Table 31

Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2008
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]

Offense charged	Total (11,713 agencies; population 230,897,506)		Total cities (8,676 cities; population 161,327,084)		Cities												Counties				Suburban area¹ (6,405 agencies; population 101,327,487)
	Total (11,713 agencies; population 230,897,506)		Total cities (8,676 cities; population 161,327,084)		Group I (66 cities, 250,000 and over; population 44,061,178)		Group II (162 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 24,028,515)		Group III (389 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 26,564,793)		Group IV (673 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 23,142,316)		Group V (1,504 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 23,758,256)		Group VI (5,882 cities, under 10,000; population 19,772,026)		Metropolitan counties (1,201 agencies; population 49,582,436)		Nonmetropolitan counties (1,836 agencies; population 19,987,986)		Suburban area¹ (6,405 agencies; population 101,327,487)
	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate
TOTAL²	10,708,399	4,637.7	8,166,412	5,062.0	2,354,179	5,343.0	1,179,503	4,908.8	1,263,861	4,757.7	1,033,134	4,464.3	1,142,930	4,810.7	1,192,805	6,032.8	1,790,357	3,610.9	751,630	3,760.4	4,164,540	4,110.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	9,888	4.3	7,406	4.6	3,506	8.0	1,402	5.8	924	3.5	640	2.8	535	2.3	399	2.0	1,875	3.8	607	3.0	2,972	2.9
Forcible rape	17,213	7.5	12,697	7.9	4,497	10.2	1,960	8.2	1,752	6.6	1,483	6.4	1,484	6.2	1,521	7.7	3,081	6.2	1,435	7.2	6,099	6.0
Robbery	100,738	43.6	86,484	53.6	38,978	88.5	15,100	62.8	12,865	48.4	8,166	35.3	6,882	29.0	4,493	22.7	12,490	25.2	1,764	8.8	28,029	27.7
Aggravated assault	329,913	142.9	252,591	156.6	89,815	203.8	42,278	175.9	41,090	154.7	27,808	120.2	26,799	112.8	24,801	125.4	58,288	117.6	19,034	95.2	114,554	113.1
Burglary	236,219	102.3	177,035	109.7	50,455	114.5	32,433	135.0	31,110	117.1	20,717	89.5	22,350	94.1	19,970	101.0	41,767	84.2	17,417	87.1	86,857	85.7
Larceny-theft	982,997	425.7	830,179	514.6	210,460	477.7	131,022	545.3	145,480	547.6	124,807	539.3	125,166	526.8	93,244	471.6	120,390	242.8	32,428	162.2	369,806	365.0
Motor vehicle theft	75,135	32.5	57,996	35.9	27,165	61.7	8,732	36.3	7,069	26.6	4,800	20.7	5,224	22.0	5,006	25.3	12,960	26.1	4,179	20.9	23,597	23.3
Arson	10,784	4.7	8,234	5.1	1,981	4.5	1,139	4.7	1,454	5.5	1,056	4.6	1,211	5.1	1,393	7.0	1,780	3.6	770	3.9	4,406	4.3
Violent crime³	457,752	198.2	359,178	222.6	136,796	310.5	60,740	252.8	56,631	213.2	38,097	164.6	35,700	150.3	31,214	157.9	75,734	152.7	22,840	114.3	151,654	149.7
Property crime³	1,305,135	565.2	1,073,444	665.4	290,061	658.3	173,326	721.3	185,113	696.8	151,380	654.1	153,951	648.0	119,613	605.0	176,897	356.8	54,794	274.1	484,666	478.3
Other assaults	994,804	430.8	768,204	476.2	224,990	510.6	120,217	500.3	119,169	448.6	98,781	426.8	102,812	432.7	102,235	517.1	159,681	322.1	66,919	334.8	368,424	363.6
Forgery and counterfeiting	68,976	29.9	52,778	32.7	14,666	33.3	7,522	31.3	7,960	30.0	7,015	30.3	8,168	34.4	7,447	37.7	11,916	24.0	4,282	21.4	27,345	27.0
Fraud	174,598	75.6	104,394	64.7	17,697	40.2	13,391	55.7	15,858	59.7	13,975	60.4	18,139	76.3	25,334	128.1	46,375	93.5	23,829	119.2	82,906	81.8
Embezzlement	16,458	7.1	12,689	7.9	2,789	6.3	2,459	10.2	2,390	9.0	1,863	8.1	1,871	7.9	1,317	6.7	2,909	5.9	860	4.3	6,287	6.2
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	85,584	37.1	66,673	41.3	21,587	49.0	9,790	40.7	11,396	42.9	8,463	36.6	8,669	36.5	6,768	34.2	14,489	29.2	4,422	22.1	33,541	33.1
Vandalism	219,059	94.9	175,343	108.7	46,811	106.2	24,384	101.5	28,633	107.8	24,226	104.7	25,574	107.6	25,715	130.1	30,820	62.2	12,896	64.5	84,055	83.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	138,255	59.9	110,133	68.3	44,407	100.8	17,456	72.6	16,448	61.9	10,601	45.8	10,210	43.0	11,011	55.7	21,497	43.4	6,625	33.1	45,035	44.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	58,784	25.5	55,447	34.4	39,402	89.4	7,771	32.3	4,450	16.8	2,419	10.5	887	3.7	518	2.6	3,129	6.3	208	1.0	6,505	6.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	60,804	26.3	44,101	27.3	15,760	35.8	5,936	24.7	7,047	26.5	5,154	22.3	5,280	22.2	4,924	24.9	11,732	23.7	4,971	24.9	22,806	22.5
Drug abuse violations	1,304,098	564.8	1,004,709	622.8	369,389	838.4	149,107	620.5	148,469	558.9	109,031	471.1	111,436	469.0	117,277	593.1	217,685	439.0	81,704	408.8	469,767	463.6
Gambling	7,632	3.3	6,911	4.3	5,515	12.5	417	1.7	244	0.9	183	0.8	207	0.9	345	1.7	513	1.0	208	1.0	1,008	1.0
Offenses against the family and children	87,197	37.8	40,252	25.0	6,603	15.0	6,339	26.4	6,215	23.4	6,399	27.7	7,537	31.7	7,159	36.2	34,862	70.3	12,083	60.5	48,629	48.0
Driving under the influence	1,110,083	480.8	699,851	433.8	153,625	348.7	87,259	363.1	102,635	386.4	96,281	416.0	122,641	516.2	137,410	695.0	252,529	509.3	157,703	789.0	507,664	501.0
Liquor laws	478,800	207.4	387,261	240.0	66,610	151.2	45,656	190.0	59,396	223.6	50,785	219.4	66,518	280.0	98,296	497.1	56,968	114.9	34,571	173.0	196,121	193.6
Drunkenness	474,378	205.4	411,455	255.0	107,621	244.3	65,153	271.1	67,779	255.1	53,985	233.3	57,276	241.1	59,641	301.6	45,085	90.9	17,838	89.2	160,349	158.2
Disorderly conduct	529,929	229.5	456,838	283.2	106,512	241.7	55,628	231.5	70,553	265.6	58,461	252.6	74,093	311.9	91,591	463.2	50,375	101.6	22,716	113.6	205,143	202.5
Vagrancy	26,325	11.4	23,629	14.6	13,796	31.3	2,196	9.1	2,836	10.7	1,931	8.3	876	3.7	1,994	10.1	2,443	4.9	253	1.3	6,112	6.0
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,921,526	1,265.3	2,149,220	1,332.2	594,008	1,348.1	304,495	1,267.2	326,124	1,227.7	279,174	1,206.3	314,966	1,325.7	330,453	1,671.3	555,203	1,119.8	217,103	1,086.2	1,207,516	1,191.7
Suspicion	1,259	0.5	939	0.6	11	0.0	148	0.6	345	1.3	119	0.5	69	0.3	247	1.2	225	0.5	95	0.5	592	0.6
Curfew and loitering law violations	104,168	45.1	99,044	61.4	53,546	121.5	9,146	38.1	12,785	48.1	6,990	30.2	8,505	35.8	8,072	40.8	4,662	9.4	462	2.3	21,747	21.5
Runaways	84,054	36.4	64,858	40.2	21,988	49.9	11,115	46.3	11,730	44.2	7,940	34.3	7,614	32.0	4,471	22.6	14,853	30.0	4,343	21.7	27,260	26.9

¹ Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
² Does not include suspicion.
³ Violent crimes are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

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