Table 39

Arrests
Males, 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	8,026,796	274,788	1,054,659	6,972,137	7,942	58,881	207,965	198,404	263,840	317,627	388,261	403,551	374,200	339,290	311,789	292,731	275,913	1,175,426	826,253	678,941	622,155	567,147	377,048	190,341	85,009	64,082
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	3.4	13.1	86.9	0.1	0.7	2.6	2.5	3.3	4.0	4.8	5.0	4.7	4.2	3.9	3.6	3.4	14.6	10.3	8.5	7.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	0.8
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	8,755	79	873	7,882	1	10	68	140	261	393	655	580	562	525	429	398	380	1,476	841	601	426	394	250	146	113	106
Forcible rape	16,234	743	2,340	13,894	9	163	571	451	505	641	812	738	711	693	581	552	463	2,217	1,864	1,612	1,335	1,010	623	342	196	145
Robbery	88,783	4,054	22,757	66,026	31	510	3,513	4,664	6,422	7,617	8,530	7,216	5,725	4,555	3,848	3,306	2,785	10,575	6,073	4,581	3,806	2,792	1,402	555	185	92
Aggravated assault	258,467	8,890	29,720	228,747	299	2,401	6,190	5,381	7,105	8,344	10,007	10,242	9,844	10,331	9,679	9,611	9,066	41,188	29,982	24,169	21,601	19,020	12,167	6,278	2,930	2,632
Burglary	200,117	14,228	52,569	147,548	429	2,941	10,858	10,353	13,107	14,881	17,055	14,421	10,923	8,996	7,443	6,516	5,756	23,410	14,798	11,851	10,661	8,432	4,554	1,780	619	333
Larceny-theft	597,246	39,575	138,535	458,711	916	8,875	29,784	26,402	34,107	38,451	40,732	34,497	27,581	23,065	19,503	17,406	15,978	66,994	47,442	42,536	41,791	37,385	23,630	11,276	4,938	3,957
Motor vehicle theft	52,761	2,411	13,078	39,683	24	254	2,133	2,907	3,807	3,953	3,889	3,206	2,515	2,224	1,935	1,786	1,594	6,686	4,801	3,812	3,166	2,273	1,107	458	150	81
Arson	7,892	2,171	3,664	4,228	203	682	1,286	589	513	391	370	302	253	202	195	164	146	604	435	370	325	357	237	134	75	59
Violent crime²	372,239	13,766	55,690	316,549	340	3,084	10,342	10,636	14,293	16,995	20,004	18,776	16,842	16,104	14,537	13,867	12,694	55,456	38,760	30,963	27,168	23,216	14,442	7,321	3,424	2,975
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	3.7	15.0	85.0	0.1	0.8	2.8	2.9	3.8	4.6	5.4	5.0	4.5	4.3	3.9	3.7	3.4	14.9	10.4	8.3	7.3	6.2	3.9	2.0	0.9	0.8
Property crime²	858,016	58,385	207,846	650,170	1,572	12,752	44,061	40,251	51,534	57,676	62,046	52,426	41,272	34,487	29,076	25,872	23,474	97,694	67,476	58,569	55,943	48,447	29,528	13,648	5,782	4,430
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	6.8	24.2	75.8	0.2	1.5	5.1	4.7	6.0	6.7	7.2	6.1	4.8	4.0	3.4	3.0	2.7	11.4	7.9	6.8	6.5	5.6	3.4	1.6	0.7	0.5
Other assaults	767,018	42,078	113,849	653,169	1,434	11,729	28,915	21,385	24,847	25,539	24,347	24,950	25,125	27,905	26,965	26,500	26,044	118,074	89,271	75,272	66,592	57,132	34,629	16,252	7,583	6,528
Forgery and counterfeiting	41,932	163	1,187	40,745	5	36	122	159	300	565	1,304	1,799	1,923	1,773	1,726	1,719	1,711	8,072	6,002	4,740	3,813	2,979	1,805	843	323	213
Fraud	92,850	542	3,252	89,598	21	93	428	508	851	1,351	2,583	3,242	3,531	3,285	3,266	3,105	3,118	15,137	12,595	11,376	10,002	8,263	5,252	2,651	1,283	909
Embezzlement	6,920	23	281	6,639	0	6	17	21	64	173	368	436	450	412	325	268	285	1,100	719	700	538	470	284	169	73	42
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	65,644	2,539	12,064	53,580	44	430	2,065	2,408	3,222	3,895	4,535	4,197	3,476	2,941	2,544	2,408	2,078	9,049	6,414	5,101	4,527	3,272	1,819	730	296	193
Vandalism	174,477	23,689	61,720	112,757	1,091	6,065	16,533	11,633	13,314	13,084	12,089	9,656	7,717	7,286	6,128	5,508	4,985	18,895	11,856	8,460	7,305	6,210	3,606	1,666	752	638
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	120,430	7,187	24,064	96,366	350	1,861	4,976	4,320	5,566	6,991	8,300	7,413	6,462	5,981	5,342	4,869	4,483	17,888	10,608	7,264	5,820	4,885	3,390	1,833	1,020	808
Prostitution and commercialized vice	17,203	49	235	16,968	3	14	32	30	57	99	203	367	411	413	536	562	514	2,756	2,345	2,171	2,072	1,685	1,303	762	425	443
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	55,085	4,539	9,458	45,627	183	1,241	3,115	1,565	1,578	1,776	2,135	2,101	1,870	1,840	1,602	1,440	1,365	5,937	4,950	4,901	4,866	4,525	3,243	2,020	1,282	1,550
Drug abuse violations	1,062,777	16,951	113,608	949,169	126	1,903	14,922	19,042	30,616	46,999	70,526	71,234	63,544	54,874	49,345	45,683	42,270	171,931	109,967	79,765	67,589	58,557	37,519	17,180	6,296	2,889
Gambling	7,163	155	1,357	5,806	1	6	148	233	391	578	551	532	472	377	317	250	217	825	451	388	317	361	233	215	134	166
Offenses against the family and children	65,557	673	2,317	63,240	26	161	486	405	578	661	1,200	1,222	1,335	1,713	1,652	1,824	1,981	10,866	10,702	10,157	8,448	6,514	3,432	1,314	539	341
Driving under the influence	860,689	160	8,044	852,645	42	11	107	321	1,803	5,760	16,877	24,004	27,198	38,081	38,941	38,348	37,395	159,060	110,777	91,086	79,883	75,868	54,344	31,933	16,808	12,042
Liquor laws	319,364	4,095	54,321	265,043	75	296	3,724	7,313	15,230	27,683	50,610	57,550	48,300	8,520	6,036	4,884	4,073	15,542	11,226	10,498	12,408	14,164	10,987	5,981	2,612	1,652
Drunkenness	393,586	774	8,288	385,298	55	50	669	1,181	2,001	4,332	10,129	11,954	12,129	17,576	15,931	15,016	14,222	59,049	42,830	38,144	41,422	45,055	33,850	17,145	6,912	3,934
Disorderly conduct	379,059	31,258	89,579	289,480	653	7,643	22,962	18,192	20,182	19,947	17,860	15,619	14,412	17,724	15,651	13,600	12,126	47,297	30,936	24,608	23,945	24,310	16,468	8,399	3,685	2,840
Vagrancy	20,725	357	1,550	19,175	6	28	323	417	393	383	1,086	823	702	652	546	497	449	1,912	1,583	1,648	2,251	2,746	2,262	1,222	517	279
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,249,656	42,510	190,500	2,059,156	1,363	7,299	33,848	36,856	49,614	61,520	81,427	95,178	96,970	97,292	91,273	86,468	82,388	358,718	256,688	213,046	197,172	178,431	118,615	59,032	25,252	21,206
Suspicion	1,093	37	136	957	5	14	18	21	37	41	81	72	59	54	50	43	41	168	97	84	74	57	37	25	11	4
Curfew and loitering law violations	62,229	14,659	62,229	-	205	2,315	12,139	13,552	18,063	15,955	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	33,084	10,199	33,084	-	342	1,844	8,013	7,955	9,306	5,624	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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Juveniles accounted for 13.1 percent of the males arrested in 2009.
Of all males arrested in 2009, 14.6 percent were between the ages of 25 and 29.
Adults accounted for 85.0 percent of the males arrested for violent crimes.
Of all males arrested for drug abuse violations, the majority were adults (89.3 percent).