Table 41
Arrests
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2019
[10,831 agencies; 2019 estimated population 229,735,355]
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 | 6,917,552 | 156,886 | 485,964 | 1,040,815 | 1,861,871 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 26.9 |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 7,711 | 74 | 601 | 1,803 | 3,084 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 23.4 | 40.0 |
Rape1 | 16,966 | 1,264 | 2,887 | 4,805 | 6,627 | 7.5 | 17.0 | 28.3 | 39.1 |
Robbery | 56,854 | 2,665 | 12,266 | 21,755 | 29,714 | 4.7 | 21.6 | 38.3 | 52.3 |
Aggravated assault | 277,561 | 6,867 | 19,499 | 39,009 | 72,565 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 26.1 |
Burglary | 120,242 | 4,806 | 14,504 | 25,639 | 39,446 | 4.0 | 12.1 | 21.3 | 32.8 |
Larceny-theft | 604,287 | 18,480 | 62,200 | 118,987 | 183,683 | 3.1 | 10.3 | 19.7 | 30.4 |
Motor vehicle theft | 57,738 | 2,626 | 9,742 | 15,198 | 21,863 | 4.5 | 16.9 | 26.3 | 37.9 |
Arson | 6,369 | 717 | 1,264 | 1,637 | 2,144 | 11.3 | 19.8 | 25.7 | 33.7 |
Violent crime2 | 359,092 | 10,870 | 35,253 | 67,372 | 111,990 | 3.0 | 9.8 | 18.8 | 31.2 |
Property crime2 | 788,636 | 26,629 | 87,710 | 161,461 | 247,136 | 3.4 | 11.1 | 20.5 | 31.3 |
Other assaults | 717,793 | 38,619 | 88,269 | 135,570 | 216,699 | 5.4 | 12.3 | 18.9 | 30.2 |
Forgery and counterfeiting | 32,495 | 98 | 611 | 3,804 | 7,536 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 11.7 | 23.2 |
Fraud | 79,954 | 645 | 2,620 | 8,397 | 17,486 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 21.9 |
Embezzlement | 10,003 | 25 | 400 | 1,846 | 3,301 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 18.5 | 33.0 |
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing | 64,027 | 1,368 | 6,487 | 13,085 | 20,882 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 20.4 | 32.6 |
Vandalism | 128,474 | 9,891 | 22,744 | 35,141 | 51,058 | 7.7 | 17.7 | 27.4 | 39.7 |
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. | 110,130 | 3,347 | 11,563 | 24,323 | 41,262 | 3.0 | 10.5 | 22.1 | 37.5 |
Prostitution and commercialized vice | 20,015 | 30 | 214 | 2,390 | 5,880 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 11.9 | 29.4 |
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 28,973 | 2,310 | 4,739 | 6,891 | 9,258 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 23.8 | 32.0 |
Drug abuse violations | 1,067,764 | 10,881 | 55,701 | 171,504 | 318,928 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 16.1 | 29.9 |
Gambling | 1,909 | 26 | 150 | 304 | 450 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 15.9 | 23.6 |
Offenses against the family and children | 58,720 | 772 | 2,098 | 4,299 | 9,090 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 15.5 |
Driving under the influence | 658,902 | 89 | 3,580 | 34,840 | 127,406 | * | 0.5 | 5.3 | 19.3 |
Liquor laws | 112,467 | 2,681 | 17,072 | 60,810 | 68,889 | 2.4 | 15.2 | 54.1 | 61.3 |
Drunkenness | 219,696 | 372 | 2,414 | 13,153 | 37,972 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 17.3 |
Disorderly conduct | 211,960 | 16,045 | 36,877 | 52,907 | 76,946 | 7.6 | 17.4 | 25.0 | 36.3 |
Vagrancy | 16,104 | 77 | 255 | 1,022 | 2,051 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 12.7 |
All other offenses (except traffic) | 2,219,328 | 28,480 | 96,409 | 230,877 | 476,786 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 10.4 | 21.5 |
Suspicion | 329 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 84 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 11.6 | 25.5 |
Curfew and loitering law violations | 10,781 | 3,624 | 10,781 | 10,781 | 10,781 | 33.6 | 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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Overview
Arrests, Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2019
- In 2019, individuals under the age of 25 accounted for 26.9 percent of all arrestees.
- Individuals under the age of 25 comprised 31.2 percent of all persons arrested for violent crimes and 31.3 percent of all persons arrested for property crimes.
- In 2019, 40.0 percent of all persons arrested for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter were under the age of 25.
- Of all persons arrested for robbery, 52.3 percent were under the age of 25. Nearly 22 percent (21.6) of persons arrested for robbery were juveniles (individuals under age 18).
- Persons under the age of 25 accounted for 32.8 percent of all persons arrested for burglary in 2019. Juveniles accounted for 12.1 percent of persons arrested for burglary.
- Arrests of persons under the age of 21 accounted for 16.1 percent of drug abuse violations.