Table 40

Arrests
Females, 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	2,714,361	128,883	460,927	2,253,434	1,795	23,046	104,042	96,462	115,385	120,197	130,097	134,691	124,382	108,434	99,536	95,009	89,849	381,314	275,486	240,329	215,857	179,511	99,500	42,964	18,592	17,883
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	4.7	17.0	83.0	0.1	0.8	3.8	3.6	4.3	4.4	4.8	5.0	4.6	4.0	3.7	3.5	3.3	14.0	10.1	8.9	8.0	6.6	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1,020	8	69	951	1	1	6	9	29	23	35	46	44	61	44	36	42	173	128	82	108	70	46	18	10	8
Forcible rape	208	23	45	163	1	7	15	9	7	6	7	9	13	13	3	8	7	31	16	21	17	8	5	5	0	0
Robbery	11,919	547	2,523	9,396	0	64	483	544	669	763	885	785	679	581	543	501	429	1,709	1,028	811	685	461	200	66	21	12
Aggravated assault	72,905	3,056	9,747	63,158	45	634	2,377	2,074	2,346	2,271	2,556	2,765	2,911	2,931	2,749	2,725	2,630	11,314	8,395	7,161	6,526	5,362	3,014	1,206	508	405
Burglary	35,109	1,945	6,863	28,246	58	395	1,492	1,456	1,591	1,871	2,243	2,059	1,764	1,629	1,312	1,259	1,131	5,062	3,511	2,843	2,289	1,712	840	360	138	94
Larceny-theft	463,508	30,641	116,330	347,178	379	6,068	24,194	22,811	29,867	33,011	33,258	27,879	22,513	18,630	15,949	14,607	13,638	54,579	37,902	31,140	27,010	22,653	14,036	7,029	3,525	2,830
Motor vehicle theft	11,408	683	2,646	8,762	3	60	620	664	687	612	602	534	513	426	428	403	375	1,796	1,210	938	733	488	212	66	22	16
Arson	1,617	308	552	1,065	15	87	206	108	81	55	45	48	35	32	43	30	35	174	124	108	124	135	62	36	15	19
Violent crime²	86,052	3,634	12,384	73,668	47	706	2,881	2,636	3,051	3,063	3,483	3,605	3,647	3,586	3,339	3,270	3,108	13,227	9,567	8,075	7,336	5,901	3,265	1,295	539	425
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	4.2	14.4	85.6	0.1	0.8	3.3	3.1	3.5	3.6	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	3.9	3.8	3.6	15.4	11.1	9.4	8.5	6.9	3.8	1.5	0.6	0.5
Property crime²	511,642	33,577	126,391	385,251	455	6,610	26,512	25,039	32,226	35,549	36,148	30,520	24,825	20,717	17,732	16,299	15,179	61,611	42,747	35,029	30,156	24,988	15,150	7,491	3,700	2,959
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	6.6	24.7	75.3	0.1	1.3	5.2	4.9	6.3	6.9	7.1	6.0	4.9	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.0	12.0	8.4	6.8	5.9	4.9	3.0	1.5	0.7	0.6
Other assaults	269,736	21,327	59,135	210,601	284	4,478	16,565	12,320	13,396	12,092	10,316	10,355	10,458	10,526	9,927	9,335	8,824	37,207	27,107	23,860	20,783	16,537	8,694	3,731	1,640	1,301
Forgery and counterfeiting	25,425	57	504	24,921	3	11	43	75	105	267	746	1,066	1,223	1,102	1,037	1,049	1,099	5,088	4,003	3,102	2,414	1,635	848	319	137	53
Fraud	69,393	293	1,762	67,631	14	36	243	267	455	747	1,437	1,896	2,290	2,166	2,254	2,236	2,320	12,287	10,779	10,186	8,093	5,438	3,183	1,577	837	652
Embezzlement	7,177	9	203	6,974	0	1	8	12	54	128	332	488	388	378	332	278	296	1,125	873	779	628	489	321	152	72	43
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	17,300	711	2,811	14,489	13	120	578	611	696	793	937	891	820	788	751	686	630	2,844	1,974	1,490	1,232	820	384	152	57	33
Vandalism	38,504	3,814	9,782	28,722	119	1,013	2,682	1,761	2,079	2,128	2,083	1,958	1,728	1,746	1,561	1,362	1,307	5,145	3,351	2,723	2,253	1,866	944	381	176	138
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	10,511	1,112	2,767	7,744	54	266	792	492	588	575	501	443	445	422	390	378	345	1,409	922	728	657	529	295	158	65	57
Prostitution and commercialized vice	39,437	82	844	38,593	2	1	79	175	220	367	1,383	1,932	1,946	1,817	1,731	1,617	1,409	6,275	4,779	5,136	4,947	3,579	1,529	393	91	29
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	5,337	528	1,109	4,228	26	136	366	220	179	182	249	266	241	193	185	168	176	670	526	500	422	342	153	84	37	16
Drug abuse violations	242,414	4,142	21,002	221,412	23	481	3,638	3,874	5,337	7,649	12,181	13,113	12,225	11,381	10,186	9,867	9,333	39,392	26,802	23,166	21,798	18,243	9,145	3,288	935	357
Gambling	904	1	38	866	0	0	1	5	13	19	42	54	68	13	14	13	16	66	54	75	84	102	98	68	54	45
Offenses against the family and children	22,332	354	1,295	21,037	12	74	268	322	293	326	497	550	633	730	815	895	963	4,558	3,838	3,051	2,080	1,315	658	265	102	87
Driving under the influence	251,695	70	2,668	249,027	10	6	54	134	604	1,860	5,169	7,219	8,342	12,713	12,551	12,143	11,083	44,220	29,811	26,618	26,295	25,143	15,186	7,175	3,235	2,124
Liquor laws	128,132	3,952	34,049	94,083	26	326	3,600	5,696	9,595	14,806	24,297	25,167	19,285	2,253	1,480	1,208	997	3,810	2,952	2,923	3,207	3,332	1,809	797	322	244
Drunkenness	78,141	504	2,814	75,327	13	48	443	545	659	1,106	2,376	2,729	2,536	3,407	3,056	2,950	2,628	11,147	8,265	8,405	9,734	9,640	5,463	2,000	692	299
Disorderly conduct	139,315	16,744	44,722	94,593	131	3,415	13,198	9,839	9,916	8,223	6,321	5,512	5,135	5,548	4,780	4,372	3,911	15,507	10,573	9,537	8,647	7,568	4,141	1,722	703	616
Vagrancy	5,655	164	601	5,054	0	22	142	169	161	107	293	314	246	179	123	133	112	547	508	689	695	639	370	138	44	24
All other offenses (except traffic)	696,621	17,595	67,793	628,828	336	2,606	14,653	15,020	17,173	18,005	21,289	26,589	27,879	28,740	27,272	26,728	26,093	115,121	86,014	74,208	64,370	51,383	27,843	11,769	5,152	8,378
Suspicion	424	10	39	385	3	1	6	6	10	13	17	24	22	29	20	22	20	58	41	49	26	22	21	9	2	3
Curfew and loitering law violations	27,504	7,442	27,504	-	73	1,042	6,327	6,658	7,460	5,944	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	40,710	12,761	40,710	-	151	1,647	10,963	10,586	11,115	6,248	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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Adults (persons aged 18 years and older) accounted for 83.0 percent of the females arrested in 2009.
Among the females arrested in 2009, 18.3 percent were between the ages of 18 and 21.
Adults accounted for 85.6 percent of the females arrested for violent crimes.
Of the females arrested for property crimes, 75.3 percent were adults.
More females (17.1 percent) were arrested for larceny-theft than for any other offense.
Of the females arrested for arson offenses, 19.0 percent were under the age of 15.