Table 38

Arrests
by Age, 2009
[12,371 agencies; 2009 estimated population 239,839,971]

Offense charged	Total all ages	Ages under 15	Ages under 18	Ages 18 and over	Under 10	10-12	13-14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65 and over
TOTAL	10,741,157	403,671	1,515,586	9,225,571	9,737	81,927	312,007	294,866	379,225	437,824	518,358	538,242	498,582	447,724	411,325	387,740	365,762	1,556,740	1,101,739	919,270	838,012	746,658	476,548	233,305	103,601	81,965
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	3.8	14.1	85.9	0.1	0.8	2.9	2.7	3.5	4.1	4.8	5.0	4.6	4.2	3.8	3.6	3.4	14.5	10.3	8.6	7.8	7.0	4.4	2.2	1.0	0.8
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	9,775	87	942	8,833	2	11	74	149	290	416	690	626	606	586	473	434	422	1,649	969	683	534	464	296	164	123	114
Forcible rape	16,442	766	2,385	14,057	10	170	586	460	512	647	819	747	724	706	584	560	470	2,248	1,880	1,633	1,352	1,018	628	347	196	145
Robbery	100,702	4,601	25,280	75,422	31	574	3,996	5,208	7,091	8,380	9,415	8,001	6,404	5,136	4,391	3,807	3,214	12,284	7,101	5,392	4,491	3,253	1,602	621	206	104
Aggravated assault	331,372	11,946	39,467	291,905	344	3,035	8,567	7,455	9,451	10,615	12,563	13,007	12,755	13,262	12,428	12,336	11,696	52,502	38,377	31,330	28,127	24,382	15,181	7,484	3,438	3,037
Burglary	235,226	16,173	59,432	175,794	487	3,336	12,350	11,809	14,698	16,752	19,298	16,480	12,687	10,625	8,755	7,775	6,887	28,472	18,309	14,694	12,950	10,144	5,394	2,140	757	427
Larceny-theft	1,060,754	70,216	254,865	805,889	1,295	14,943	53,978	49,213	63,974	71,462	73,990	62,376	50,094	41,695	35,452	32,013	29,616	121,573	85,344	73,676	68,801	60,038	37,666	18,305	8,463	6,787
Motor vehicle theft	64,169	3,094	15,724	48,445	27	314	2,753	3,571	4,494	4,565	4,491	3,740	3,028	2,650	2,363	2,189	1,969	8,482	6,011	4,750	3,899	2,761	1,319	524	172	97
Arson	9,509	2,479	4,216	5,293	218	769	1,492	697	594	446	415	350	288	234	238	194	181	778	559	478	449	492	299	170	90	78
Violent crime²	458,291	17,400	68,074	390,217	387	3,790	13,223	13,272	17,344	20,058	23,487	22,381	20,489	19,690	17,876	17,137	15,802	68,683	48,327	39,038	34,504	29,117	17,707	8,616	3,963	3,400
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	3.8	14.9	85.1	0.1	0.8	2.9	2.9	3.8	4.4	5.1	4.9	4.5	4.3	3.9	3.7	3.4	15.0	10.5	8.5	7.5	6.4	3.9	1.9	0.9	0.7
Property crime²	1,369,658	91,962	334,237	1,035,421	2,027	19,362	70,573	65,290	83,760	93,225	98,194	82,946	66,097	55,204	46,808	42,171	38,653	159,305	110,223	93,598	86,099	73,435	44,678	21,139	9,482	7,389
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	6.7	24.4	75.6	0.1	1.4	5.2	4.8	6.1	6.8	7.2	6.1	4.8	4.0	3.4	3.1	2.8	11.6	8.0	6.8	6.3	5.4	3.3	1.5	0.7	0.5
Other assaults	1,036,754	63,405	172,984	863,770	1,718	16,207	45,480	33,705	38,243	37,631	34,663	35,305	35,583	38,431	36,892	35,835	34,868	155,281	116,378	99,132	87,375	73,669	43,323	19,983	9,223	7,829
Forgery and counterfeiting	67,357	220	1,691	65,666	8	47	165	234	405	832	2,050	2,865	3,146	2,875	2,763	2,768	2,810	13,160	10,005	7,842	6,227	4,614	2,653	1,162	460	266
Fraud	162,243	835	5,014	157,229	35	129	671	775	1,306	2,098	4,020	5,138	5,821	5,451	5,520	5,341	5,438	27,424	23,374	21,562	18,095	13,701	8,435	4,228	2,120	1,561
Embezzlement	14,097	32	484	13,613	0	7	25	33	118	301	700	924	838	790	657	546	581	2,225	1,592	1,479	1,166	959	605	321	145	85
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	82,944	3,250	14,875	68,069	57	550	2,643	3,019	3,918	4,688	5,472	5,088	4,296	3,729	3,295	3,094	2,708	11,893	8,388	6,591	5,759	4,092	2,203	882	353	226
Vandalism	212,981	27,503	71,502	141,479	1,210	7,078	19,215	13,394	15,393	15,212	14,172	11,614	9,445	9,032	7,689	6,870	6,292	24,040	15,207	11,183	9,558	8,076	4,550	2,047	928	776
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	130,941	8,299	26,831	104,110	404	2,127	5,768	4,812	6,154	7,566	8,801	7,856	6,907	6,403	5,732	5,247	4,828	19,297	11,530	7,992	6,477	5,414	3,685	1,991	1,085	865
Prostitution and commercialized vice	56,640	131	1,079	55,561	5	15	111	205	277	466	1,586	2,299	2,357	2,230	2,267	2,179	1,923	9,031	7,124	7,307	7,019	5,264	2,832	1,155	516	472
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	60,422	5,067	10,567	49,855	209	1,377	3,481	1,785	1,757	1,958	2,384	2,367	2,111	2,033	1,787	1,608	1,541	6,607	5,476	5,401	5,288	4,867	3,396	2,104	1,319	1,566
Drug abuse violations	1,305,191	21,093	134,610	1,170,581	149	2,384	18,560	22,916	35,953	54,648	82,707	84,347	75,769	66,255	59,531	55,550	51,603	211,323	136,769	102,931	89,387	76,800	46,664	20,468	7,231	3,246
Gambling	8,067	156	1,395	6,672	1	6	149	238	404	597	593	586	540	390	331	263	233	891	505	463	401	463	331	283	188	211
Offenses against the family and children	87,889	1,027	3,612	84,277	38	235	754	727	871	987	1,697	1,772	1,968	2,443	2,467	2,719	2,944	15,424	14,540	13,208	10,528	7,829	4,090	1,579	641	428
Driving under the influence	1,112,384	230	10,712	1,101,672	52	17	161	455	2,407	7,620	22,046	31,223	35,540	50,794	51,492	50,491	48,478	203,280	140,588	117,704	106,178	101,011	69,530	39,108	20,043	14,166
Liquor laws	447,496	8,047	88,370	359,126	101	622	7,324	13,009	24,825	42,489	74,907	82,717	67,585	10,773	7,516	6,092	5,070	19,352	14,178	13,421	15,615	17,496	12,796	6,778	2,934	1,896
Drunkenness	471,727	1,278	11,102	460,625	68	98	1,112	1,726	2,660	5,438	12,505	14,683	14,665	20,983	18,987	17,966	16,850	70,196	51,095	46,549	51,156	54,695	39,313	19,145	7,604	4,233
Disorderly conduct	518,374	48,002	134,301	384,073	784	11,058	36,160	28,031	30,098	28,170	24,181	21,131	19,547	23,272	20,431	17,972	16,037	62,804	41,509	34,145	32,592	31,878	20,609	10,121	4,388	3,456
Vagrancy	26,380	521	2,151	24,229	6	50	465	586	554	490	1,379	1,137	948	831	669	630	561	2,459	2,091	2,337	2,946	3,385	2,632	1,360	561	303
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,946,277	60,105	258,293	2,687,984	1,699	9,905	48,501	51,876	66,787	79,525	102,716	121,767	124,849	126,032	118,545	113,196	108,481	473,839	342,702	287,254	261,542	229,814	146,458	70,801	30,404	29,584
Suspicion	1,517	47	175	1,342	8	15	24	27	47	54	98	96	81	83	70	65	61	226	138	133	100	79	58	34	13	7
Curfew and loitering law violations	89,733	22,101	89,733	-	278	3,357	18,466	20,210	25,523	21,899	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	73,794	22,960	73,794	-	493	3,491	18,976	18,541	20,421	11,872	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

¹ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
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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In 2009, 85.9 percent of all individuals arrested were adults (18 years of age and over).
Adults comprised 85.1 percent of the arrests for violent crimes and 75.6 percent of the arrests for property crimes.
Nearly 90 percent (89.7) of persons arrested for drug abuse violations were adults.
In 2009, 44.3 percent of persons arrested for arson were juveniles. More than half (58.8 percent) of juveniles arrested for arson were under age 15.