Table 65

Arrests
Suburban Areas¹
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2008
[6,405 agencies; 2008 estimated population 101,327,487]

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	4,165,010	165,555	617,661	1,246,839	1,870,620	4.0	14.8	29.9	44.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,972	18	250	839	1,362	0.6	8.4	28.2	45.8
Forcible rape	5,977	301	905	1,849	2,749	5.0	15.1	30.9	46.0
Robbery	28,029	1,312	7,284	14,147	18,708	4.7	26.0	50.5	66.7
Aggravated assault	114,554	4,938	15,613	29,165	45,671	4.3	13.6	25.5	39.9
Burglary	86,857	6,859	24,020	41,961	53,986	7.9	27.7	48.3	62.2
Larceny-theft	369,806	26,162	94,017	158,205	204,779	7.1	25.4	42.8	55.4
Motor vehicle theft	23,597	1,141	5,842	9,850	13,073	4.8	24.8	41.7	55.4
Arson	4,406	1,285	2,238	2,805	3,161	29.2	50.8	63.7	71.7
Violent crime²	151,532	6,569	24,052	46,000	68,490	4.3	15.9	30.4	45.2
Property crime²	484,666	35,447	126,117	212,821	274,999	7.3	26.0	43.9	56.7
Other assaults	368,424	27,620	72,620	109,633	156,046	7.5	19.7	29.8	42.4
Forgery and counterfeiting	27,345	109	820	4,313	8,655	0.4	3.0	15.8	31.7
Fraud	82,906	354	2,421	9,771	20,302	0.4	2.9	11.8	24.5
Embezzlement	6,287	15	360	1,644	2,766	0.2	5.7	26.1	44.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	33,541	1,368	6,114	12,183	17,126	4.1	18.2	36.3	51.1
Vandalism	84,055	13,438	33,268	47,786	58,333	16.0	39.6	56.9	69.4
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	45,035	3,815	10,896	18,901	26,211	8.5	24.2	42.0	58.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice	6,505	29	172	860	1,827	0.4	2.6	13.2	28.1
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	22,806	2,200	4,603	7,285	9,856	9.6	20.2	31.9	43.2
Drug abuse violations	469,767	8,057	55,575	153,487	238,722	1.7	11.8	32.7	50.8
Gambling	1,008	24	79	196	274	2.4	7.8	19.4	27.2
Offenses against the family and children	48,629	592	2,394	4,910	9,733	1.2	4.9	10.1	20.0
Driving under the influence	507,664	66	5,298	48,267	143,240	*	1.0	9.5	28.2
Liquor laws	196,121	3,850	46,653	153,360	165,464	2.0	23.8	78.2	84.4
Drunkenness	160,349	478	4,647	20,864	47,551	0.3	2.9	13.0	29.7
Disorderly conduct	205,143	21,393	60,776	87,206	116,659	10.4	29.6	42.5	56.9
Vagrancy	6,112	160	691	1,433	2,079	2.6	11.3	23.4	34.0
All other offenses (except traffic)	1,207,516	26,357	110,987	256,685	452,976	2.2	9.2	21.3	37.5
Suspicion	592	32	111	227	304	5.4	18.8	38.3	51.4
Curfew and loitering law violations	21,747	5,627	21,747	21,747	21,747	25.9	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	27,260	7,955	27,260	27,260	27,260	29.2	100.0	100.0	100.0

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 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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