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Table 52

Arrests

Metropolitan Counties

by Age, 2019

[1,230 agencies; 2019 estimated population 51,841,134]

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 1,370,534 23,951 78,478 1,292,056 500 5,727 17,724 15,020 17,893 21,614 29,198 34,003 36,264 38,820 40,050 42,132 43,797 238,030 215,208 181,549 125,896 93,895 73,173 53,842 27,323 18,876
Total percent distribution1 100.0 1.7 5.7 94.3 * 0.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2 17.4 15.7 13.2 9.2 6.9 5.3 3.9 2.0 1.4
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,496 12 90 1,406 0 3 9 11 31 36 68 67 74 66 63 55 54 262 196 150 102 84 61 48 26 30
Rape2 3,446 274 675 2,771 12 84 178 128 130 143 163 136 121 110 85 77 98 368 384 360 217 201 154 120 79 98
Robbery 7,929 394 1,804 6,125 3 50 341 390 495 525 572 439 355 323 304 256 256 1,183 890 601 351 209 191 117 54 24
Aggravated assault 48,930 1,194 3,454 45,476 29 367 798 699 698 863 960 1,126 1,178 1,325 1,302 1,503 1,469 8,218 7,396 6,250 4,370 3,428 2,642 2,149 1,185 975
Burglary 20,629 742 2,419 18,210 18 137 587 511 563 603 680 660 589 550 525 609 618 3,446 3,374 2,615 1,640 1,155 852 538 229 130
Larceny-theft 83,278 2,372 8,432 74,846 31 492 1,849 1,779 1,930 2,351 2,977 2,727 2,576 2,265 2,209 2,192 2,432 12,927 11,947 9,853 6,893 5,315 4,527 3,279 1,642 1,085
Motor vehicle theft 11,057 347 1,498 9,559 0 30 317 376 392 383 358 356 325 292 308 322 367 1,988 1,813 1,344 829 585 357 199 75 41
Arson 1,061 119 231 830 10 37 72 43 46 23 19 22 14 17 24 22 31 144 143 121 82 55 48 47 24 17
Violent crime3 61,801 1,874 6,023 55,778 44 504 1,326 1,228 1,354 1,567 1,763 1,768 1,728 1,824 1,754 1,891 1,877 10,031 8,866 7,361 5,040 3,922 3,048 2,434 1,344 1,127
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.0 9.7 90.3 0.1 0.8 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.0 16.2 14.3 11.9 8.2 6.3 4.9 3.9 2.2 1.8
Property crime3 116,025 3,580 12,580 103,445 59 696 2,825 2,709 2,931 3,360 4,034 3,765 3,504 3,124 3,066 3,145 3,448 18,505 17,277 13,933 9,444 7,110 5,784 4,063 1,970 1,273
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.1 10.8 89.2 0.1 0.6 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.7 3.0 15.9 14.9 12.0 8.1 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.7 1.1
Other assaults 121,001 7,650 17,870 103,131 207 2,174 5,269 3,443 3,576 3,201 2,382 2,335 2,496 2,886 2,946 3,057 3,177 17,549 16,752 14,837 10,527 8,001 6,552 4,879 2,567 2,188
Forgery and counterfeiting 5,998 14 99 5,899 0 3 11 15 28 42 106 181 244 171 178 173 202 1,116 976 892 600 422 311 192 91 44
Fraud 15,770 93 426 15,344 0 20 73 72 111 150 246 327 343 405 387 411 497 2,742 2,648 2,305 1,602 1,267 954 653 322 235
Embezzlement 1,589 3 51 1,538 0 0 3 3 13 32 66 85 67 46 53 50 48 269 223 179 142 124 74 71 29 12
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 11,868 133 759 11,109 0 11 122 165 196 265 337 344 369 330 352 388 352 2,180 2,052 1,698 1,083 697 475 290 112 50
Vandalism 20,924 1,371 3,649 17,275 62 361 948 696 788 794 707 639 607 628 637 636 585 3,342 2,745 2,236 1,444 1,062 846 598 298 265
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 21,245 626 1,878 19,367 11 175 440 350 398 504 702 693 714 812 778 766 868 3,991 3,032 2,357 1,537 1,089 868 633 296 231
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,308 4 22 2,286 0 2 2 3 8 7 29 48 59 79 68 71 77 439 389 291 205 204 131 106 44 46
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 5,879 457 909 4,970 10 132 315 158 144 150 154 143 134 116 110 118 109 641 671 659 478 427 358 308 232 312
Drug abuse violations 225,843 1,562 9,768 216,075 11 228 1,323 1,595 2,469 4,142 7,273 8,497 8,715 8,587 8,176 8,445 8,418 41,786 34,930 28,466 18,651 12,913 9,709 7,027 3,043 1,439
Gambling 603 21 86 517 0 2 19 13 28 24 5 19 9 11 8 8 19 73 64 71 62 56 45 36 11 20
Offenses against the family and children 19,510 97 321 19,189 5 14 78 65 84 75 88 117 141 185 234 292 337 3,012 3,898 3,967 2,748 1,945 1,164 663 276 122
Driving under the influence 181,678 23 789 180,889 3 9 11 32 166 568 1,643 2,702 3,348 5,575 6,213 6,774 7,112 34,879 28,141 22,779 16,981 13,707 11,636 9,565 5,531 4,303
Liquor laws 14,407 354 2,840 11,567 1 56 297 363 778 1,345 1,763 1,941 1,584 307 227 209 219 951 880 817 667 576 529 471 271 155
Drunkenness 22,232 47 286 21,946 0 6 41 41 76 122 293 348 411 573 610 659 667 3,579 3,547 3,031 2,195 1,814 1,646 1,432 774 367
Disorderly conduct 25,038 1,833 4,632 20,406 30 473 1,330 984 978 837 599 509 541 625 607 686 637 3,388 3,032 2,665 1,982 1,604 1,322 1,029 644 536
Vagrancy 1,543 2 10 1,533 0 0 2 1 2 5 24 19 34 24 27 34 35 200 196 174 173 133 192 139 88 41
All other offenses (except traffic) 494,274 3,906 14,549 479,725 50 804 3,052 2,887 3,513 4,243 6,980 9,523 11,214 12,502 13,615 14,314 15,113 89,349 84,879 72,822 50,332 36,818 27,524 19,250 9,380 6,110
Suspicion 71 0 4 67 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 10 4 5 0 8 10 9 3 4 5 3 0 0
Curfew and loitering law violations 927 301 927 - 7 57 237 197 250 179 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • 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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