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Table 59

Arrests

Nonmetropolitan Counties

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

[1,805 agencies; 2018 estimated population 19,122,063]

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 614,165 6,724 24,182 71,885 145,329 1.1 3.9 11.7 23.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 575 5 37 94 173 0.9 6.4 16.3 30.1
Rape1 1,600 106 272 481 648 6.6 17.0 30.1 40.5
Robbery 1,122 5 58 215 405 0.4 5.2 19.2 36.1
Aggravated assault 15,804 263 755 1,779 3,449 1.7 4.8 11.3 21.8
Burglary 9,603 251 886 1,973 3,088 2.6 9.2 20.5 32.2
Larceny-theft 20,404 447 1,399 3,109 5,281 2.2 6.9 15.2 25.9
Motor vehicle theft 3,935 130 446 784 1,239 3.3 11.3 19.9 31.5
Arson 692 35 62 118 181 5.1 9.0 17.1 26.2
Violent crime2 19,101 379 1,122 2,569 4,675 2.0 5.9 13.4 24.5
Property crime2 34,634 863 2,793 5,984 9,789 2.5 8.1 17.3 28.3
Other assaults 50,275 1,685 4,368 7,566 12,451 3.4 8.7 15.0 24.8
Forgery and counterfeiting 2,352 2 25 162 441 0.1 1.1 6.9 18.8
Fraud 6,250 19 99 382 959 0.3 1.6 6.1 15.3
Embezzlement 445 0 7 37 75 0.0 1.6 8.3 16.9
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 3,657 34 174 502 968 0.9 4.8 13.7 26.5
Vandalism 6,995 394 1,073 1,779 2,621 5.6 15.3 25.4 37.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 6,894 103 318 826 1,678 1.5 4.6 12.0 24.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 205 4 6 12 33 2.0 2.9 5.9 16.1
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 2,502 186 405 698 912 7.4 16.2 27.9 36.5
Drug abuse violations 98,296 440 3,177 14,873 29,831 0.4 3.2 15.1 30.3
Gambling 141 0 0 12 29 0.0 0.0 8.5 20.6
Offenses against the family and children 7,970 36 97 352 999 0.5 1.2 4.4 12.5
Driving under the influence 115,676 18 646 6,738 22,247 * 0.6 5.8 19.2
Liquor laws 9,987 237 2,029 6,596 7,270 2.4 20.3 66.0 72.8
Drunkenness 10,192 15 106 684 1,662 0.1 1.0 6.7 16.3
Disorderly conduct 13,849 824 1,973 2,926 4,308 5.9 14.2 21.1 31.1
Vagrancy 310 1 14 30 54 0.3 4.5 9.7 17.4
All other offenses (except traffic) 224,181 1,416 5,516 18,920 44,088 0.6 2.5 8.4 19.7
Suspicion 22 0 3 6 8 0.0 13.6 27.3 36.4
Curfew and loitering law violations 231 68 231 231 231 29.4 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 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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