Table 30

Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2009
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]

Offense charged	United States total (12,371 agencies; population 239,839,971)		Northeast (2,977 agencies; population 44,805,518)		Midwest (2,975 agencies; population 48,868,101)		South (4,553 agencies; population 78,247,547)		West (1,866 agencies; population 67,918,805)
Offense charged	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate
TOTAL¹	10,739,925	4,478.0	1,624,285	3,625.2	2,148,525	4,396.6	3,971,112	5,075.1	2,996,003	4,411.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	9,775	4.1	1,268	2.8	1,791	3.7	3,984	5.1	2,732	4.0
Forcible rape	16,727	7.0	2,799	6.2	3,828	7.8	5,670	7.2	4,430	6.5
Robbery	100,702	42.0	19,768	44.1	16,851	34.5	32,486	41.5	31,597	46.5
Aggravated assault	331,372	138.2	51,779	115.6	48,755	99.8	100,657	128.6	130,181	191.7
Burglary	235,226	98.1	33,427	74.6	38,563	78.9	85,458	109.2	77,778	114.5
Larceny-theft	1,060,754	442.3	166,398	371.4	228,173	466.9	404,112	516.5	262,071	385.9
Motor vehicle theft	64,169	26.8	7,668	17.1	15,653	32.0	18,079	23.1	22,769	33.5
Arson	9,509	4.0	1,759	3.9	1,786	3.7	3,207	4.1	2,757	4.1
Violent crime²	458,576	191.2	75,614	168.8	71,225	145.7	142,797	182.5	168,940	248.7
Property crime²	1,369,658	571.1	209,252	467.0	284,175	581.5	510,856	652.9	365,375	538.0
Other assaults	1,036,754	432.3	173,018	386.2	216,558	443.1	411,223	525.5	235,955	347.4
Forgery and counterfeiting	67,357	28.1	9,996	22.3	10,665	21.8	29,796	38.1	16,900	24.9
Fraud	162,243	67.6	25,808	57.6	27,824	56.9	87,005	111.2	21,606	31.8
Embezzlement	14,097	5.9	1,341	3.0	1,987	4.1	7,682	9.8	3,087	4.5
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	82,944	34.6	15,045	33.6	19,999	40.9	22,345	28.6	25,555	37.6
Vandalism	212,981	88.8	44,581	99.5	44,952	92.0	52,840	67.5	70,608	104.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	130,941	54.6	16,941	37.8	25,836	52.9	44,281	56.6	43,883	64.6
Prostitution and commercialized vice	56,640	23.6	5,473	12.2	9,886	20.2	18,818	24.0	22,463	33.1
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	60,422	25.2	10,129	22.6	11,825	24.2	15,962	20.4	22,506	33.1
Drug abuse violations	1,305,191	544.2	210,868	470.6	238,502	488.1	471,426	602.5	384,395	566.0
Gambling	8,067	3.4	777	1.7	3,727	7.6	2,776	3.5	787	1.2
Offenses against the family and children	87,889	36.6	21,006	46.9	21,035	43.0	32,271	41.2	13,577	20.0
Driving under the influence	1,112,384	463.8	153,696	343.0	231,656	474.0	352,010	449.9	375,022	552.2
Liquor laws	447,496	186.6	54,296	121.2	155,168	317.5	105,453	134.8	132,579	195.2
Drunkenness	471,727	196.7	35,073	78.3	33,333	68.2	278,005	355.3	125,316	184.5
Disorderly conduct	518,374	216.1	127,777	285.2	157,328	321.9	155,360	198.5	77,909	114.7
Vagrancy	26,380	11.0	3,850	8.6	4,443	9.1	9,198	11.8	8,889	13.1
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,946,277	1,228.4	395,485	882.7	545,039	1,115.3	1,174,948	1,501.6	830,805	1,223.2
Suspicion	1,517	0.6	21	0.0	143	0.3	1,250	1.6	103	0.2
Curfew and loitering law violations	89,733	37.4	28,077	62.7	15,374	31.5	20,643	26.4	25,639	37.7
Runaways	73,794	30.8	6,182	13.8	17,988	36.8	25,417	32.5	24,207	35.6

¹ Does not include suspicion.
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.

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