Table 31

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

Offense charged	Total (12,371 agencies; population 239,839,971)		Total cities (9,075 cities; population 166,296,396)		Cities												Counties				Suburban areas¹ (6,651 agencies; population 104,853,682)
	Total (12,371 agencies; population 239,839,971)		Total cities (9,075 cities; population 166,296,396)		Group I (66 cities, 250,000 and over; population 45,039,931)		Group II (168 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 24,893,194)		Group III (406 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 27,781,644)		Group IV (701 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 24,112,660)		Group V (1,535 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 24,264,715)		Group VI (6,199 cities, under 10,000; population 20,204,252)		Metropolitan counties (1,320 agencies; population 52,113,451)		Nonmetropolitan counties (1,976 agencies; population 21,430,124)		Suburban areas¹ (6,651 agencies; population 104,853,682)
	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate	Total	Rate
TOTAL²	10,739,925	4,478.0	8,102,933	4,872.6	2,289,739	5,083.8	1,175,989	4,724.1	1,271,691	4,577.5	1,067,428	4,426.8	1,137,484	4,687.8	1,160,602	5,744.3	1,855,089	3,559.7	781,903	3,648.6	4,208,963	4,014.1
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	9,775	4.1	7,173	4.3	3,386	7.5	1,228	4.9	925	3.3	652	2.7	564	2.3	418	2.1	1,847	3.5	755	3.5	2,913	2.8
Forcible rape	16,727	7.0	12,163	7.3	4,360	9.7	1,735	7.0	1,750	6.3	1,440	6.0	1,480	6.1	1,398	6.9	2,938	5.6	1,626	7.6	5,798	5.5
Robbery	100,702	42.0	85,639	51.5	37,492	83.2	14,753	59.3	12,874	46.3	8,620	35.7	7,154	29.5	4,746	23.5	12,995	24.9	2,068	9.6	29,120	27.8
Aggravated assault	331,372	138.2	252,221	151.7	89,167	198.0	41,842	168.1	41,735	150.2	27,749	115.1	26,999	111.3	24,729	122.4	59,257	113.7	19,894	92.8	115,354	110.0
Burglary	235,226	98.1	174,091	104.7	48,204	107.0	31,540	126.7	30,697	110.5	21,583	89.5	22,168	91.4	19,899	98.5	42,497	81.5	18,638	87.0	87,132	83.1
Larceny-theft	1,060,754	442.3	893,661	537.4	220,179	488.9	135,284	543.5	158,123	569.2	142,092	589.3	137,431	566.4	100,552	497.7	132,705	254.6	34,388	160.5	403,074	384.4
Motor vehicle theft	64,169	26.8	48,792	29.3	21,036	46.7	7,710	31.0	6,325	22.8	4,407	18.3	4,717	19.4	4,597	22.8	11,539	22.1	3,838	17.9	21,268	20.3
Arson	9,509	4.0	6,918	4.2	1,714	3.8	1,011	4.1	1,078	3.9	970	4.0	1,010	4.2	1,135	5.6	1,801	3.5	790	3.7	4,115	3.9
Violent crime³	458,576	191.2	357,196	214.8	134,405	298.4	59,558	239.3	57,284	206.2	38,461	159.5	36,197	149.2	31,291	154.9	77,037	147.8	24,343	113.6	153,185	146.1
Property crime³	1,369,658	571.1	1,123,462	675.6	291,133	646.4	175,545	705.2	196,223	706.3	169,052	701.1	165,326	681.3	126,183	624.5	188,542	361.8	57,654	269.0	515,589	491.7
Other assaults	1,036,754	432.3	790,986	475.6	228,099	506.4	126,085	506.5	121,543	437.5	103,971	431.2	107,070	441.3	104,218	515.8	171,950	330.0	73,818	344.5	386,216	368.3
Forgery and counterfeiting	67,357	28.1	50,399	30.3	13,687	30.4	6,992	28.1	7,606	27.4	6,905	28.6	8,016	33.0	7,193	35.6	12,624	24.2	4,334	20.2	27,663	26.4
Fraud	162,243	67.6	99,271	59.7	18,040	40.1	11,669	46.9	14,597	52.5	15,346	63.6	17,360	71.5	22,259	110.2	41,431	79.5	21,541	100.5	75,757	72.3
Embezzlement	14,097	5.9	10,687	6.4	2,197	4.9	1,834	7.4	2,023	7.3	1,693	7.0	1,647	6.8	1,293	6.4	2,635	5.1	775	3.6	5,583	5.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	82,944	34.6	63,739	38.3	19,903	44.2	8,957	36.0	11,095	39.9	8,662	35.9	8,479	34.9	6,643	32.9	14,497	27.8	4,708	22.0	33,061	31.5
Vandalism	212,981	88.8	167,597	100.8	45,163	100.3	24,287	97.6	27,338	98.4	23,008	95.4	23,722	97.8	24,079	119.2	32,009	61.4	13,375	62.4	81,553	77.8
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	130,941	54.6	102,869	61.9	41,459	92.0	16,243	65.3	14,959	53.8	10,474	43.4	9,863	40.6	9,871	48.9	20,980	40.3	7,092	33.1	43,550	41.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice	56,640	23.6	53,421	32.1	39,206	87.0	6,919	27.8	3,683	13.3	2,407	10.0	687	2.8	519	2.6	3,036	5.8	183	0.9	6,310	6.0
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	60,422	25.2	43,365	26.1	15,790	35.1	5,735	23.0	6,945	25.0	4,919	20.4	4,993	20.6	4,983	24.7	12,005	23.0	5,052	23.6	22,364	21.3
Drug abuse violations	1,305,191	544.2	985,248	592.5	347,823	772.3	147,512	592.6	149,509	538.2	112,285	465.7	109,104	449.6	119,015	589.1	232,252	445.7	87,691	409.2	481,904	459.6
Gambling	8,067	3.4	6,558	3.9	4,967	11.0	440	1.8	350	1.3	269	1.1	218	0.9	314	1.6	1,196	2.3	313	1.5	1,733	1.7
Offenses against the family and children	87,889	36.6	43,849	26.4	6,987	15.5	6,276	25.2	7,811	28.1	7,623	31.6	7,998	33.0	7,154	35.4	31,907	61.2	12,133	56.6	46,970	44.8
Driving under the influence	1,112,384	463.8	690,269	415.1	154,691	343.5	83,759	336.5	102,640	369.5	97,103	402.7	118,312	487.6	133,764	662.1	268,019	514.3	154,096	719.1	516,126	492.2
Liquor laws	447,496	186.6	357,799	215.2	62,777	139.4	38,889	156.2	55,299	199.0	48,655	201.8	60,980	251.3	91,199	451.4	56,920	109.2	32,777	152.9	186,592	178.0
Drunkenness	471,727	196.7	405,799	244.0	100,600	223.4	64,383	258.6	67,050	241.3	54,784	227.2	58,146	239.6	60,836	301.1	46,045	88.4	19,883	92.8	162,236	154.7
Disorderly conduct	518,374	216.1	444,537	267.3	101,524	225.4	55,043	221.1	70,158	252.5	58,178	241.3	72,190	297.5	87,444	432.8	50,523	96.9	23,314	108.8	199,191	190.0
Vagrancy	26,380	11.0	23,110	13.9	13,362	29.7	1,913	7.7	3,111	11.2	1,725	7.2	1,137	4.7	1,862	9.2	2,890	5.5	380	1.8	6,500	6.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,946,277	1,228.4	2,140,195	1,287.0	584,418	1,297.6	316,737	1,272.4	329,676	1,186.7	287,578	1,192.6	312,489	1,287.8	309,297	1,530.9	571,897	1,097.4	234,185	1,092.8	1,212,515	1,156.4
Suspicion	1,517	0.6	666	0.4	7	0.0	0	0.0	334	1.2	26	0.1	107	0.4	192	1.0	722	1.4	129	0.6	954	0.9
Curfew and loitering law violations	89,733	37.4	85,272	51.3	43,727	97.1	7,982	32.1	12,259	44.1	7,075	29.3	7,199	29.7	7,030	34.8	3,959	7.6	502	2.3	20,296	19.4
Runaways	73,794	30.8	57,305	34.5	19,781	43.9	9,231	37.1	10,532	37.9	7,255	30.1	6,351	26.2	4,155	20.6	12,735	24.4	3,754	17.5	24,069	23.0

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. The agencies associated with suburban areas also appear in other groups within this table.
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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