Table 42

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

Offense charged	Number of persons arrested			Percent male	Percent female	Percent distribution¹
Offense charged	Total	Male	Female	Percent male	Percent female	Total	Male	Female
TOTAL	10,709,361	8,086,667	2,622,694	75.5	24.5	100.0	100.0	100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	9,888	8,824	1,064	89.2	10.8	0.1	0.1	*
Forcible rape	16,916	16,712	204	98.8	1.2	0.2	0.2	*
Robbery	100,738	89,033	11,705	88.4	11.6	0.9	1.1	0.4
Aggravated assault	329,913	259,109	70,804	78.5	21.5	3.1	3.2	2.7
Burglary	236,219	201,826	34,393	85.4	14.6	2.2	2.5	1.3
Larceny-theft	982,997	577,467	405,530	58.7	41.3	9.2	7.1	15.5
Motor vehicle theft	75,135	62,229	12,906	82.8	17.2	0.7	0.8	0.5
Arson	10,784	9,065	1,719	84.1	15.9	0.1	0.1	0.1
Violent crime²	457,455	373,678	83,777	81.7	18.3	4.3	4.6	3.2
Property crime²	1,305,135	850,587	454,548	65.2	34.8	12.2	10.5	17.3
Other assaults	994,804	739,970	254,834	74.4	25.6	9.3	9.2	9.7
Forgery and counterfeiting	68,976	42,860	26,116	62.1	37.9	0.6	0.5	1.0
Fraud	174,598	98,712	75,886	56.5	43.5	1.6	1.2	2.9
Embezzlement	16,458	7,954	8,504	48.3	51.7	0.2	0.1	0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	85,584	68,174	17,410	79.7	20.3	0.8	0.8	0.7
Vandalism	219,059	181,526	37,533	82.9	17.1	2.0	2.2	1.4
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	138,255	127,865	10,390	92.5	7.5	1.3	1.6	0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	58,784	18,012	40,772	30.6	69.4	0.5	0.2	1.6
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	60,804	55,631	5,173	91.5	8.5	0.6	0.7	0.2
Drug abuse violations	1,304,098	1,063,498	240,600	81.6	18.4	12.2	13.2	9.2
Gambling	7,632	7,021	611	92.0	8.0	0.1	0.1	*
Offenses against the family and children	87,197	64,918	22,279	74.4	25.6	0.8	0.8	0.8
Driving under the influence	1,110,083	872,399	237,684	78.6	21.4	10.4	10.8	9.1
Liquor laws	478,800	345,973	132,827	72.3	27.7	4.5	4.3	5.1
Drunkenness	474,378	397,888	76,490	83.9	16.1	4.4	4.9	2.9
Disorderly conduct	529,929	391,187	138,742	73.8	26.2	4.9	4.8	5.3
Vagrancy	26,325	20,417	5,908	77.6	22.4	0.2	0.3	0.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,921,526	2,248,826	672,700	77.0	23.0	27.3	27.8	25.6
Suspicion	1,259	991	268	78.7	21.3	*	*	*
Curfew and loitering law violations	104,168	71,675	32,493	68.8	31.2	1.0	0.9	1.2
Runaways	84,054	36,905	47,149	43.9	56.1	0.8	0.5	1.8

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.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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In 2008, 75.5 percent of all persons arrested nationwide were male.
Males accounted for 81.7 percent of all persons arrested for violent crimes.
Males accounted for 65.2 percent of all persons arrested for property crimes.
Males comprised 89.2 percent of all persons arrested for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in 2008.
Males accounted for 81.6 percent of all persons arrested for drug abuse violations.
Females comprised 51.7 percent of all persons arrested for embezzlement offenses in 2008.