Table 46

Arrests
Cities by Age, 2008
[8,676 agencies; 2008 estimated population 161,327,084]

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	8,167,159	373,257	1,344,732	6,822,427	8,796	74,392	290,069	267,403	333,502	370,570	409,901	411,485	375,385	337,213	311,874	290,708	266,992	1,133,174	771,986	685,670	638,803	560,084	343,933	164,767	70,149	50,303
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	4.6	16.5	83.5	0.1	0.9	3.6	3.3	4.1	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.6	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.3	13.9	9.5	8.4	7.8	6.9	4.2	2.0	0.9	0.6
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	7,406	66	785	6,621	0	6	60	125	246	348	514	610	504	398	395	360	331	1,291	662	487	378	282	178	124	50	57
Forcible rape	12,505	660	1,887	10,618	4	166	490	338	411	478	577	605	559	519	445	399	395	1,776	1,410	1,202	1,074	765	442	238	97	115
Robbery	86,484	4,829	24,077	62,407	55	613	4,161	4,815	6,787	7,646	7,968	6,781	5,289	4,104	3,398	2,930	2,577	9,863	5,728	4,757	3,993	2,891	1,393	503	151	81
Aggravated assault	252,591	10,717	34,316	218,275	302	2,480	7,935	6,678	8,000	8,921	9,794	10,197	9,770	10,145	9,750	9,516	9,054	39,722	27,891	23,773	21,160	17,874	10,523	4,943	2,293	1,870
Burglary	177,035	14,571	49,642	127,393	414	2,842	11,315	10,374	11,991	12,706	13,655	11,098	8,575	6,966	6,132	5,450	4,773	19,720	12,900	12,012	10,881	8,401	4,364	1,593	562	311
Larceny-theft	830,179	64,235	218,535	611,644	1,274	13,837	49,124	43,112	53,744	57,444	57,199	46,223	36,695	30,196	26,434	23,325	21,221	89,109	62,806	59,287	56,267	48,350	29,376	13,975	6,075	5,106
Motor vehicle theft	57,996	3,062	15,165	42,831	15	316	2,731	3,588	4,277	4,238	4,049	3,247	2,676	2,320	2,026	1,846	1,730	7,485	5,143	4,549	3,635	2,451	1,089	371	129	85
Arson	8,234	2,295	4,061	4,173	237	715	1,343	720	558	488	341	305	220	221	192	179	136	593	481	346	382	320	223	132	58	44
Violent crime²	358,986	16,272	61,065	297,921	361	3,265	12,646	11,956	15,444	17,393	18,853	18,193	16,122	15,166	13,988	13,205	12,357	52,652	35,691	30,219	26,605	21,812	12,536	5,808	2,591	2,123
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	4.5	17.0	83.0	0.1	0.9	3.5	3.3	4.3	4.8	5.3	5.1	4.5	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.4	14.7	9.9	8.4	7.4	6.1	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.6
Property crime²	1,073,444	84,163	287,403	786,041	1,940	17,710	64,513	57,794	70,570	74,876	75,244	60,873	48,166	39,703	34,784	30,800	27,860	116,907	81,330	76,194	71,165	59,522	35,052	16,071	6,824	5,546
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	7.8	26.8	73.2	0.2	1.6	6.0	5.4	6.6	7.0	7.0	5.7	4.5	3.7	3.2	2.9	2.6	10.9	7.6	7.1	6.6	5.5	3.3	1.5	0.6	0.5
Other assaults	768,204	53,096	139,026	629,178	1,459	13,215	38,422	27,570	29,620	28,740	26,154	26,595	26,791	28,762	27,841	27,510	25,976	115,874	82,566	72,655	63,290	51,971	29,501	13,165	5,709	4,818
Forgery and counterfeiting	52,778	163	1,576	51,202	6	28	129	167	404	842	1,864	2,352	2,435	2,232	2,207	2,208	2,146	10,328	7,336	6,356	4,904	3,638	1,964	752	300	180
Fraud	104,394	738	4,477	99,917	19	122	597	686	1,142	1,911	3,395	4,259	4,429	3,920	3,915	3,737	3,625	17,790	14,007	12,752	10,826	8,203	4,814	2,344	1,098	803
Embezzlement	12,689	20	809	11,880	4	1	15	31	225	533	928	1,041	909	749	646	555	458	1,839	1,383	1,094	956	638	365	194	71	54
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	66,673	3,268	13,647	53,026	50	512	2,706	2,710	3,664	4,005	4,508	4,005	3,292	2,825	2,502	2,374	1,969	9,004	6,291	5,356	4,635	3,287	1,766	771	286	155
Vandalism	175,343	27,950	68,088	107,255	1,201	6,913	19,836	13,271	13,569	13,298	11,450	9,171	7,270	7,130	6,063	5,248	4,738	18,080	10,736	8,720	7,357	5,705	3,174	1,326	593	494
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	110,133	7,820	25,384	84,749	257	1,860	5,703	4,663	5,970	6,931	7,885	7,014	5,817	5,529	4,979	4,581	4,044	15,701	8,738	6,210	4,846	4,112	2,685	1,393	680	535
Prostitution and commercialized vice	55,447	108	1,069	54,378	8	6	94	167	302	492	1,729	2,183	2,318	2,152	2,283	2,020	1,956	8,897	7,121	7,376	6,866	5,064	2,545	1,015	447	406
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	44,101	3,725	7,931	36,170	142	1,038	2,545	1,440	1,382	1,384	1,691	1,565	1,412	1,491	1,295	1,277	1,094	4,882	4,090	3,876	4,019	3,545	2,476	1,488	960	1,009
Drug abuse violations	1,004,709	16,742	111,628	893,081	140	1,769	14,833	19,175	30,718	44,993	64,200	63,416	55,836	49,791	44,924	41,344	37,918	157,686	99,384	81,671	74,332	63,124	36,334	15,669	5,105	2,347
Gambling	6,911	171	1,256	5,655	2	10	159	251	324	510	597	508	500	377	297	291	224	863	460	366	285	286	201	170	113	117
Offenses against the family and children	40,252	819	2,825	37,427	48	159	612	545	707	754	1,146	1,221	1,279	1,402	1,441	1,537	1,412	7,398	5,863	5,253	3,921	2,841	1,486	696	314	217
Driving under the influence	699,851	147	8,178	691,673	31	14	102	331	1,941	5,759	15,365	21,261	24,006	34,163	34,628	33,756	31,270	130,371	85,716	73,358	66,371	60,508	39,914	21,838	11,098	8,050
Liquor laws	387,261	7,522	78,017	309,244	106	552	6,864	11,829	22,169	36,497	63,372	68,081	55,778	9,938	6,920	5,610	4,534	17,166	12,316	12,379	14,724	16,602	11,581	6,180	2,506	1,557
Drunkenness	411,455	1,124	10,438	401,017	50	53	1,021	1,560	2,558	5,196	10,797	12,028	12,117	18,911	17,273	16,026	14,744	61,370	43,288	42,107	46,207	47,431	33,029	15,779	6,215	3,695
Disorderly conduct	456,838	46,698	126,279	330,559	725	10,625	35,348	26,430	27,650	25,501	20,796	18,505	17,190	21,255	18,666	16,228	14,067	54,875	34,560	29,871	28,473	26,424	16,193	7,626	3,344	2,486
Vagrancy	23,629	853	2,770	20,859	6	139	708	753	849	315	1,140	880	754	620	493	491	460	2,000	1,780	2,167	2,916	3,099	2,232	1,133	451	243
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,149,220	54,856	228,785	1,920,435	1,371	8,962	44,523	46,898	59,280	67,751	78,722	88,266	88,924	91,044	86,677	81,869	76,107	329,365	229,261	207,634	196,056	172,229	106,049	51,334	21,437	15,461
Suspicion	939	38	179	760	0	8	30	40	50	51	65	68	40	53	52	41	33	126	69	56	49	43	36	15	7	7
Curfew and loitering law violations	99,044	25,527	99,044	-	373	4,066	21,088	22,714	27,491	23,312	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	64,858	21,437	64,858	-	497	3,365	17,575	16,422	17,473	9,526	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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