Table 62

Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas,¹ 2007–2008
[5,889 agencies; 2008 estimated population 90,656,646; 2007 estimated population 90,106,531]

Offense charged	Number of persons arrested
	Total all ages			Under 18 years of age			18 years of age and over
	2007	2008	Percent change	2007	2008	Percent change	2007	2008	Percent change
TOTAL²	3,716,948	3,650,091	-1.8	566,266	547,278	-3.4	3,150,682	3,102,813	-1.5
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,503	2,408	-3.8	214	192	-10.3	2,289	2,216	-3.2
Forcible rape	5,398	5,406	+0.1	898	825	-8.1	4,500	4,581	+1.8
Robbery	22,291	22,607	+1.4	5,802	6,007	+3.5	16,489	16,600	+0.7
Aggravated assault	99,705	95,012	-4.7	14,060	12,857	-8.6	85,645	82,155	-4.1
Burglary	74,037	76,087	+2.8	20,462	21,093	+3.1	53,575	54,994	+2.6
Larceny-theft	287,842	314,592	+9.3	74,085	80,310	+8.4	213,757	234,282	+9.6
Motor vehicle theft	23,942	20,695	-13.6	5,613	5,174	-7.8	18,329	15,521	-15.3
Arson	4,029	3,963	-1.6	2,217	2,063	-6.9	1,812	1,900	+4.9
Violent crime³	129,897	125,433	-3.4	20,974	19,881	-5.2	108,923	105,552	-3.1
Property crime³	389,850	415,337	+6.5	102,377	108,640	+6.1	287,473	306,697	+6.7
Other assaults	326,525	322,056	-1.4	66,916	64,803	-3.2	259,609	257,253	-0.9
Forgery and counterfeiting	25,520	23,230	-9.0	883	729	-17.4	24,637	22,501	-8.7
Fraud	85,146	79,059	-7.1	2,013	2,115	+5.1	83,133	76,944	-7.4
Embezzlement	5,312	5,231	-1.5	428	302	-29.4	4,884	4,929	+0.9
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	31,468	28,830	-8.4	5,794	5,316	-8.2	25,674	23,514	-8.4
Vandalism	76,497	73,654	-3.7	31,895	29,953	-6.1	44,602	43,701	-2.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	40,662	38,366	-5.6	10,494	9,549	-9.0	30,168	28,817	-4.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice	4,502	4,548	+1.0	105	133	+26.7	4,397	4,415	+0.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	20,593	19,894	-3.4	4,308	4,025	-6.6	16,285	15,869	-2.6
Drug abuse violations	430,800	406,182	-5.7	52,617	49,829	-5.3	378,183	356,353	-5.8
Gambling	1,064	853	-19.8	114	73	-36.0	950	780	-17.9
Offenses against the family and children	44,731	43,758	-2.2	1,885	2,032	+7.8	42,846	41,726	-2.6
Driving under the influence	459,850	465,391	+1.2	5,787	4,936	-14.7	454,063	460,455	+1.4
Liquor laws	180,225	176,250	-2.2	45,728	42,912	-6.2	134,497	133,338	-0.9
Drunkenness	133,396	135,069	+1.3	5,015	4,347	-13.3	128,381	130,722	+1.8
Disorderly conduct	180,540	177,760	-1.5	57,403	54,618	-4.9	123,137	123,142	*
Vagrancy	4,542	4,746	+4.5	592	614	+3.7	3,950	4,132	+4.6
All other offenses (except traffic)	1,099,273	1,060,930	-3.5	104,383	98,957	-5.2	994,890	961,973	-3.3
Suspicion	1,100	525	-52.3	151	87	-42.4	949	438	-53.8
Curfew and loitering law violations	20,497	19,156	-6.5	20,497	19,156	-6.5	-	-	-
Runaways	26,058	24,358	-6.5	26,058	24,358	-6.5	-	-	-

¹ Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city.
² Does not include suspicion.
³ 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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