Table 53
Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2019
[1,230 agencies; 2019 estimated population 51,841,134]
| Offense charged |
Total all ages |
Number of persons arrested | Percent of total all ages | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | Under 18 | Under 21 | Under 25 | Under 15 | Under 18 | Under 21 | Under 25 | ||
| TOTAL | 1,370,534 | 23,951 | 78,478 | 177,943 | 342,742 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 13.0 | 25.0 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1,496 | 12 | 90 | 299 | 537 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 20.0 | 35.9 |
| Rape1 | 3,446 | 274 | 675 | 1,095 | 1,465 | 8.0 | 19.6 | 31.8 | 42.5 |
| Robbery | 7,929 | 394 | 1,804 | 3,170 | 4,309 | 5.0 | 22.8 | 40.0 | 54.3 |
| Aggravated assault | 48,930 | 1,194 | 3,454 | 6,718 | 12,317 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 13.7 | 25.2 |
| Burglary | 20,629 | 742 | 2,419 | 4,348 | 6,650 | 3.6 | 11.7 | 21.1 | 32.2 |
| Larceny-theft | 83,278 | 2,372 | 8,432 | 16,712 | 25,810 | 2.8 | 10.1 | 20.1 | 31.0 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11,057 | 347 | 1,498 | 2,537 | 3,826 | 3.1 | 13.5 | 22.9 | 34.6 |
| Arson | 1,061 | 119 | 231 | 286 | 380 | 11.2 | 21.8 | 27.0 | 35.8 |
| Violent crime2 | 61,801 | 1,874 | 6,023 | 11,282 | 18,628 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 18.3 | 30.1 |
| Property crime2 | 116,025 | 3,580 | 12,580 | 23,883 | 36,666 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 20.6 | 31.6 |
| Other assaults | 121,001 | 7,650 | 17,870 | 25,083 | 37,149 | 6.3 | 14.8 | 20.7 | 30.7 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 5,998 | 14 | 99 | 630 | 1,354 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 10.5 | 22.6 |
| Fraud | 15,770 | 93 | 426 | 1,342 | 3,042 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 19.3 |
| Embezzlement | 1,589 | 3 | 51 | 269 | 466 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 29.3 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 11,868 | 133 | 759 | 1,809 | 3,231 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 15.2 | 27.2 |
| Vandalism | 20,924 | 1,371 | 3,649 | 5,602 | 8,088 | 6.6 | 17.4 | 26.8 | 38.7 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 21,245 | 626 | 1,878 | 3,987 | 7,211 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 18.8 | 33.9 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 2,308 | 4 | 22 | 158 | 453 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 19.6 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 5,879 | 457 | 909 | 1,340 | 1,793 | 7.8 | 15.5 | 22.8 | 30.5 |
| Drug abuse violations | 225,843 | 1,562 | 9,768 | 34,253 | 67,879 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 15.2 | 30.1 |
| Gambling | 603 | 21 | 86 | 119 | 165 | 3.5 | 14.3 | 19.7 | 27.4 |
| Offenses against the family and children | 19,510 | 97 | 321 | 667 | 1,715 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 8.8 |
| Driving under the influence | 181,678 | 23 | 789 | 8,482 | 34,156 | * | 0.4 | 4.7 | 18.8 |
| Liquor laws | 14,407 | 354 | 2,840 | 8,128 | 9,090 | 2.5 | 19.7 | 56.4 | 63.1 |
| Drunkenness | 22,232 | 47 | 286 | 1,338 | 3,847 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 17.3 |
| Disorderly conduct | 25,038 | 1,833 | 4,632 | 6,281 | 8,836 | 7.3 | 18.5 | 25.1 | 35.3 |
| Vagrancy | 1,543 | 2 | 10 | 87 | 207 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 13.4 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 494,274 | 3,906 | 14,549 | 42,266 | 97,810 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 8.6 | 19.8 |
| Suspicion | 71 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 40.8 |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 927 | 301 | 927 | 927 | 927 | 32.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
- 1 The rape figures in this table are aggregate totals of the data submitted based on both the legacy and revised Uniform Crime Reporting definitions.
- 2 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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