Table 30
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2019
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged |
United States total (10,831 agencies; population 229,735,355) |
Northeast (2,330 agencies; population 35,810,078) |
Midwest (2,883 agencies; population 43,951,001) |
South (3,792 agencies; population 78,293,710) |
West (1,826 agencies; population 71,680,566) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL1 | 6,917,223 | 3,011.0 | 886,938 | 2,476.8 | 1,306,691 | 2,973.1 | 2,519,358 | 3,217.8 | 2,204,236 | 3,075.1 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 7,711 | 3.4 | 652 | 1.8 | 1,394 | 3.2 | 3,353 | 4.3 | 2,312 | 3.2 |
Rape2 | 16,966 | 7.4 | 2,449 | 6.8 | 3,967 | 9.0 | 5,484 | 7.0 | 5,066 | 7.1 |
Robbery | 56,854 | 24.7 | 6,690 | 18.7 | 7,749 | 17.6 | 18,874 | 24.1 | 23,541 | 32.8 |
Aggravated assault | 277,561 | 120.8 | 27,565 | 77.0 | 43,148 | 98.2 | 82,096 | 104.9 | 124,752 | 174.0 |
Burglary | 120,242 | 52.3 | 12,755 | 35.6 | 15,954 | 36.3 | 40,230 | 51.4 | 51,303 | 71.6 |
Larceny-theft | 604,287 | 263.0 | 88,121 | 246.1 | 129,859 | 295.5 | 232,526 | 297.0 | 153,781 | 214.5 |
Motor vehicle theft | 57,738 | 25.1 | 4,538 | 12.7 | 9,259 | 21.1 | 19,126 | 24.4 | 24,815 | 34.6 |
Arson | 6,369 | 2.8 | 671 | 1.9 | 1,096 | 2.5 | 1,869 | 2.4 | 2,733 | 3.8 |
Violent crime3 | 359,092 | 156.3 | 37,356 | 104.3 | 56,258 | 128.0 | 109,807 | 140.3 | 155,671 | 217.2 |
Property crime3 | 788,636 | 343.3 | 106,085 | 296.2 | 156,168 | 355.3 | 293,751 | 375.2 | 232,632 | 324.5 |
Other assaults | 717,793 | 312.4 | 104,755 | 292.5 | 146,069 | 332.3 | 260,246 | 332.4 | 206,723 | 288.4 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 32,495 | 14.1 | 4,861 | 13.6 | 5,783 | 13.2 | 13,653 | 17.4 | 8,198 | 11.4 |
Fraud | 79,954 | 34.8 | 13,032 | 36.4 | 17,856 | 40.6 | 30,457 | 38.9 | 18,609 | 26.0 |
Embezzlement | 10,003 | 4.4 | 866 | 2.4 | 1,986 | 4.5 | 4,934 | 6.3 | 2,217 | 3.1 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 64,027 | 27.9 | 7,367 | 20.6 | 12,807 | 29.1 | 19,801 | 25.3 | 24,052 | 33.6 |
Vandalism | 128,474 | 55.9 | 23,884 | 66.7 | 24,702 | 56.2 | 31,930 | 40.8 | 47,958 | 66.9 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 110,130 | 47.9 | 10,397 | 29.0 | 22,185 | 50.5 | 37,071 | 47.3 | 40,477 | 56.5 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 20,015 | 8.7 | 2,021 | 5.6 | 1,822 | 4.1 | 6,006 | 7.7 | 10,166 | 14.2 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 28,973 | 12.6 | 4,248 | 11.9 | 4,916 | 11.2 | 5,855 | 7.5 | 13,954 | 19.5 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,067,764 | 464.8 | 152,508 | 425.9 | 176,747 | 402.1 | 406,667 | 519.4 | 331,842 | 462.9 |
Gambling | 1,909 | 0.8 | 273 | 0.8 | 182 | 0.4 | 726 | 0.9 | 728 | 1.0 |
Offenses against the family and children | 58,720 | 25.6 | 11,747 | 32.8 | 10,902 | 24.8 | 24,606 | 31.4 | 11,465 | 16.0 |
Driving under the influence | 658,902 | 286.8 | 91,365 | 255.1 | 136,193 | 309.9 | 191,198 | 244.2 | 240,146 | 335.0 |
Liquor laws | 112,467 | 49.0 | 8,809 | 24.6 | 40,395 | 91.9 | 30,286 | 38.7 | 32,977 | 46.0 |
Drunkenness | 219,696 | 95.6 | 15,235 | 42.5 | 12,284 | 27.9 | 118,132 | 150.9 | 74,045 | 103.3 |
Disorderly conduct | 211,960 | 92.3 | 42,778 | 119.5 | 71,290 | 162.2 | 53,522 | 68.4 | 44,370 | 61.9 |
Vagrancy | 16,104 | 7.0 | 1,209 | 3.4 | 2,323 | 5.3 | 3,113 | 4.0 | 9,459 | 13.2 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,219,328 | 966.0 | 247,423 | 690.9 | 402,626 | 916.1 | 873,940 | 1,116.2 | 695,339 | 970.1 |
Suspicion | 329 | 0.1 | 100 | 0.3 | 32 | 0.1 | 80 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.2 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 10,781 | 4.7 | 719 | 2.0 | 3,197 | 7.3 | 3,657 | 4.7 | 3,208 | 4.5 |
- 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.
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