Table 62
Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas,1 2017–2018
[6,287 agencies; 2018 estimated population 97,716,355; 2017 estimated population 97,435,218]
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 |
|
TOTAL2 | 2,960,294 | 2,871,139 | -3.0 | 231,733 | 207,158 | -10.6 | 2,728,561 | 2,663,981 | -2.4 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 2,388 | 2,296 | -3.9 | 134 | 169 | +26.1 | 2,254 | 2,127 | -5.6 |
Rape3 | 6,172 | 6,352 | +2.9 | 1,147 | 1,167 | +1.7 | 5,025 | 5,185 | +3.2 |
Robbery | 18,618 | 16,489 | -11.4 | 3,650 | 3,261 | -10.7 | 14,968 | 13,228 | -11.6 |
Aggravated assault | 90,203 | 91,044 | +0.9 | 7,391 | 7,653 | +3.5 | 82,812 | 83,391 | +0.7 |
Burglary | 50,751 | 44,123 | -13.1 | 7,885 | 5,747 | -27.1 | 42,866 | 38,376 | -10.5 |
Larceny-theft | 264,389 | 246,314 | -6.8 | 32,599 | 25,390 | -22.1 | 231,790 | 220,924 | -4.7 |
Motor vehicle theft | 21,631 | 21,085 | -2.5 | 3,170 | 2,896 | -8.6 | 18,461 | 18,189 | -1.5 |
Arson | 2,391 | 2,300 | -3.8 | 698 | 596 | -14.6 | 1,693 | 1,704 | +0.6 |
Violent crime4 | 117,381 | 116,181 | -1.0 | 12,322 | 12,250 | -0.6 | 105,059 | 103,931 | -1.1 |
Property crime4 | 339,162 | 313,822 | -7.5 | 44,352 | 34,629 | -21.9 | 294,810 | 279,193 | -5.3 |
Other assaults | 267,234 | 262,547 | -1.8 | 36,398 | 36,844 | +1.2 | 230,836 | 225,703 | -2.2 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 16,761 | 15,072 | -10.1 | 420 | 301 | -28.3 | 16,341 | 14,771 | -9.6 |
Fraud | 36,598 | 34,795 | -4.9 | 1,215 | 1,003 | -17.4 | 35,383 | 33,792 | -4.5 |
Embezzlement | 4,239 | 3,781 | -10.8 | 137 | 137 | 0.0 | 4,102 | 3,644 | -11.2 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 26,883 | 25,270 | -6.0 | 2,575 | 2,208 | -14.3 | 24,308 | 23,062 | -5.1 |
Vandalism | 48,812 | 44,752 | -8.3 | 11,074 | 8,752 | -21.0 | 37,738 | 36,000 | -4.6 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 38,813 | 39,205 | +1.0 | 4,597 | 4,255 | -7.4 | 34,216 | 34,950 | +2.1 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 4,603 | 3,278 | -28.8 | 64 | 47 | -26.6 | 4,539 | 3,231 | -28.8 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 13,143 | 13,079 | -0.5 | 2,546 | 2,372 | -6.8 | 10,597 | 10,707 | +1.0 |
Drug abuse violations | 488,831 | 489,260 | +0.1 | 31,439 | 29,762 | -5.3 | 457,392 | 459,498 | +0.5 |
Gambling | 598 | 553 | -7.5 | 46 | 35 | -23.9 | 552 | 518 | -6.2 |
Offenses against the family and children | 31,625 | 30,000 | -5.1 | 1,001 | 851 | -15.0 | 30,624 | 29,149 | -4.8 |
Driving under the influence | 330,171 | 331,305 | +0.3 | 1,823 | 1,621 | -11.1 | 328,348 | 329,684 | +0.4 |
Liquor laws | 62,867 | 49,180 | -21.8 | 11,716 | 8,466 | -27.7 | 51,151 | 40,714 | -20.4 |
Drunkenness | 80,985 | 76,042 | -6.1 | 1,294 | 1,134 | -12.4 | 79,691 | 74,908 | -6.0 |
Disorderly conduct | 98,973 | 92,504 | -6.5 | 19,902 | 18,174 | -8.7 | 79,071 | 74,330 | -6.0 |
Vagrancy | 3,787 | 3,462 | -8.6 | 232 | 181 | -22.0 | 3,555 | 3,281 | -7.7 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 942,827 | 922,733 | -2.1 | 42,579 | 39,818 | -6.5 | 900,248 | 882,915 | -1.9 |
Suspicion | 159 | 285 | +79.2 | 39 | 11 | -71.8 | 120 | 274 | +128.3 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 6,001 | 4,318 | -28.0 | 6,001 | 4,318 | -28.0 | - | - | - |
- 1 Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city.
- 2 Does not include suspicion.
- 3 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
- 4 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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