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Table 58

Arrests
Nonmetropolitan Counties
by Age, 2006
[1,799 agencies; 2006 estimated population 19,439,450]

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 784,411 16,459 69,468 714,943 1,011 3,269 12,179 11,611 17,482 23,916 34,223 36,367 36,060 32,763 30,895 29,378 28,185 117,968 87,649 82,106 76,666 57,881 32,413 16,908 8,118 7,363
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.1 8.9 91.1 0.1 0.4 1.6 1.5 2.2 3.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 15.0 11.2 10.5 9.8 7.4 4.1 2.2 1.0 0.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 626 3 23 603 0 0 3 6 9 5 24 27 37 32 22 35 20 98 73 44 55 42 39 23 13 19
Forcible rape 1,547 63 212 1,335 1 11 51 31 56 62 84 89 74 69 55 51 45 197 154 166 137 90 48 35 19 22
Robbery 1,990 23 199 1,791 1 1 21 20 61 95 152 152 136 130 127 98 80 330 183 139 145 69 25 14 5 6
Aggravated assault 20,373 503 1,874 18,499 20 114 369 305 468 598 703 694 704 719 747 732 697 3,087 2,357 2,180 2,264 1,672 953 477 254 259
Burglary 18,294 1,112 4,309 13,985 56 214 842 796 1,021 1,380 1,588 1,340 1,084 883 737 672 567 2,301 1,483 1,254 992 618 262 122 48 34
Larceny-theft 29,543 1,370 4,863 24,680 59 337 974 839 1,192 1,462 1,757 1,459 1,387 1,164 1,086 1,015 905 3,965 3,027 2,925 2,405 1,722 941 484 211 227
Motor vehicle theft 5,087 258 1,109 3,978 5 29 224 248 270 333 320 294 258 207 173 186 161 681 506 461 351 210 92 40 18 20
Arson 970 133 279 691 9 41 83 38 62 46 62 62 41 37 34 32 21 97 75 59 57 47 29 21 8 9
Violent crime2 24,536 592 2,308 22,228 22 126 444 362 594 760 963 962 951 950 951 916 842 3,712 2,767 2,529 2,601 1,873 1,065 549 291 306
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 2.4 9.4 90.6 0.1 0.5 1.8 1.5 2.4 3.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.4 15.1 11.3 10.3 10.6 7.6 4.3 2.2 1.2 1.2
Property crime2 53,894 2,873 10,560 43,334 129 621 2,123 1,921 2,545 3,221 3,727 3,155 2,770 2,291 2,030 1,905 1,654 7,044 5,091 4,699 3,805 2,597 1,324 667 285 290
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 5.3 19.6 80.4 0.2 1.2 3.9 3.6 4.7 6.0 6.9 5.9 5.1 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.1 13.1 9.4 8.7 7.1 4.8 2.5 1.2 0.5 0.5
Other assaults 67,664 2,934 8,843 58,821 143 727 2,064 1,648 2,094 2,167 2,081 2,047 2,100 2,147 2,168 2,130 2,045 9,625 8,021 8,007 7,467 5,257 2,752 1,419 761 794
Forgery and counterfeiting 5,139 12 124 5,015 0 2 10 14 26 72 169 190 200 236 198 213 222 1,050 753 638 545 344 147 67 24 19
Fraud 29,475 50 312 29,163 5 8 37 37 81 144 472 716 840 938 923 1,015 1,147 5,190 4,800 4,392 3,541 2,418 1,324 776 367 304
Embezzlement 774 1 24 750 0 1 0 2 9 12 24 19 25 28 25 13 21 105 108 116 125 71 30 25 9 6
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 5,063 120 600 4,463 6 17 97 105 172 203 313 264 240 246 169 204 190 814 581 504 419 278 127 50 37 27
Vandalism 12,801 1,405 3,831 8,970 136 368 901 637 895 894 997 692 587 596 520 376 353 1,420 904 816 695 463 261 139 63 88
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 7,186 286 899 6,287 30 74 182 158 196 259 350 286 277 332 301 283 274 997 665 629 601 555 333 216 92 96
Prostitution and commercialized vice 227 0 5 222 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 0 12 3 3 7 7 36 27 34 27 26 11 5 5 12
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 5,070 361 877 4,193 27 82 252 150 179 187 220 228 200 173 155 132 146 573 464 474 435 324 223 140 138 168
Drug abuse violations 92,388 810 6,316 86,072 43 88 679 846 1,628 3,032 5,382 5,622 5,383 4,974 4,546 4,211 4,081 15,299 9,610 8,400 7,853 5,880 2,961 1,224 377 269
Gambling 506 3 14 492 0 1 2 0 3 8 18 22 20 22 26 14 18 68 58 66 54 37 36 17 8 8
Offenses against the family and children 12,678 100 329 12,349 17 24 59 55 78 96 230 231 242 275 329 344 376 2,228 2,272 2,134 1,809 1,069 457 218 67 68
Driving under the influence 150,599 188 2,260 148,339 170 1 17 82 552 1,438 3,497 4,707 5,193 6,776 6,575 6,338 5,917 23,541 16,948 16,445 17,289 14,945 9,616 5,472 2,830 2,250
Liquor laws 36,198 750 8,906 27,292 11 36 703 1,299 2,573 4,284 6,270 6,489 5,354 912 652 528 451 1,610 1,088 990 1,064 842 472 294 161 115
Drunkenness 18,125 39 459 17,666 1 1 37 69 114 237 582 639 646 811 713 698 593 2,549 1,939 1,978 2,271 2,031 1,193 589 236 198
Disorderly conduct 21,887 1,703 5,021 16,866 77 359 1,267 954 1,183 1,181 998 803 834 904 727 711 676 2,529 1,855 1,894 1,814 1,430 813 432 197 249
Vagrancy 169 5 23 146 0 2 3 4 3 11 5 3 4 7 4 8 4 16 20 23 19 14 8 7 3 1
All other offenses (except traffic) 234,481 2,587 12,366 222,115 161 486 1,940 1,930 3,037 4,812 7,917 9,285 10,180 10,138 9,871 9,328 9,160 39,541 29,656 27,309 24,214 17,409 9,250 4,598 2,167 2,092
Suspicion 187 8 27 160 0 4 4 8 6 5 1 7 2 4 9 4 8 21 22 29 18 18 10 4 0 3
Curfew and loitering law violations 535 159 535 - 6 30 123 110 155 111 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaways 4,829 1,473 4,829 - 27 211 1,235 1,220 1,356 780 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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  • Adults (persons age 18 and over) accounted for 91.1 percent of all arrestees in nonmetropolitan counties in 2006.
  • Juveniles accounted for 9.4 percent of all persons arrested in this population group for violent crime and 19.6 percent of those arrested for property crime.
  • Persons between the ages of 18 and 24 accounted for 29.0 percent of all persons arrested in nonmetropolitan counties in 2006.
  • Adults were most often arrested for driving under the influence (148,339 arrests) and for drug abuse violations (86,072 arrests) in this population group.
  • Juveniles were most often arrested for liquor law violations (8,906 arrests) and other (simple) assaults (8,843 arrests) in nonmetropolitan counties.
Crime in the United States, 2006