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Table 40

Arrests

Females, by Age, 2019

[10,831 agencies; 2019 estimated population 229,735,355]

Offense charged Total
all ages
Ages
under 15
Ages
under 18
Ages 18
and over
Under
10
10-12 13-14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 and
over
TOTAL 1,905,292 51,243 148,223 1,757,069 503 11,581 39,159 29,414 31,890 35,676 47,506 54,519 54,691 55,933 56,496 57,678 59,288 327,619 299,750 250,600 167,105 121,381 90,376 62,208 30,870 21,049
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.7 7.8 92.2 * 0.6 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 17.2 15.7 13.2 8.8 6.4 4.7 3.3 1.6 1.1
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 922 17 64 858 0 2 15 12 11 24 31 23 28 41 41 41 30 190 123 109 64 52 30 32 14 9
Rape2 571 81 151 420 1 34 46 26 23 21 16 16 21 13 17 8 18 68 51 69 43 42 18 12 5 3
Robbery 8,958 347 1,439 7,519 3 41 303 313 377 402 469 466 377 351 341 331 315 1,540 1,274 861 496 281 234 113 46 24
Aggravated assault 65,174 2,007 5,150 60,024 10 525 1,472 1,015 1,010 1,118 1,350 1,604 1,772 1,999 2,039 2,126 2,203 11,895 10,120 8,022 5,382 4,022 3,294 2,277 1,111 808
Burglary 24,925 704 2,038 22,887 12 152 540 411 429 494 616 666 657 707 711 773 830 4,435 4,287 3,472 2,203 1,413 1,041 639 263 174
Larceny-theft 257,322 6,971 25,091 232,231 63 1,367 5,541 4,889 6,003 7,228 9,223 8,878 7,994 7,471 7,232 7,064 7,101 40,156 38,123 32,468 21,842 16,002 12,328 8,724 4,501 3,124
Motor vehicle theft 13,381 586 1,958 11,423 0 53 533 494 490 388 339 358 359 399 369 386 409 2,594 2,387 1,805 909 575 299 153 60 22
Arson 1,377 118 193 1,184 6 41 71 34 22 19 23 20 19 29 29 24 39 171 225 209 140 96 76 46 19 19
Violent crime3 75,625 2,452 6,804 68,821 14 602 1,836 1,366 1,421 1,565 1,866 2,109 2,198 2,404 2,438 2,506 2,566 13,693 11,568 9,061 5,985 4,397 3,576 2,434 1,176 844
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.2 9.0 91.0 * 0.8 2.4 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 18.1 15.3 12.0 7.9 5.8 4.7 3.2 1.6 1.1
Property crime3 297,005 8,379 29,280 267,725 81 1,613 6,685 5,828 6,944 8,129 10,201 9,922 9,029 8,606 8,341 8,247 8,379 47,356 45,022 37,954 25,094 18,086 13,744 9,562 4,843 3,339
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 2.8 9.9 90.1 * 0.5 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 15.9 15.2 12.8 8.4 6.1 4.6 3.2 1.6 1.1
Other assaults 211,078 14,854 33,181 177,897 149 3,967 10,738 6,566 6,159 5,602 5,054 5,581 5,659 6,558 6,470 6,424 6,466 33,431 28,683 23,488 16,096 11,998 9,359 6,631 3,442 2,557
Forgery and counterfeiting 10,807 23 142 10,665 2 3 18 20 28 71 237 401 439 317 284 291 336 2,034 1,968 1,712 1,086 702 421 266 116 55
Fraud 28,742 219 866 27,876 0 37 182 153 210 284 528 699 747 767 772 836 865 5,185 5,209 4,303 2,930 1,991 1,463 807 422 352
Embezzlement 5,022 9 183 4,839 0 1 8 9 54 111 199 286 253 191 197 144 146 770 747 583 485 336 217 172 73 40
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 14,339 286 1,155 13,184 0 26 260 256 306 307 388 423 432 421 418 478 473 2,937 2,579 2,083 1,148 679 372 234 72 47
Vandalism 29,762 1,835 4,475 25,287 39 524 1,272 841 910 889 869 965 950 994 958 952 966 5,096 4,252 3,213 2,044 1,444 1,195 787 355 247
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 10,519 474 1,183 9,336 2 153 319 230 232 247 285 287 311 333 342 364 389 1,976 1,644 1,269 756 549 397 244 108 82
Prostitution and commercialized vice 12,611 18 151 12,460 0 5 13 16 43 74 418 695 750 725 736 642 675 2,729 1,722 1,177 750 597 458 254 94 38
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 1,977 271 512 1,465 10 86 175 102 92 47 43 38 43 36 40 59 45 216 241 223 113 130 99 75 37 27
Drug abuse violations 271,298 3,534 14,562 256,736 14 605 2,915 2,596 3,354 5,078 8,652 10,160 9,711 9,446 9,148 9,235 9,152 49,633 44,657 36,874 23,234 15,906 10,809 6,557 2,692 870
Gambling 549 8 43 506 0 2 6 6 14 15 8 17 15 7 6 10 19 79 70 69 44 56 49 34 12 11
Offenses against the family and children 17,839 315 861 16,978 5 85 225 183 189 174 217 262 289 396 406 495 555 3,606 3,771 2,977 1,771 929 606 379 187 132
Driving under the influence 170,811 26 913 169,898 2 4 20 50 223 614 1,624 2,656 3,244 5,720 6,212 6,560 6,568 31,803 25,419 21,301 15,807 13,470 11,179 9,141 5,227 3,967
Liquor laws 34,026 1,353 7,213 26,813 1 205 1,147 1,272 1,806 2,782 5,480 5,397 4,452 821 599 442 401 1,821 1,589 1,424 1,194 1,077 883 697 326 210
Drunkenness 46,883 175 803 46,080 3 28 144 145 194 289 796 970 927 1,404 1,336 1,355 1,340 7,362 7,005 6,696 4,712 4,273 3,441 2,602 1,311 550
Disorderly conduct 62,475 6,120 13,713 48,762 34 1,547 4,539 3,029 2,458 2,106 1,693 1,695 1,683 1,846 1,717 1,679 1,615 8,515 7,610 6,166 4,381 3,525 2,762 2,001 1,067 807
Vagrancy 3,703 12 63 3,640 0 1 11 23 22 6 68 59 79 50 58 76 71 503 527 540 434 396 338 207 150 84
All other offenses (except traffic) 596,482 9,543 28,485 567,997 143 1,888 7,512 5,905 6,367 6,670 8,878 11,895 13,479 14,890 16,016 16,882 18,258 108,856 105,447 89,466 59,029 40,829 29,004 19,120 9,159 6,789
Suspicion 105 0 1 104 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 18 20 21 12 11 4 4 1 1
Curfew and loitering law violations 3,634 1,337 3,634 - 4 199 1,134 818 864 615 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 1 Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
  • 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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Arrests, Females, by Age, 2019

  • More than 90 percent (92.2) of all females arrested in 2019 were adults (persons age 18 and older). Adult females accounted for 91.0 percent of females arrested for violent crimes and 90.1 percent of females arrested for property crimes.
  • Of all females arrested in 2019, 17.2 percent were between the ages of 25 and 29.
  • More female juveniles (25,091) were arrested for larceny-theft than for any other property crime offense. They accounted for 9.8 percent of females arrested for larceny-theft in 2019.
  • Nearly all females (99.5 percent) arrested for driving under the influence were adults.
  • Arrests of females for drug abuse violations represented 14.2 percent of all arrests of females. Of these females, 94.6 percent were adults.
  • Arrests of females for other assaults (assaults where no weapon was used or the victim did not sustain serious or aggravated injury) accounted for 11.1 percent of all female arrests. Of these, 15.7 percent were juveniles.