Table 60

Arrests
Nonmetropolitan Counties
by Sex, 2008
[1,836 agencies; 2008 estimated population 19,987,986]

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	751,666	578,383	173,283	76.9	23.1	100.0	100.0	100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	607	531	76	87.5	12.5	0.1	0.1	*
Forcible rape	1,376	1,355	21	98.5	1.5	0.2	0.2	*
Robbery	1,764	1,561	203	88.5	11.5	0.2	0.3	0.1
Aggravated assault	19,034	15,595	3,439	81.9	18.1	2.5	2.7	2.0
Burglary	17,417	15,253	2,164	87.6	12.4	2.3	2.6	1.2
Larceny-theft	32,428	22,775	9,653	70.2	29.8	4.3	3.9	5.6
Motor vehicle theft	4,179	3,486	693	83.4	16.6	0.6	0.6	0.4
Arson	770	628	142	81.6	18.4	0.1	0.1	0.1
Violent crime²	22,781	19,042	3,739	83.6	16.4	3.0	3.3	2.2
Property crime²	54,794	42,142	12,652	76.9	23.1	7.3	7.3	7.3
Other assaults	66,919	49,918	17,001	74.6	25.4	8.9	8.6	9.8
Forgery and counterfeiting	4,282	2,473	1,809	57.8	42.2	0.6	0.4	1.0
Fraud	23,829	12,304	11,525	51.6	48.4	3.2	2.1	6.7
Embezzlement	860	430	430	50.0	50.0	0.1	0.1	0.2
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	4,422	3,667	755	82.9	17.1	0.6	0.6	0.4
Vandalism	12,896	10,697	2,199	82.9	17.1	1.7	1.8	1.3
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	6,625	6,160	465	93.0	7.0	0.9	1.1	0.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice	208	120	88	57.7	42.3	*	*	0.1
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	4,971	4,717	254	94.9	5.1	0.7	0.8	0.1
Drug abuse violations	81,704	64,594	17,110	79.1	20.9	10.9	11.2	9.9
Gambling	208	159	49	76.4	23.6	*	*	*
Offenses against the family and children	12,083	9,690	2,393	80.2	19.8	1.6	1.7	1.4
Driving under the influence	157,703	126,222	31,481	80.0	20.0	21.0	21.8	18.2
Liquor laws	34,571	24,749	9,822	71.6	28.4	4.6	4.3	5.7
Drunkenness	17,838	14,553	3,285	81.6	18.4	2.4	2.5	1.9
Disorderly conduct	22,716	16,786	5,930	73.9	26.1	3.0	2.9	3.4
Vagrancy	253	206	47	81.4	18.6	*	*	*
All other offenses (except traffic)	217,103	167,383	49,720	77.1	22.9	28.9	28.9	28.7
Suspicion	95	74	21	77.9	22.1	*	*	*
Curfew and loitering law violations	462	288	174	62.3	37.7	0.1	*	0.1
Runaways	4,343	2,009	2,334	46.3	53.7	0.6	0.3	1.3

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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