Table 47

Arrests
Cities
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2009
[9,075 agencies; 2009 estimated population 166,296,396]

Offense charged	Total all ages	Number of persons arrested				Percent of total all ages
Offense charged	Total all ages	Under 15	Under 18	Under 21	Under 25	Under 15	Under 18	Under 21	Under 25
TOTAL	8,103,417	337,973	1,248,979	2,453,066	3,665,823	4.2	15.4	30.3	45.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	7,173	60	760	2,279	3,720	0.8	10.6	31.8	51.9
Forcible rape	11,981	557	1,732	3,350	5,056	4.6	14.5	28.0	42.2
Robbery	85,639	4,134	22,019	41,991	55,828	4.8	25.7	49.0	65.2
Aggravated assault	252,221	9,313	31,019	60,709	99,422	3.7	12.3	24.1	39.4
Burglary	174,091	13,043	46,267	80,867	105,315	7.5	26.6	46.5	60.5
Larceny-theft	893,661	61,581	220,711	378,010	493,689	6.9	24.7	42.3	55.2
Motor vehicle theft	48,792	2,421	12,442	21,070	27,992	5.0	25.5	43.2	57.4
Arson	6,918	2,006	3,321	4,017	4,597	29.0	48.0	58.1	66.4
Violent crime¹	357,014	14,064	55,530	108,329	164,026	3.9	15.6	30.3	45.9
Property crime¹	1,123,462	79,051	282,741	483,964	631,593	7.0	25.2	43.1	56.2
Other assaults	790,986	49,903	134,250	216,666	331,973	6.3	17.0	27.4	42.0
Forgery and counterfeiting	50,399	165	1,328	7,509	15,927	0.3	2.6	14.9	31.6
Fraud	99,271	634	3,934	15,027	29,446	0.6	4.0	15.1	29.7
Embezzlement	10,687	28	379	2,340	4,355	0.3	3.5	21.9	40.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	63,739	2,868	12,590	24,164	33,954	4.5	19.8	37.9	53.3
Vandalism	167,597	22,883	58,139	85,182	108,835	13.7	34.7	50.8	64.9
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	102,869	6,551	22,079	41,351	59,112	6.4	21.5	40.2	57.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice	53,421	112	991	6,858	14,921	0.2	1.9	12.8	27.9
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	43,365	3,562	7,527	12,325	17,429	8.2	17.4	28.4	40.2
Drug abuse violations	985,248	17,175	108,079	292,666	466,406	1.7	11.0	29.7	47.3
Gambling	6,558	147	1,326	2,770	3,887	2.2	20.2	42.2	59.3
Offenses against the family and children	43,849	803	2,746	6,458	12,874	1.8	6.3	14.7	29.4
Driving under the influence	690,269	163	7,288	64,445	192,367	*	1.1	9.3	27.9
Liquor laws	357,799	6,426	67,589	246,937	270,449	1.8	18.9	69.0	75.6
Drunkenness	405,799	1,146	9,623	44,935	109,674	0.3	2.4	11.1	27.0
Disorderly conduct	444,537	41,937	116,047	172,328	240,452	9.4	26.1	38.8	54.1
Vagrancy	23,110	480	1,885	4,992	7,294	2.1	8.2	21.6	31.6
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,140,195	50,416	212,243	470,987	807,869	2.4	9.9	22.0	37.7
Suspicion	666	21	88	256	403	3.2	13.2	38.4	60.5
Curfew and loitering law violations	85,272	21,077	85,272	85,272	85,272	24.7	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	57,305	18,361	57,305	57,305	57,305	32.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ 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.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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