Table 39

Arrests
Males, 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	8,086,667	303,190	1,138,281	6,948,386	9,213	64,409	229,568	216,220	283,281	335,590	396,117	401,559	369,934	339,291	314,636	295,323	271,839	1,166,183	798,613	697,204	645,143	572,893	362,673	180,263	79,061	57,654
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	3.7	14.1	85.9	0.1	0.8	2.8	2.7	3.5	4.1	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.4	14.4	9.9	8.6	8.0	7.1	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	8,824	68	909	7,915	1	7	60	138	274	429	598	678	596	490	453	426	368	1,521	805	628	465	340	233	158	76	80
Forcible rape	16,712	847	2,465	14,247	8	213	626	450	534	634	817	816	740	700	615	562	506	2,339	1,816	1,608	1,439	1,012	610	335	157	175
Robbery	89,033	4,818	24,966	64,067	55	596	4,167	4,941	7,040	8,167	8,588	7,182	5,508	4,279	3,476	3,076	2,667	10,073	5,733	4,681	3,901	2,806	1,370	505	147	75
Aggravated assault	259,109	10,085	32,855	226,254	343	2,520	7,222	6,152	7,693	8,925	10,168	10,413	9,922	10,218	9,836	9,643	9,191	40,575	28,980	24,463	21,803	18,880	11,315	5,672	2,787	2,388
Burglary	201,826	16,174	56,616	145,210	497	3,161	12,516	11,580	13,811	15,051	16,925	13,534	10,215	8,334	7,130	6,180	5,453	22,436	14,305	12,877	11,547	8,981	4,657	1,698	586	352
Larceny-theft	577,467	42,710	140,554	436,913	1,081	9,837	31,792	27,291	33,683	36,870	38,553	31,638	24,885	20,678	18,293	16,116	14,483	62,306	44,880	43,778	42,741	37,427	22,553	10,567	4,365	3,650
Motor vehicle theft	62,229	3,121	16,107	46,122	16	340	2,765	3,779	4,543	4,664	4,544	3,531	2,883	2,543	2,146	2,011	1,821	7,890	5,427	4,747	3,887	2,694	1,248	463	177	110
Arson	9,065	2,501	4,406	4,659	273	798	1,430	762	603	540	422	383	274	270	231	194	142	657	498	357	378	349	238	144	72	50
Violent crime²	373,678	15,818	61,195	312,483	407	3,336	12,075	11,681	15,541	18,155	20,171	19,089	16,766	15,687	14,380	13,707	12,732	54,508	37,334	31,380	27,608	23,038	13,528	6,670	3,167	2,718
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	4.2	16.4	83.6	0.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	4.2	4.9	5.4	5.1	4.5	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.4	14.6	10.0	8.4	7.4	6.2	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.7
Property crime²	850,587	64,506	217,683	632,904	1,867	14,136	48,503	43,412	52,640	57,125	60,444	49,086	38,257	31,825	27,800	24,501	21,899	93,289	65,110	61,759	58,553	49,451	28,696	12,872	5,200	4,162
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	7.6	25.6	74.4	0.2	1.7	5.7	5.1	6.2	6.7	7.1	5.8	4.5	3.7	3.3	2.9	2.6	11.0	7.7	7.3	6.9	5.8	3.4	1.5	0.6	0.5
Other assaults	739,970	44,141	116,883	623,087	1,616	11,944	30,581	22,224	25,101	25,417	23,770	23,819	24,184	26,270	25,758	25,643	24,733	113,400	82,843	74,068	65,252	54,496	31,537	14,735	6,690	5,889
Forgery and counterfeiting	42,860	161	1,340	41,520	4	33	124	165	341	673	1,531	1,942	2,023	1,828	1,741	1,808	1,672	8,082	5,719	5,049	4,016	3,080	1,771	746	313	199
Fraud	98,712	591	3,726	94,986	28	95	468	559	983	1,593	2,907	3,554	3,749	3,458	3,487	3,347	3,232	16,093	13,242	12,229	10,800	8,515	5,327	2,723	1,321	1,002
Embezzlement	7,954	18	569	7,385	4	1	13	28	162	361	601	620	519	430	397	348	267	1,156	868	674	604	403	266	117	57	58
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	68,174	2,961	13,064	55,110	53	455	2,453	2,539	3,546	4,018	4,737	4,217	3,454	2,930	2,537	2,400	1,976	9,263	6,300	5,593	4,916	3,538	1,936	801	325	187
Vandalism	181,526	28,612	71,434	110,092	1,396	7,087	20,129	13,794	14,572	14,456	12,682	9,782	7,587	7,362	6,174	5,219	4,780	18,076	10,771	8,692	7,282	5,763	3,241	1,418	671	592
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	127,865	8,520	27,830	100,035	361	2,080	6,079	5,001	6,544	7,765	8,997	8,007	6,717	6,375	5,797	5,305	4,711	18,361	10,319	7,451	5,946	5,179	3,377	1,807	918	768
Prostitution and commercialized vice	18,012	29	280	17,732	3	3	23	39	70	142	284	363	432	480	584	582	555	2,989	2,616	2,258	2,036	1,751	1,246	738	402	416
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	55,631	4,775	9,950	45,681	220	1,390	3,165	1,693	1,733	1,749	2,180	1,949	1,759	1,805	1,597	1,535	1,318	6,060	5,125	4,944	4,995	4,474	3,166	1,989	1,301	1,484
Drug abuse violations	1,063,498	16,271	116,660	946,838	155	1,741	14,375	19,168	32,198	49,023	70,718	70,008	61,577	54,823	49,176	44,974	41,352	169,930	104,848	81,968	72,251	62,255	37,541	16,922	5,786	2,709
Gambling	7,021	177	1,269	5,752	3	10	164	259	329	504	606	510	506	371	298	286	227	872	489	374	307	305	197	168	109	127
Offenses against the family and children	64,918	760	2,795	62,123	58	159	543	477	718	840	1,214	1,282	1,363	1,556	1,596	1,778	1,799	10,668	10,315	10,339	8,665	6,182	3,168	1,324	536	338
Driving under the influence	872,399	137	9,063	863,336	31	14	92	339	2,050	6,537	18,197	25,424	29,049	40,370	41,089	40,985	38,383	162,817	109,603	92,035	81,885	75,135	51,762	29,773	15,398	11,431
Liquor laws	345,973	4,753	62,837	283,136	101	375	4,277	8,410	17,854	31,820	54,641	59,689	50,346	9,656	6,831	5,485	4,464	16,940	12,174	11,769	13,840	15,507	11,317	6,220	2,579	1,678
Drunkenness	397,888	828	9,099	388,789	46	40	742	1,294	2,197	4,780	10,585	11,736	11,856	18,152	16,766	15,690	14,422	60,159	42,283	40,071	43,176	44,979	32,305	16,125	6,552	3,932
Disorderly conduct	391,187	34,444	97,402	293,785	719	8,409	25,316	19,743	21,897	21,318	18,249	15,869	14,737	18,420	16,422	14,339	12,409	48,537	30,289	26,145	25,265	24,008	15,500	7,561	3,437	2,598
Vagrancy	20,417	606	2,209	18,208	6	104	496	573	700	330	984	714	623	569	440	449	429	1,728	1,465	1,818	2,482	2,725	2,027	1,081	430	244
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,248,826	45,714	204,249	2,044,577	1,419	7,904	36,391	39,690	53,474	65,371	82,529	93,832	94,386	96,874	91,714	86,897	80,449	353,119	246,821	218,519	205,213	182,063	114,726	56,458	23,862	17,115
Suspicion	991	41	164	827	1	7	33	41	40	42	90	67	44	50	52	45	30	136	79	69	51	46	39	15	7	7
Curfew and loitering law violations	71,675	17,647	71,675	-	304	2,935	14,408	15,989	20,311	17,728	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	36,905	11,680	36,905	-	411	2,151	9,118	9,102	10,280	5,843	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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Adults (persons 18 years of age and older) accounted for 85.9 percent of males arrested in 2008.
Adults accounted for 83.6 percent of the males arrested for violent crimes.
Adults accounted for 74.4 percent of the males arrested for property crimes.
Adult males were arrested more often for drug abuse violations than for any other offense and accounted for 89.0 percent of all males arrested for this offense.
Males under the age of 18 accounted for 48.6 percent of all males arrested for arson in 2008.