Table 54
Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
by Sex, 2019
[1,230 agencies; 2019 estimated population 51,841,134]
| Offense charged | Number of persons arrested |
Percent male |
Percent female |
Percent distribution1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||
| TOTAL | 1,370,534 | 1,003,351 | 367,183 | 73.2 | 26.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1,496 | 1,341 | 155 | 89.6 | 10.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | * |
| Rape2 | 3,446 | 3,312 | 134 | 96.1 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | * |
| Robbery | 7,929 | 6,730 | 1,199 | 84.9 | 15.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Aggravated assault | 48,930 | 37,987 | 10,943 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| Burglary | 20,629 | 16,574 | 4,055 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Larceny-theft | 83,278 | 49,079 | 34,199 | 58.9 | 41.1 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 9.3 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 11,057 | 8,483 | 2,574 | 76.7 | 23.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Arson | 1,061 | 849 | 212 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Violent crime3 | 61,801 | 49,370 | 12,431 | 79.9 | 20.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 |
| Property crime3 | 116,025 | 74,985 | 41,040 | 64.6 | 35.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 11.2 |
| Other assaults | 121,001 | 85,297 | 35,704 | 70.5 | 29.5 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 5,998 | 4,093 | 1,905 | 68.2 | 31.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Fraud | 15,770 | 10,091 | 5,679 | 64.0 | 36.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Embezzlement | 1,589 | 845 | 744 | 53.2 | 46.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 11,868 | 9,343 | 2,525 | 78.7 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Vandalism | 20,924 | 16,232 | 4,692 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 21,245 | 19,065 | 2,180 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 2,308 | 1,164 | 1,144 | 50.4 | 49.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 5,879 | 5,507 | 372 | 93.7 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Drug abuse violations | 225,843 | 166,220 | 59,623 | 73.6 | 26.4 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.2 |
| Gambling | 603 | 387 | 216 | 64.2 | 35.8 | * | * | 0.1 |
| Offenses against the family and children | 19,510 | 15,157 | 4,353 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Driving under the influence | 181,678 | 134,547 | 47,131 | 74.1 | 25.9 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 12.8 |
| Liquor laws | 14,407 | 10,068 | 4,339 | 69.9 | 30.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Drunkenness | 22,232 | 17,396 | 4,836 | 78.2 | 21.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Disorderly conduct | 25,038 | 17,781 | 7,257 | 71.0 | 29.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| Vagrancy | 1,543 | 1,183 | 360 | 76.7 | 23.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| All other offenses (except traffic) | 494,274 | 363,942 | 130,332 | 73.6 | 26.4 | 36.1 | 36.3 | 35.5 |
| Suspicion | 71 | 56 | 15 | 78.9 | 21.1 | * | * | * |
| Curfew and loitering law violations | 927 | 622 | 305 | 67.1 | 32.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
- 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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