Table 53

Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2008
[1,201 agencies; 2008 estimated population 49,582,436]

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	1,790,536	53,888	213,460	450,581	718,057	3.0	11.9	25.2	40.1
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1,875	9	148	478	833	0.5	7.9	25.5	44.4
Forcible rape	3,035	126	419	884	1,357	4.2	13.8	29.1	44.7
Robbery	12,490	539	3,263	6,463	8,555	4.3	26.1	51.7	68.5
Aggravated assault	58,288	2,208	7,047	13,551	21,694	3.8	12.1	23.2	37.2
Burglary	41,767	3,047	10,996	19,872	25,757	7.3	26.3	47.6	61.7
Larceny-theft	120,390	7,311	27,671	48,137	63,532	6.1	23.0	40.0	52.8
Motor vehicle theft	12,960	559	2,989	5,167	7,022	4.3	23.1	39.9	54.2
Arson	1,780	422	760	1,008	1,174	23.7	42.7	56.6	66.0
Violent crime¹	75,688	2,882	10,877	21,376	32,439	3.8	14.4	28.2	42.9
Property crime¹	176,897	11,339	42,416	74,184	97,485	6.4	24.0	41.9	55.1
Other assaults	159,681	10,664	29,717	44,610	63,387	6.7	18.6	27.9	39.7
Forgery and counterfeiting	11,916	61	326	1,751	3,580	0.5	2.7	14.7	30.0
Fraud	46,375	122	871	3,856	9,192	0.3	1.9	8.3	19.8
Embezzlement	2,909	8	165	726	1,209	0.3	5.7	25.0	41.6
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	14,489	358	1,890	4,335	6,608	2.5	13.0	29.9	45.6
Vandalism	30,820	3,962	10,807	16,053	20,029	12.9	35.1	52.1	65.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	21,497	1,607	4,623	8,185	11,721	7.5	21.5	38.1	54.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice	3,129	20	83	438	933	0.6	2.7	14.0	29.8
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	11,732	1,095	2,166	3,457	4,698	9.3	18.5	29.5	40.0
Drug abuse violations	217,685	2,872	20,708	60,451	99,863	1.3	9.5	27.8	45.9
Gambling	513	6	23	70	98	1.2	4.5	13.6	19.1
Offenses against the family and children	34,862	259	1,166	2,534	5,517	0.7	3.3	7.3	15.8
Driving under the influence	252,529	24	2,075	22,142	69,712	*	0.8	8.8	27.6
Liquor laws	56,968	1,074	14,604	43,510	46,833	1.9	25.6	76.4	82.2
Drunkenness	45,085	101	997	5,553	12,678	0.2	2.2	12.3	28.1
Disorderly conduct	50,375	4,525	14,030	19,904	26,212	9.0	27.9	39.5	52.0
Vagrancy	2,443	57	300	540	805	2.3	12.3	22.1	33.0
All other offenses (except traffic)	555,203	7,552	36,084	97,307	185,435	1.4	6.5	17.5	33.4
Suspicion	225	6	17	84	108	2.7	7.6	37.3	48.0
Curfew and loitering law violations	4,662	1,069	4,662	4,662	4,662	22.9	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	14,853	4,225	14,853	14,853	14,853	28.4	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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