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Table 48

Arrests

Cities

by Sex, 2019

[7,979 agencies; 2019 estimated population 159,706,353]

Offense charged Number of persons arrested Percent
male
Percent
female
Percent distribution1
Total Male Female Total Male Female
TOTAL 5,005,133 3,613,887 1,391,246 72.2 27.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 5,693 5,003 690 87.9 12.1 0.1 0.1 *
Rape2 12,070 11,699 371 96.9 3.1 0.2 0.3 *
Robbery 48,151 40,510 7,641 84.1 15.9 1.0 1.1 0.5
Aggravated assault 214,720 163,279 51,441 76.0 24.0 4.3 4.5 3.7
Burglary 92,073 72,694 19,379 79.0 21.0 1.8 2.0 1.4
Larceny-theft 505,838 288,238 217,600 57.0 43.0 10.1 8.0 15.6
Motor vehicle theft 43,390 33,385 10,005 76.9 23.1 0.9 0.9 0.7
Arson 4,917 3,824 1,093 77.8 22.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Violent crime3 280,634 220,491 60,143 78.6 21.4 5.6 6.1 4.3
Property crime3 646,218 398,141 248,077 61.6 38.4 12.9 11.0 17.8
Other assaults 552,879 389,196 163,683 70.4 29.6 11.0 10.8 11.8
Forgery and counterfeiting 24,813 16,495 8,318 66.5 33.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Fraud 59,417 38,302 21,115 64.5 35.5 1.2 1.1 1.5
Embezzlement 8,061 3,962 4,099 49.2 50.8 0.2 0.1 0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 48,895 37,817 11,078 77.3 22.7 1.0 1.0 0.8
Vandalism 101,046 77,310 23,736 76.5 23.5 2.0 2.1 1.7
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 82,918 75,247 7,671 90.7 9.3 1.7 2.1 0.6
Prostitution and commercialized vice 17,588 6,154 11,434 35.0 65.0 0.4 0.2 0.8
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 21,212 19,726 1,486 93.0 7.0 0.4 0.5 0.1
Drug abuse violations 752,471 567,264 185,207 75.4 24.6 15.0 15.7 13.3
Gambling 1,205 891 314 73.9 26.1 * * *
Offenses against the family and children 32,341 20,652 11,689 63.9 36.1 0.6 0.6 0.8
Driving under the influence 389,429 287,415 102,014 73.8 26.2 7.8 8.0 7.3
Liquor laws 88,737 62,031 26,706 69.9 30.1 1.8 1.7 1.9
Drunkenness 188,238 148,751 39,487 79.0 21.0 3.8 4.1 2.8
Disorderly conduct 175,498 123,546 51,952 70.4 29.6 3.5 3.4 3.7
Vagrancy 14,326 11,042 3,284 77.1 22.9 0.3 0.3 0.2
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,509,280 1,102,860 406,420 73.1 26.9 30.2 30.5 29.2
Suspicion 211 138 73 65.4 34.6 * * *
Curfew and loitering law violations 9,716 6,456 3,260 66.4 33.6 0.2 0.2 0.2
  • 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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