Table 31
Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2019
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged | Cities | Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total (10,831 agencies; population 229,735,355) |
Total cities (7,979 cities; population 159,706,353) |
Group I (70 cities, 250,000 and over; population 43,703,387) |
Group II (182 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 26,636,848) |
Group III (389 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,232,262) |
Group IV (689 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 24,056,009) |
Group V (1,355 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 21,714,346) |
Group VI (5,294 cities, under 10,000; population 16,363,501) |
Metropolitan counties (1,230 agencies; population 51,841,134) |
Nonmetropolitan counties (1,622 agencies; population 18,187,868) |
Suburban areas1 (5,820 agencies; population 97,421,942) |
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Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | Total | Rate | |
TOTAL2 | 6,917,223 | 3,011.0 | 5,004,922 | 3,133.8 | 1,172,912 | 2,683.8 | 830,531 | 3,118.0 | 799,672 | 2,936.5 | 714,256 | 2,969.1 | 708,338 | 3,262.1 | 779,213 | 4,761.9 | 1,370,463 | 2,643.6 | 541,838 | 2,979.1 | 2,713,085 | 2,784.9 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 7,711 | 3.4 | 5,693 | 3.6 | 2,516 | 5.8 | 1,139 | 4.3 | 666 | 2.4 | 555 | 2.3 | 490 | 2.3 | 327 | 2.0 | 1,496 | 2.9 | 522 | 2.9 | 2,251 | 2.3 |
Rape3 | 16,966 | 7.4 | 12,070 | 7.6 | 3,590 | 8.2 | 2,041 | 7.7 | 1,907 | 7.0 | 1,557 | 6.5 | 1,570 | 7.2 | 1,405 | 8.6 | 3,446 | 6.6 | 1,450 | 8.0 | 6,183 | 6.3 |
Robbery | 56,854 | 24.7 | 48,151 | 30.1 | 20,899 | 47.8 | 9,256 | 34.7 | 7,215 | 26.5 | 4,903 | 20.4 | 3,368 | 15.5 | 2,510 | 15.3 | 7,929 | 15.3 | 774 | 4.3 | 15,584 | 16.0 |
Aggravated assault | 277,561 | 120.8 | 214,720 | 134.4 | 76,917 | 176.0 | 42,365 | 159.0 | 33,179 | 121.8 | 22,919 | 95.3 | 20,331 | 93.6 | 19,009 | 116.2 | 48,930 | 94.4 | 13,911 | 76.5 | 86,417 | 88.7 |
Burglary | 120,242 | 52.3 | 92,073 | 57.7 | 26,367 | 60.3 | 17,610 | 66.1 | 15,599 | 57.3 | 12,246 | 50.9 | 10,505 | 48.4 | 9,746 | 59.6 | 20,629 | 39.8 | 7,540 | 41.5 | 40,785 | 41.9 |
Larceny-theft | 604,287 | 263.0 | 505,838 | 316.7 | 100,466 | 229.9 | 81,614 | 306.4 | 87,196 | 320.2 | 86,640 | 360.2 | 86,200 | 397.0 | 63,722 | 389.4 | 83,278 | 160.6 | 15,171 | 83.4 | 235,319 | 241.5 |
Motor vehicle theft | 57,738 | 25.1 | 43,390 | 27.2 | 15,290 | 35.0 | 8,913 | 33.5 | 6,109 | 22.4 | 4,741 | 19.7 | 4,184 | 19.3 | 4,153 | 25.4 | 11,057 | 21.3 | 3,291 | 18.1 | 19,436 | 20.0 |
Arson | 6,369 | 2.8 | 4,917 | 3.1 | 1,408 | 3.2 | 843 | 3.2 | 746 | 2.7 | 673 | 2.8 | 609 | 2.8 | 638 | 3.9 | 1,061 | 2.0 | 391 | 2.1 | 2,198 | 2.3 |
Violent crime4 | 359,092 | 156.3 | 280,634 | 175.7 | 103,922 | 237.8 | 54,801 | 205.7 | 42,967 | 157.8 | 29,934 | 124.4 | 25,759 | 118.6 | 23,251 | 142.1 | 61,801 | 119.2 | 16,657 | 91.6 | 110,435 | 113.4 |
Property crime4 | 788,636 | 343.3 | 646,218 | 404.6 | 143,531 | 328.4 | 108,980 | 409.1 | 109,650 | 402.6 | 104,300 | 433.6 | 101,498 | 467.4 | 78,259 | 478.3 | 116,025 | 223.8 | 26,393 | 145.1 | 297,738 | 305.6 |
Other assaults | 717,793 | 312.4 | 552,879 | 346.2 | 153,670 | 351.6 | 96,157 | 361.0 | 88,852 | 326.3 | 77,162 | 320.8 | 70,595 | 325.1 | 66,443 | 406.0 | 121,001 | 233.4 | 43,913 | 241.4 | 251,819 | 258.5 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 32,495 | 14.1 | 24,813 | 15.5 | 4,404 | 10.1 | 4,083 | 15.3 | 4,178 | 15.3 | 4,108 | 17.1 | 3,949 | 18.2 | 4,091 | 25.0 | 5,998 | 11.6 | 1,684 | 9.3 | 13,438 | 13.8 |
Fraud | 79,954 | 34.8 | 59,417 | 37.2 | 11,158 | 25.5 | 8,860 | 33.3 | 9,718 | 35.7 | 9,285 | 38.6 | 8,371 | 38.6 | 12,025 | 73.5 | 15,770 | 30.4 | 4,767 | 26.2 | 33,686 | 34.6 |
Embezzlement | 10,003 | 4.4 | 8,061 | 5.0 | 2,017 | 4.6 | 1,148 | 4.3 | 1,557 | 5.7 | 1,377 | 5.7 | 1,177 | 5.4 | 785 | 4.8 | 1,589 | 3.1 | 353 | 1.9 | 3,697 | 3.8 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 64,027 | 27.9 | 48,895 | 30.6 | 15,399 | 35.2 | 8,781 | 33.0 | 8,591 | 31.5 | 6,574 | 27.3 | 5,116 | 23.6 | 4,434 | 27.1 | 11,868 | 22.9 | 3,264 | 17.9 | 23,275 | 23.9 |
Vandalism | 128,474 | 55.9 | 101,046 | 63.3 | 27,696 | 63.4 | 16,791 | 63.0 | 15,987 | 58.7 | 14,504 | 60.3 | 13,250 | 61.0 | 12,818 | 78.3 | 20,924 | 40.4 | 6,504 | 35.8 | 44,333 | 45.5 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 110,130 | 47.9 | 82,918 | 51.9 | 30,274 | 69.3 | 15,026 | 56.4 | 11,841 | 43.5 | 9,302 | 38.7 | 7,942 | 36.6 | 8,533 | 52.1 | 21,245 | 41.0 | 5,967 | 32.8 | 38,587 | 39.6 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 20,015 | 8.7 | 17,588 | 11.0 | 12,054 | 27.6 | 2,645 | 9.9 | 1,241 | 4.6 | 850 | 3.5 | 506 | 2.3 | 292 | 1.8 | 2,308 | 4.5 | 119 | 0.7 | 3,510 | 3.6 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 28,973 | 12.6 | 21,212 | 13.3 | 6,079 | 13.9 | 3,701 | 13.9 | 3,621 | 13.3 | 2,817 | 11.7 | 2,496 | 11.5 | 2,498 | 15.3 | 5,879 | 11.3 | 1,882 | 10.3 | 10,967 | 11.3 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,067,764 | 464.8 | 752,471 | 471.2 | 156,387 | 357.8 | 131,398 | 493.3 | 131,982 | 484.7 | 107,686 | 447.6 | 102,599 | 472.5 | 122,419 | 748.1 | 225,843 | 435.6 | 89,450 | 491.8 | 443,360 | 455.1 |
Gambling | 1,909 | 0.8 | 1,205 | 0.8 | 445 | 1.0 | 204 | 0.8 | 225 | 0.8 | 100 | 0.4 | 114 | 0.5 | 117 | 0.7 | 603 | 1.2 | 101 | 0.6 | 822 | 0.8 |
Offenses against the family and children | 58,720 | 25.6 | 32,341 | 20.3 | 6,596 | 15.1 | 5,696 | 21.4 | 4,217 | 15.5 | 4,547 | 18.9 | 4,882 | 22.5 | 6,403 | 39.1 | 19,510 | 37.6 | 6,869 | 37.8 | 27,274 | 28.0 |
Driving under the influence | 658,902 | 286.8 | 389,429 | 243.8 | 81,407 | 186.3 | 55,323 | 207.7 | 59,300 | 217.8 | 59,372 | 246.8 | 65,394 | 301.2 | 68,633 | 419.4 | 181,678 | 350.5 | 87,795 | 482.7 | 310,392 | 318.6 |
Liquor laws | 112,467 | 49.0 | 88,737 | 55.6 | 13,155 | 30.1 | 11,405 | 42.8 | 11,485 | 42.2 | 11,282 | 46.9 | 14,743 | 67.9 | 26,667 | 163.0 | 14,407 | 27.8 | 9,323 | 51.3 | 44,448 | 45.6 |
Drunkenness | 219,696 | 95.6 | 188,238 | 117.9 | 28,838 | 66.0 | 34,315 | 128.8 | 32,197 | 118.2 | 27,115 | 112.7 | 26,501 | 122.0 | 39,272 | 240.0 | 22,232 | 42.9 | 9,226 | 50.7 | 66,799 | 68.6 |
Disorderly conduct | 211,960 | 92.3 | 175,498 | 109.9 | 24,400 | 55.8 | 25,957 | 97.4 | 27,164 | 99.7 | 28,176 | 117.1 | 31,277 | 144.0 | 38,524 | 235.4 | 25,038 | 48.3 | 11,424 | 62.8 | 80,244 | 82.4 |
Vagrancy | 16,104 | 7.0 | 14,326 | 9.0 | 7,098 | 16.2 | 2,979 | 11.2 | 1,290 | 4.7 | 1,295 | 5.4 | 930 | 4.3 | 734 | 4.5 | 1,543 | 3.0 | 235 | 1.3 | 3,214 | 3.3 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,219,328 | 966.0 | 1,509,280 | 945.0 | 342,321 | 783.3 | 240,796 | 904.0 | 231,946 | 851.7 | 212,992 | 885.4 | 219,316 | 1,010.0 | 261,909 | 1,600.6 | 494,274 | 953.4 | 215,774 | 1,186.4 | 901,402 | 925.3 |
Suspicion | 329 | 0.1 | 211 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | * | 11 | * | 37 | 0.2 | 64 | 0.3 | 97 | 0.6 | 71 | 0.1 | 47 | 0.3 | 196 | 0.2 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 10,781 | 4.7 | 9,716 | 6.1 | 2,061 | 4.7 | 1,485 | 5.6 | 1,663 | 6.1 | 1,478 | 6.1 | 1,923 | 8.9 | 1,106 | 6.8 | 927 | 1.8 | 138 | 0.8 | 3,645 | 3.7 |
- 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. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
- 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.
- * Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.
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