Table 40

Arrests
Females, 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	2,622,694	138,848	484,802	2,137,892	2,013	24,159	112,676	102,415	121,226	122,313	125,340	125,230	115,285	99,481	94,646	89,124	82,620	357,045	254,767	240,832	219,643	174,682	92,001	38,665	16,251	12,280
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	5.3	18.5	81.5	0.1	0.9	4.3	3.9	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.4	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.2	13.6	9.7	9.2	8.4	6.7	3.5	1.5	0.6	0.5
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1,064	11	65	999	0	1	10	12	22	20	56	60	52	42	41	57	43	168	113	125	90	76	39	18	9	10
Forcible rape	204	13	40	164	0	3	10	12	6	9	3	9	8	10	7	7	10	23	22	30	14	15	4	1	1	0
Robbery	11,705	566	2,556	9,149	6	76	484	576	677	737	876	874	689	550	538	439	402	1,572	962	830	678	452	191	64	15	17
Aggravated assault	70,804	3,267	10,114	60,690	56	656	2,555	2,121	2,357	2,369	2,567	2,720	2,609	2,648	2,638	2,592	2,459	10,749	7,863	7,396	6,567	5,172	2,742	1,131	495	342
Burglary	34,393	2,364	7,802	26,591	57	531	1,776	1,672	1,823	1,943	2,072	1,972	1,629	1,361	1,247	1,181	1,053	4,639	3,225	2,828	2,418	1,661	804	307	119	75
Larceny-theft	405,530	30,211	110,929	294,601	399	5,850	23,962	22,082	28,423	30,213	28,835	23,212	18,841	15,178	13,492	12,033	10,979	45,690	31,300	27,887	24,641	19,778	11,770	5,721	2,832	2,412
Motor vehicle theft	12,906	698	2,961	9,945	4	61	633	710	816	737	733	603	547	472	477	440	461	1,953	1,354	1,199	861	558	199	54	18	16
Arson	1,719	321	615	1,104	18	87	216	139	92	63	48	48	43	40	37	32	36	166	144	140	137	106	69	26	14	18
Violent crime²	83,777	3,857	12,775	71,002	62	736	3,059	2,721	3,062	3,135	3,502	3,663	3,358	3,250	3,224	3,095	2,914	12,512	8,960	8,381	7,349	5,715	2,976	1,214	520	369
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	4.6	15.2	84.8	0.1	0.9	3.7	3.2	3.7	3.7	4.2	4.4	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.5	14.9	10.7	10.0	8.8	6.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.4
Property crime²	454,548	33,594	122,307	332,241	478	6,529	26,587	24,603	31,154	32,956	31,688	25,835	21,060	17,051	15,253	13,686	12,529	52,448	36,023	32,054	28,057	22,103	12,842	6,108	2,983	2,521
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	7.4	26.9	73.1	0.1	1.4	5.8	5.4	6.9	7.3	7.0	5.7	4.6	3.8	3.4	3.0	2.8	11.5	7.9	7.1	6.2	4.9	2.8	1.3	0.7	0.6
Other assaults	254,834	22,416	60,636	194,198	316	4,627	17,473	12,883	13,661	11,676	9,812	9,756	9,359	9,456	8,996	8,594	7,778	33,574	24,444	22,972	20,076	15,310	8,045	3,303	1,492	1,231
Forgery and counterfeiting	26,116	78	663	25,453	5	14	59	58	148	379	824	1,050	1,128	1,057	1,087	1,072	1,092	5,344	3,885	3,325	2,487	1,781	879	292	91	59
Fraud	75,886	334	1,965	73,921	14	54	266	286	506	839	1,603	2,360	2,509	2,429	2,504	2,554	2,541	13,636	11,788	11,033	8,463	6,038	3,348	1,720	782	613
Embezzlement	8,504	10	424	8,080	0	2	8	15	125	274	572	631	587	481	406	349	329	1,222	975	810	688	502	273	177	49	29
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	17,410	758	2,996	14,414	5	123	630	616	787	835	948	909	734	740	741	680	637	2,709	1,987	1,604	1,231	827	406	172	54	35
Vandalism	37,533	4,618	11,007	26,526	147	1,195	3,276	1,985	2,173	2,231	2,092	1,823	1,581	1,621	1,407	1,286	1,139	4,676	2,926	2,588	2,286	1,634	860	342	142	123
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	10,390	1,175	2,974	7,416	30	296	849	606	627	566	524	469	392	396	360	345	343	1,316	870	732	623	522	287	124	60	53
Prostitution and commercialized vice	40,772	100	878	39,894	5	4	91	133	259	386	1,547	1,956	2,024	1,811	1,850	1,574	1,500	6,449	4,922	5,500	5,224	3,642	1,460	346	69	20
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	5,173	454	1,079	4,094	20	97	337	241	180	204	290	248	204	196	176	178	161	617	486	480	436	340	185	52	31	14
Drug abuse violations	240,600	4,086	21,298	219,302	37	435	3,614	3,863	5,443	7,906	11,890	12,115	11,379	10,419	9,895	9,427	8,633	37,728	25,615	24,821	24,258	19,293	9,346	3,259	888	336
Gambling	611	5	26	585	0	0	5	3	4	14	14	24	28	15	12	12	10	65	46	72	52	63	51	51	39	31
Offenses against the family and children	22,279	453	1,583	20,696	26	69	358	356	401	373	531	591	671	754	821	886	857	4,467	3,413	3,100	2,134	1,376	633	261	121	80
Driving under the influence	237,684	59	2,938	234,746	8	6	45	121	727	2,031	5,273	7,220	8,132	12,015	12,299	11,486	10,214	41,348	26,597	25,726	25,959	23,696	13,699	6,395	2,824	1,863
Liquor laws	132,827	4,458	38,007	94,820	27	320	4,111	6,433	10,798	16,318	25,056	24,309	18,654	2,391	1,584	1,284	1,109	4,109	2,996	3,171	3,510	3,523	1,808	778	311	227
Drunkenness	76,490	445	2,835	73,655	13	19	413	501	718	1,171	2,285	2,465	2,358	3,461	3,012	2,757	2,519	10,623	7,845	8,854	10,125	9,535	5,156	1,752	614	294
Disorderly conduct	138,742	18,201	47,530	91,212	162	3,511	14,528	10,583	10,286	8,460	6,004	5,249	4,907	5,429	4,686	4,205	3,677	14,691	10,227	9,394	8,915	7,369	3,752	1,524	657	526
Vagrancy	5,908	307	889	5,019	0	44	263	252	254	76	248	254	227	128	121	114	115	617	555	661	753	630	387	131	55	23
All other offenses (except traffic)	672,700	19,149	72,304	600,396	345	2,796	16,008	15,958	18,236	18,961	20,612	24,285	25,988	26,370	26,204	25,535	24,512	108,864	80,184	75,532	66,996	50,762	25,597	10,660	4,464	3,831
Suspicion	268	10	46	222	0	2	8	6	15	15	25	18	5	11	8	5	11	30	23	22	21	21	11	4	5	2
Curfew and loitering law violations	32,493	9,081	32,493	-	98	1,296	7,687	7,909	8,813	6,690	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	47,149	15,200	47,149	-	215	1,984	13,001	12,283	12,849	6,817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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Nationwide in 2008, adults (persons aged 18 years and older) accounted for 81.5 percent of the females arrested.
Of the adult females arrested in 2008, 50.2 percent were between the ages of 25 and 44.
Adult females were more often arrested for larceny-theft and for driving under the influence than for any other offenses.
Juvenile females were most often arrested for larceny-theft and for other assaults (assaults and attempts which are not of an aggravated nature and do not result in injury, e.g., stalking, intimidation).
Of the females under age 15 who were arrested for arson offenses, 67.3 percent were between the ages of 13 and 14.