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Table 59

Arrests

Nonmetropolitan Counties

Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2019

[1,622 agencies; 2019 estimated population 18,187,868]

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 541,885 6,233 21,028 60,055 120,645 1.2 3.9 11.1 22.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 522 1 32 88 143 0.2 6.1 16.9 27.4
Rape1 1,450 123 262 458 619 8.5 18.1 31.6 42.7
Robbery 774 9 64 184 304 1.2 8.3 23.8 39.3
Aggravated assault 13,911 256 708 1,564 2,913 1.8 5.1 11.2 20.9
Burglary 7,540 229 685 1,399 2,204 3.0 9.1 18.6 29.2
Larceny-theft 15,171 311 1,021 2,363 3,890 2.0 6.7 15.6 25.6
Motor vehicle theft 3,291 102 364 660 1,024 3.1 11.1 20.1 31.1
Arson 391 25 55 76 122 6.4 14.1 19.4 31.2
Violent crime2 16,657 389 1,066 2,294 3,979 2.3 6.4 13.8 23.9
Property crime2 26,393 667 2,125 4,498 7,240 2.5 8.1 17.0 27.4
Other assaults 43,913 1,739 4,180 6,603 10,773 4.0 9.5 15.0 24.5
Forgery and counterfeiting 1,684 5 12 130 292 0.3 0.7 7.7 17.3
Fraud 4,767 24 94 351 760 0.5 2.0 7.4 15.9
Embezzlement 353 0 3 27 63 0.0 0.8 7.6 17.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 3,264 32 152 450 785 1.0 4.7 13.8 24.1
Vandalism 6,504 400 997 1,651 2,389 6.2 15.3 25.4 36.7
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 5,967 95 277 696 1,437 1.6 4.6 11.7 24.1
Prostitution and commercialized vice 119 4 6 10 16 3.4 5.0 8.4 13.4
Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) 1,882 193 384 593 731 10.3 20.4 31.5 38.8
Drug abuse violations 89,450 376 2,605 11,919 24,410 0.4 2.9 13.3 27.3
Gambling 101 0 2 4 10 0.0 2.0 4.0 9.9
Offenses against the family and children 6,869 39 103 272 710 0.6 1.5 4.0 10.3
Driving under the influence 87,795 12 504 5,040 16,271 * 0.6 5.7 18.5
Liquor laws 9,323 195 1,951 6,155 6,793 2.1 20.9 66.0 72.9
Drunkenness 9,226 9 119 639 1,533 0.1 1.3 6.9 16.6
Disorderly conduct 11,424 728 1,616 2,360 3,448 6.4 14.1 20.7 30.2
Vagrancy 235 0 2 9 28 0.0 0.9 3.8 11.9
All other offenses (except traffic) 215,774 1,264 4,691 16,214 38,831 0.6 2.2 7.5 18.0
Suspicion 47 0 1 2 8 0.0 2.1 4.3 17.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 138 62 138 138 138 44.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
  • 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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