Table 47

Arrests
Cities Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2008
[8,676 agencies; 2008 estimated population 161,327,084]

Offense charged	Total all ages	Number of persons arrested				Percent of total all ages
Offense charged	Total all ages	Under 15	Under 18	Under 21	Under 25	Under 15	Under 18	Under 21	Under 25
TOTAL	8,167,159	373,257	1,344,732	2,541,503	3,748,290	4.6	16.5	31.1	45.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	7,406	66	785	2,413	3,897	0.9	10.6	32.6	52.6
Forcible rape	12,505	660	1,887	3,628	5,386	5.3	15.1	29.0	43.1
Robbery	86,484	4,829	24,077	44,115	57,124	5.6	27.8	51.0	66.1
Aggravated assault	252,591	10,717	34,316	64,077	102,542	4.2	13.6	25.4	40.6
Burglary	177,035	14,571	49,642	82,970	106,291	8.2	28.0	46.9	60.0
Larceny-theft	830,179	64,235	218,535	358,652	459,828	7.7	26.3	43.2	55.4
Motor vehicle theft	57,996	3,062	15,165	25,137	33,059	5.3	26.1	43.3	57.0
Arson	8,234	2,295	4,061	4,927	5,655	27.9	49.3	59.8	68.7
Violent crime¹	358,986	16,272	61,065	114,233	168,949	4.5	17.0	31.8	47.1
Property crime¹	1,073,444	84,163	287,403	471,686	604,833	7.8	26.8	43.9	56.3
Other assaults	768,204	53,096	139,026	218,566	328,655	6.9	18.1	28.5	42.8
Forgery and counterfeiting	52,778	163	1,576	8,227	17,020	0.3	3.0	15.6	32.2
Fraud	104,394	738	4,477	16,560	31,757	0.7	4.3	15.9	30.4
Embezzlement	12,689	20	809	3,687	6,095	0.2	6.4	29.1	48.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	66,673	3,268	13,647	25,452	35,122	4.9	20.5	38.2	52.7
Vandalism	175,343	27,950	68,088	95,979	119,158	15.9	38.8	54.7	68.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	110,133	7,820	25,384	46,100	65,233	7.1	23.0	41.9	59.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice	55,447	108	1,069	7,299	15,710	0.2	1.9	13.2	28.3
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	44,101	3,725	7,931	12,599	17,756	8.4	18.0	28.6	40.3
Drug abuse violations	1,004,709	16,742	111,628	295,080	469,057	1.7	11.1	29.4	46.7
Gambling	6,911	171	1,256	2,861	4,050	2.5	18.2	41.4	58.6
Offenses against the family and children	40,252	819	2,825	6,471	12,263	2.0	7.0	16.1	30.5
Driving under the influence	699,851	147	8,178	68,810	202,627	*	1.2	9.8	29.0
Liquor laws	387,261	7,522	78,017	265,248	292,250	1.9	20.1	68.5	75.5
Drunkenness	411,455	1,124	10,438	45,380	112,334	0.3	2.5	11.0	27.3
Disorderly conduct	456,838	46,698	126,279	182,770	252,986	10.2	27.6	40.0	55.4
Vagrancy	23,629	853	2,770	5,544	7,608	3.6	11.7	23.5	32.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,149,220	54,856	228,785	484,697	820,394	2.6	10.6	22.6	38.2
Suspicion	939	38	179	352	531	4.0	19.1	37.5	56.5
Curfew and loitering law violations	99,044	25,527	99,044	99,044	99,044	25.8	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	64,858	21,437	64,858	64,858	64,858	33.1	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ 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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