Table 48

Arrests
Cities
by Sex, 2009
[9,075 agencies; 2009 estimated population 166,296,396]

Offense charged	Number of persons arrested			Percent male	Percent female	Percent distribution¹
Offense charged	Total	Male	Female	Percent male	Percent female	Total	Male	Female
TOTAL	8,103,417	6,027,432	2,075,985	74.4	25.6	100.0	100.0	100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	7,173	6,462	711	90.1	9.9	0.1	0.1	*
Forcible rape	11,981	11,840	141	98.8	1.2	0.1	0.2	*
Robbery	85,639	75,342	10,297	88.0	12.0	1.1	1.2	0.5
Aggravated assault	252,221	195,422	56,799	77.5	22.5	3.1	3.2	2.7
Burglary	174,091	147,597	26,494	84.8	15.2	2.1	2.4	1.3
Larceny-theft	893,661	494,876	398,785	55.4	44.6	11.0	8.2	19.2
Motor vehicle theft	48,792	40,083	8,709	82.2	17.8	0.6	0.7	0.4
Arson	6,918	5,747	1,171	83.1	16.9	0.1	0.1	0.1
Violent crime²	357,014	289,066	67,948	81.0	19.0	4.4	4.8	3.3
Property crime²	1,123,462	688,303	435,159	61.3	38.7	13.9	11.4	21.0
Other assaults	790,986	584,761	206,225	73.9	26.1	9.8	9.7	9.9
Forgery and counterfeiting	50,399	31,353	19,046	62.2	37.8	0.6	0.5	0.9
Fraud	99,271	59,170	40,101	59.6	40.4	1.2	1.0	1.9
Embezzlement	10,687	5,177	5,510	48.4	51.6	0.1	0.1	0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	63,739	49,923	13,816	78.3	21.7	0.8	0.8	0.7
Vandalism	167,597	137,321	30,276	81.9	18.1	2.1	2.3	1.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	102,869	94,748	8,121	92.1	7.9	1.3	1.6	0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	53,421	16,036	37,385	30.0	70.0	0.7	0.3	1.8
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	43,365	39,198	4,167	90.4	9.6	0.5	0.7	0.2
Drug abuse violations	985,248	808,289	176,959	82.0	18.0	12.2	13.4	8.5
Gambling	6,558	6,130	428	93.5	6.5	0.1	0.1	*
Offenses against the family and children	43,849	29,195	14,654	66.6	33.4	0.5	0.5	0.7
Driving under the influence	690,269	529,912	160,357	76.8	23.2	8.5	8.8	7.7
Liquor laws	357,799	256,325	101,474	71.6	28.4	4.4	4.3	4.9
Drunkenness	405,799	339,531	66,268	83.7	16.3	5.0	5.6	3.2
Disorderly conduct	444,537	325,760	118,777	73.3	26.7	5.5	5.4	5.7
Vagrancy	23,110	18,503	4,607	80.1	19.9	0.3	0.3	0.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,140,195	1,633,538	506,657	76.3	23.7	26.4	27.1	24.4
Suspicion	666	497	169	74.6	25.4	*	*	*
Curfew and loitering law violations	85,272	59,333	25,939	69.6	30.4	1.1	1.0	1.2
Runaways	57,305	25,363	31,942	44.3	55.7	0.7	0.4	1.5

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.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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