Table 63

Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas¹
by Sex, 2007–2008
[5,889 agencies; 2008 estimated population 90,656,646; 2007 estimated population 90,106,531]

Offense charged	Male						Female
	Total			Under 18			Total			Under 18
	2007	2008	Percent change	2007	2008	Percent change	2007	2008	Percent change	2007	2008	Percent change
TOTAL²	2,811,414	2,748,391	-2.2	402,213	388,447	-3.4	905,534	901,700	-0.4	164,053	158,831	-3.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,222	2,129	-4.2	197	182	-7.6	281	279	-0.7	17	10	-41.2
Forcible rape	5,346	5,339	-0.1	887	815	-8.1	52	67	+28.8	11	10	-9.1
Robbery	19,842	20,100	+1.3	5,292	5,532	+4.5	2,449	2,507	+2.4	510	475	-6.9
Aggravated assault	79,236	75,461	-4.8	10,897	9,902	-9.1	20,469	19,551	-4.5	3,163	2,955	-6.6
Burglary	64,104	65,751	+2.6	18,347	18,825	+2.6	9,933	10,336	+4.1	2,115	2,268	+7.2
Larceny-theft	175,237	188,411	+7.5	44,099	47,540	+7.8	112,605	126,181	+12.1	29,986	32,770	+9.3
Motor vehicle theft	19,534	17,107	-12.4	4,551	4,301	-5.5	4,408	3,588	-18.6	1,062	873	-17.8
Arson	3,482	3,386	-2.8	1,959	1,817	-7.2	547	577	+5.5	258	246	-4.7
Violent crime³	106,646	103,029	-3.4	17,273	16,431	-4.9	23,251	22,404	-3.6	3,701	3,450	-6.8
Property crime³	262,357	274,655	+4.7	68,956	72,483	+5.1	127,493	140,682	+10.3	33,421	36,157	+8.2
Other assaults	242,406	237,696	-1.9	44,946	43,441	-3.3	84,119	84,360	+0.3	21,970	21,362	-2.8
Forgery and counterfeiting	15,505	14,126	-8.9	619	483	-22.0	10,015	9,104	-9.1	264	246	-6.8
Fraud	45,957	43,165	-6.1	1,323	1,385	+4.7	39,189	35,894	-8.4	690	730	+5.8
Embezzlement	2,546	2,581	+1.4	266	177	-33.5	2,766	2,650	-4.2	162	125	-22.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	25,134	22,995	-8.5	4,672	4,346	-7.0	6,334	5,835	-7.9	1,122	970	-13.5
Vandalism	64,213	61,596	-4.1	27,650	25,841	-6.5	12,284	12,058	-1.8	4,245	4,112	-3.1
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	37,406	35,269	-5.7	9,452	8,559	-9.4	3,256	3,097	-4.9	1,042	990	-5.0
Prostitution and commercialized vice	1,763	1,713	-2.8	31	56	+80.6	2,739	2,835	+3.5	74	77	+4.1
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	19,374	18,606	-4.0	3,974	3,665	-7.8	1,219	1,288	+5.7	334	360	+7.8
Drug abuse violations	345,220	327,032	-5.3	43,192	41,226	-4.6	85,580	79,150	-7.5	9,425	8,603	-8.7
Gambling	877	694	-20.9	105	65	-38.1	187	159	-15.0	9	8	-11.1
Offenses against the family and children	35,447	34,573	-2.5	1,188	1,363	+14.7	9,284	9,185	-1.1	697	669	-4.0
Driving under the influence	362,563	363,313	+0.2	4,390	3,718	-15.3	97,287	102,078	+4.9	1,397	1,218	-12.8
Liquor laws	127,825	124,549	-2.6	28,476	26,606	-6.6	52,400	51,701	-1.3	17,252	16,306	-5.5
Drunkenness	109,937	110,914	+0.9	3,679	3,284	-10.7	23,459	24,155	+3.0	1,336	1,063	-20.4
Disorderly conduct	132,375	130,716	-1.3	39,077	37,470	-4.1	48,165	47,044	-2.3	18,326	17,148	-6.4
Vagrancy	3,526	3,628	+2.9	440	476	+8.2	1,016	1,118	+10.0	152	138	-9.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	844,645	813,466	-3.7	76,812	73,297	-4.6	254,628	247,464	-2.8	27,571	25,660	-6.9
Suspicion	860	397	-53.8	115	67	-41.7	240	128	-46.7	36	20	-44.4
Curfew and loitering law violations	13,955	12,873	-7.8	13,955	12,873	-7.8	6,542	6,283	-4.0	6,542	6,283	-4.0
Runaways	11,737	11,202	-4.6	11,737	11,202	-4.6	14,321	13,156	-8.1	14,321	13,156	-8.1

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.

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