Table 51
Arrest Trends
Metropolitan Counties
by Sex, 2017–2018
[1,296 agencies; 2018 estimated population 48,986,577; 2017 estimated population 48,991,999]
Offense charged | Male | Female | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Under 18 | Total | Under 18 | |||||||||
2017 | 2018 |
Percent change |
2017 | 2018 |
Percent change |
2017 | 2018 |
Percent change |
2017 | 2018 | Percent change | |
TOTAL1 | 1,044,624 | 1,028,780 | -1.5 | 64,382 | 57,321 | -11.0 | 368,297 | 366,886 | -0.4 | 25,135 | 23,332 | -7.2 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1,398 | 1,309 | -6.4 | 80 | 83 | +3.8 | 216 | 183 | -15.3 | 4 | 20 | +400.0 |
Rape2 | 3,257 | 3,321 | +2.0 | 581 | 609 | +4.8 | 83 | 99 | +19.3 | 14 | 19 | +35.7 |
Robbery | 7,729 | 7,036 | -9.0 | 1,613 | 1,490 | -7.6 | 1,282 | 1,236 | -3.6 | 178 | 190 | +6.7 |
Aggravated assault | 39,014 | 39,304 | +0.7 | 2,545 | 2,546 | * | 10,919 | 11,164 | +2.2 | 921 | 945 | +2.6 |
Burglary | 20,332 | 17,712 | -12.9 | 3,035 | 2,205 | -27.3 | 4,506 | 4,090 | -9.2 | 385 | 290 | -24.7 |
Larceny-theft | 54,532 | 50,207 | -7.9 | 7,397 | 5,439 | -26.5 | 35,948 | 35,531 | -1.2 | 3,950 | 3,422 | -13.4 |
Motor vehicle theft | 9,790 | 9,348 | -4.5 | 1,257 | 1,156 | -8.0 | 2,737 | 2,808 | +2.6 | 280 | 264 | -5.7 |
Arson | 931 | 929 | -0.2 | 211 | 199 | -5.7 | 204 | 253 | +24.0 | 32 | 38 | +18.8 |
Violent crime3 | 51,398 | 50,970 | -0.8 | 4,819 | 4,728 | -1.9 | 12,500 | 12,682 | +1.5 | 1,117 | 1,174 | +5.1 |
Property crime3 | 85,585 | 78,196 | -8.6 | 11,900 | 8,999 | -24.4 | 43,395 | 42,682 | -1.6 | 4,647 | 4,014 | -13.6 |
Other assaults | 92,026 | 89,831 | -2.4 | 10,941 | 10,881 | -0.5 | 35,936 | 35,650 | -0.8 | 6,062 | 6,089 | +0.4 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 4,998 | 4,453 | -10.9 | 109 | 93 | -14.7 | 2,530 | 2,297 | -9.2 | 33 | 18 | -45.5 |
Fraud | 10,883 | 10,230 | -6.0 | 308 | 266 | -13.6 | 6,079 | 5,687 | -6.4 | 152 | 142 | -6.6 |
Embezzlement | 987 | 864 | -12.5 | 26 | 28 | +7.7 | 925 | 741 | -19.9 | 20 | 13 | -35.0 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 10,144 | 9,813 | -3.3 | 742 | 666 | -10.2 | 2,806 | 2,643 | -5.8 | 156 | 140 | -10.3 |
Vandalism | 17,084 | 15,722 | -8.0 | 3,676 | 2,789 | -24.1 | 4,640 | 4,374 | -5.7 | 808 | 610 | -24.5 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 18,213 | 18,395 | +1.0 | 1,772 | 1,592 | -10.2 | 2,055 | 2,097 | +2.0 | 272 | 259 | -4.8 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 1,530 | 1,067 | -30.3 | 14 | 21 | +50.0 | 1,216 | 951 | -21.8 | 14 | 12 | -14.3 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 6,520 | 6,219 | -4.6 | 1,080 | 950 | -12.0 | 404 | 415 | +2.7 | 107 | 96 | -10.3 |
Drug abuse violations | 178,584 | 180,039 | +0.8 | 9,072 | 8,323 | -8.3 | 58,640 | 60,547 | +3.3 | 2,838 | 2,758 | -2.8 |
Gambling | 364 | 317 | -12.9 | 20 | 15 | -25.0 | 113 | 97 | -14.2 | 6 | 2 | -66.7 |
Offenses against the family and children | 17,570 | 16,530 | -5.9 | 348 | 305 | -12.4 | 5,080 | 4,934 | -2.9 | 201 | 147 | -26.9 |
Driving under the influence | 140,495 | 142,946 | +1.7 | 666 | 634 | -4.8 | 46,388 | 47,228 | +1.8 | 194 | 188 | -3.1 |
Liquor laws | 13,100 | 10,726 | -18.1 | 2,328 | 1,740 | -25.3 | 6,123 | 4,836 | -21.0 | 1,642 | 1,273 | -22.5 |
Drunkenness | 18,342 | 17,837 | -2.8 | 189 | 153 | -19.0 | 4,898 | 5,056 | +3.2 | 95 | 90 | -5.3 |
Disorderly conduct | 19,269 | 18,691 | -3.0 | 3,655 | 3,432 | -6.1 | 8,096 | 7,509 | -7.3 | 1,978 | 1,767 | -10.7 |
Vagrancy | 1,202 | 1,096 | -8.8 | 63 | 45 | -28.6 | 402 | 396 | -1.5 | 17 | 23 | +35.3 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 355,514 | 354,134 | -0.4 | 11,838 | 10,957 | -7.4 | 125,583 | 125,693 | +0.1 | 4,288 | 4,146 | -3.3 |
Suspicion | 58 | 173 | +198.3 | 17 | 3 | -82.4 | 22 | 65 | +195.5 | 7 | 1 | -85.7 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 816 | 704 | -13.7 | 816 | 704 | -13.7 | 488 | 371 | -24.0 | 488 | 371 | -24.0 |
- 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.
- * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
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