggravated injury) accounted for 11.0 percent of all female arrests. Of these, 15.1 percent were juveniles.