Table 38

Arrests
by Age, 2008
[11,713 agencies; 2008 estimated population 230,897,506]

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	10,709,361	442,038	1,623,083	9,086,278	11,226	88,568	342,244	318,635	404,507	457,903	521,457	526,789	485,219	438,772	409,282	384,447	354,459	1,523,228	1,053,380	938,036	864,786	747,575	454,674	218,928	95,312	69,934
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	4.1	15.2	84.8	0.1	0.8	3.2	3.0	3.8	4.3	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.3	14.2	9.8	8.8	8.1	7.0	4.2	2.0	0.9	0.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	9,888	79	974	8,914	1	8	70	150	296	449	654	738	648	532	494	483	411	1,689	918	753	555	416	272	176	85	90
Forcible rape	16,916	860	2,505	14,411	8	216	636	462	540	643	820	825	748	710	622	569	516	2,362	1,838	1,638	1,453	1,027	614	336	158	175
Robbery	100,738	5,384	27,522	73,216	61	672	4,651	5,517	7,717	8,904	9,464	8,056	6,197	4,829	4,014	3,515	3,069	11,645	6,695	5,511	4,579	3,258	1,561	569	162	92
Aggravated assault	329,913	13,352	42,969	286,944	399	3,176	9,777	8,273	10,050	11,294	12,735	13,133	12,531	12,866	12,474	12,235	11,650	51,324	36,843	31,859	28,370	24,052	14,057	6,803	3,282	2,730
Burglary	236,219	18,538	64,418	171,801	554	3,692	14,292	13,252	15,634	16,994	18,997	15,506	11,844	9,695	8,377	7,361	6,506	27,075	17,530	15,705	13,965	10,642	5,461	2,005	705	427
Larceny-theft	982,997	72,921	251,483	731,514	1,480	15,687	55,754	49,373	62,106	67,083	67,388	54,850	43,726	35,856	31,785	28,149	25,462	107,996	76,180	71,665	67,382	57,205	34,323	16,288	7,197	6,062
Motor vehicle theft	75,135	3,819	19,068	56,067	20	401	3,398	4,489	5,359	5,401	5,277	4,134	3,430	3,015	2,623	2,451	2,282	9,843	6,781	5,946	4,748	3,252	1,447	517	195	126
Arson	10,784	2,822	5,021	5,763	291	885	1,646	901	695	603	470	431	317	310	268	226	178	823	642	497	515	455	307	170	86	68
Violent crime²	457,455	19,675	73,970	383,485	469	4,072	15,134	14,402	18,603	21,290	23,673	22,752	20,124	18,937	17,604	16,802	15,646	67,020	46,294	39,761	34,957	28,753	16,504	7,884	3,687	3,087
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	4.3	16.2	83.8	0.1	0.9	3.3	3.1	4.1	4.7	5.2	5.0	4.4	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.4	14.7	10.1	8.7	7.6	6.3	3.6	1.7	0.8	0.7
Property crime²	1,305,135	98,100	339,990	965,145	2,345	20,665	75,090	68,015	83,794	90,081	92,132	74,921	59,317	48,876	43,053	38,187	34,428	145,737	101,133	93,813	86,610	71,554	41,538	18,980	8,183	6,683
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	7.5	26.1	73.9	0.2	1.6	5.8	5.2	6.4	6.9	7.1	5.7	4.5	3.7	3.3	2.9	2.6	11.2	7.7	7.2	6.6	5.5	3.2	1.5	0.6	0.5
Other assaults	994,804	66,557	177,519	817,285	1,932	16,571	48,054	35,107	38,762	37,093	33,582	33,575	33,543	35,726	34,754	34,237	32,511	146,974	107,287	97,040	85,328	69,806	39,582	18,038	8,182	7,120
Forgery and counterfeiting	68,976	239	2,003	66,973	9	47	183	223	489	1,052	2,355	2,992	3,151	2,885	2,828	2,880	2,764	13,426	9,604	8,374	6,503	4,861	2,650	1,038	404	258
Fraud	174,598	925	5,691	168,907	42	149	734	845	1,489	2,432	4,510	5,914	6,258	5,887	5,991	5,901	5,773	29,729	25,030	23,262	19,263	14,553	8,675	4,443	2,103	1,615
Embezzlement	16,458	28	993	15,465	4	3	21	43	287	635	1,173	1,251	1,106	911	803	697	596	2,378	1,843	1,484	1,292	905	539	294	106	87
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	85,584	3,719	16,060	69,524	58	578	3,083	3,155	4,333	4,853	5,685	5,126	4,188	3,670	3,278	3,080	2,613	11,972	8,287	7,197	6,147	4,365	2,342	973	379	222
Vandalism	219,059	33,230	82,441	136,618	1,543	8,282	23,405	15,779	16,745	16,687	14,774	11,605	9,168	8,983	7,581	6,505	5,919	22,752	13,697	11,280	9,568	7,397	4,101	1,760	813	715
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	138,255	9,695	30,804	107,451	391	2,376	6,928	5,607	7,171	8,331	9,521	8,476	7,109	6,771	6,157	5,650	5,054	19,677	11,189	8,183	6,569	5,701	3,664	1,931	978	821
Prostitution and commercialized vice	58,784	129	1,158	57,626	8	7	114	172	329	528	1,831	2,319	2,456	2,291	2,434	2,156	2,055	9,438	7,538	7,758	7,260	5,393	2,706	1,084	471	436
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	60,804	5,229	11,029	49,775	240	1,487	3,502	1,934	1,913	1,953	2,470	2,197	1,963	2,001	1,773	1,713	1,479	6,677	5,611	5,424	5,431	4,814	3,351	2,041	1,332	1,498
Drug abuse violations	1,304,098	20,357	137,958	1,166,140	192	2,176	17,989	23,031	37,641	56,929	82,608	82,123	72,956	65,242	59,071	54,401	49,985	207,658	130,463	106,789	96,509	81,548	46,887	20,181	6,674	3,045
Gambling	7,632	182	1,295	6,337	3	10	169	262	333	518	620	534	534	386	310	298	237	937	535	446	359	368	248	219	148	158
Offenses against the family and children	87,197	1,213	4,378	82,819	84	228	901	833	1,119	1,213	1,745	1,873	2,034	2,310	2,417	2,664	2,656	15,135	13,728	13,439	10,799	7,558	3,801	1,585	657	418
Driving under the influence	1,110,083	196	12,001	1,098,082	39	20	137	460	2,777	8,568	23,470	32,644	37,181	52,385	53,388	52,471	48,597	204,165	136,200	117,761	107,844	98,831	65,461	36,168	18,222	13,294
Liquor laws	478,800	9,211	100,844	377,956	128	695	8,388	14,843	28,652	48,138	79,697	83,998	69,000	12,047	8,415	6,769	5,573	21,049	15,170	14,940	17,350	19,030	13,125	6,998	2,890	1,905
Drunkenness	474,378	1,273	11,934	462,444	59	59	1,155	1,795	2,915	5,951	12,870	14,201	14,214	21,613	19,778	18,447	16,941	70,782	50,128	48,925	53,301	54,514	37,461	17,877	7,166	4,226
Disorderly conduct	529,929	52,645	144,932	384,997	881	11,920	39,844	30,326	32,183	29,778	24,253	21,118	19,644	23,849	21,108	18,544	16,086	63,228	40,516	35,539	34,180	31,377	19,252	9,085	4,094	3,124
Vagrancy	26,325	913	3,098	23,227	6	148	759	825	954	406	1,232	968	850	697	561	563	544	2,345	2,020	2,479	3,235	3,355	2,414	1,212	485	267
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,921,526	64,863	276,553	2,644,973	1,764	10,700	52,399	55,648	71,710	84,332	103,141	118,117	120,374	123,244	117,918	112,432	104,961	461,983	327,005	294,051	272,209	232,825	140,323	67,118	28,326	20,946
Suspicion	1,259	51	210	1,049	1	9	41	47	55	57	115	85	49	61	60	50	41	166	102	91	72	67	50	19	12	9
Curfew and loitering law violations	104,168	26,728	104,168	-	402	4,231	22,095	23,898	29,124	24,418	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	84,054	26,880	84,054	-	626	4,135	22,119	21,385	23,129	12,660	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

¹ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
² 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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In 2008, adults (persons 18 years of age and over) accounted for 84.8 percent of all persons arrested.
Adults accounted for 83.8 percent of the persons arrested for violent crimes.
Adults accounted for 73.9 percent of persons arrested for property crimes.
Nearly 90 percent (89.4) of persons arrested for drug abuse violations were adults.
In 2008, juveniles (individuals under 18 years of age) accounted for 46.6 percent of persons arrested for arson. More than half (56.2 percent) of juveniles arrested for arson were under age 15.