Table 52

Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
by Age, 2009
[1,320 agencies; 2009 estimated population 52,113,451]

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	1,855,770	51,244	204,582	1,651,188	1,475	10,741	39,028	38,078	51,532	63,728	80,178	85,501	82,649	76,227	71,820	69,374	66,263	287,360	209,718	177,823	157,543	134,244	81,729	39,615	18,043	13,101
Total percent distribution¹	100.0	2.8	11.0	89.0	0.1	0.6	2.1	2.1	2.8	3.4	4.3	4.6	4.5	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.6	15.5	11.3	9.6	8.5	7.2	4.4	2.1	1.0	0.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1,847	17	134	1,713	0	2	15	10	48	59	121	98	98	103	95	85	63	309	194	162	132	100	62	30	33	28
Forcible rape	2,897	137	425	2,472	0	39	98	72	89	127	160	154	119	136	97	98	73	357	338	298	244	160	100	68	43	27
Robbery	12,995	447	3,026	9,969	4	51	392	589	868	1,122	1,323	1,162	879	685	610	542	425	1,616	891	657	556	357	180	58	16	12
Aggravated assault	59,257	2,210	6,903	52,354	72	583	1,555	1,257	1,572	1,864	2,136	2,230	2,161	2,153	2,068	2,052	1,934	9,042	6,921	5,893	5,394	4,638	2,938	1,438	689	667
Burglary	42,497	2,309	9,631	32,866	86	490	1,733	1,806	2,551	2,965	3,673	3,151	2,529	2,096	1,707	1,428	1,291	5,454	3,588	2,712	2,265	1,671	820	296	111	74
Larceny-theft	132,705	7,187	28,646	104,059	106	1,480	5,601	5,452	7,239	8,768	8,952	7,910	6,350	5,446	4,632	4,178	3,880	16,051	11,474	9,932	9,021	7,733	4,558	2,171	963	808
Motor vehicle theft	11,539	500	2,508	9,031	6	65	429	568	687	753	779	624	539	509	378	415	353	1,602	1,192	959	708	555	262	99	38	19
Arson	1,801	380	668	1,133	36	124	220	123	98	67	88	68	72	51	56	45	44	179	127	93	93	94	55	33	16	19
Violent crime²	76,996	2,811	10,488	66,508	76	675	2,060	1,928	2,577	3,172	3,740	3,644	3,257	3,077	2,870	2,777	2,495	11,324	8,344	7,010	6,326	5,255	3,280	1,594	781	734
Violent crime percent distribution¹	100.0	3.7	13.6	86.4	0.1	0.9	2.7	2.5	3.3	4.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.6	3.2	14.7	10.8	9.1	8.2	6.8	4.3	2.1	1.0	1.0
Property crime²	188,542	10,376	41,453	147,089	234	2,159	7,983	7,949	10,575	12,553	13,492	11,753	9,490	8,102	6,773	6,066	5,568	23,286	16,381	13,696	12,087	10,053	5,695	2,599	1,128	920
Property crime percent distribution¹	100.0	5.5	22.0	78.0	0.1	1.1	4.2	4.2	5.6	6.7	7.2	6.2	5.0	4.3	3.6	3.2	3.0	12.4	8.7	7.3	6.4	5.3	3.0	1.4	0.6	0.5
Other assaults	171,950	10,685	29,999	141,951	352	2,823	7,510	5,852	6,880	6,582	5,612	5,234	5,386	5,612	5,370	5,316	5,084	23,991	19,020	17,413	15,889	13,282	7,719	3,614	1,774	1,635
Forgery and counterfeiting	12,624	40	286	12,338	1	14	25	34	73	139	385	497	543	512	505	545	510	2,353	1,863	1,540	1,245	891	541	247	92	69
Fraud	41,431	151	808	40,623	10	23	118	127	228	302	651	875	1,035	1,109	1,185	1,256	1,295	6,855	6,431	6,101	5,235	3,815	2,393	1,277	634	476
Embezzlement	2,635	4	88	2,547	0	0	4	7	21	56	128	152	144	141	107	104	95	372	295	301	246	216	131	69	29	17
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	14,497	300	1,776	12,721	4	39	257	348	474	654	842	858	812	648	572	568	505	2,371	1,573	1,326	1,145	808	384	183	79	47
Vandalism	32,009	3,402	9,812	22,197	163	863	2,376	1,778	2,195	2,437	2,320	1,840	1,552	1,283	1,150	989	890	3,615	2,334	1,794	1,615	1,317	805	372	175	146
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	20,980	1,526	4,069	16,911	125	448	953	663	841	1,039	1,289	1,105	1,018	966	857	805	789	3,144	1,813	1,475	1,174	1,023	667	401	216	169
Prostitution and commercialized vice	3,036	17	80	2,956	0	5	12	16	20	27	92	133	138	135	146	135	96	502	386	350	294	264	158	65	33	29
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	12,005	1,095	2,115	9,890	70	296	729	346	314	360	487	494	414	401	338	309	249	1,325	1,055	1,138	1,059	918	662	423	277	341
Drug abuse violations	232,252	3,187	21,058	211,194	22	368	2,797	3,359	5,423	9,089	14,087	14,962	13,993	12,019	10,881	10,290	9,748	38,739	25,273	18,666	15,756	13,518	8,084	3,373	1,244	561
Gambling	1,196	7	60	1,136	1	0	6	7	19	27	44	81	92	10	25	18	8	84	77	119	107	139	105	86	69	72
Offenses against the family and children	31,907	144	578	31,329	1	39	104	110	145	179	312	359	419	592	642	773	873	5,065	5,676	5,519	4,712	3,518	1,827	687	238	117
Driving under the influence	268,019	49	1,874	266,145	3	5	41	73	398	1,354	4,736	6,982	8,403	12,173	12,658	12,502	12,182	50,601	34,468	28,680	25,880	23,918	16,240	9,077	4,523	3,122
Liquor laws	56,920	1,009	13,611	43,309	7	82	920	1,823	3,863	6,916	10,261	10,395	8,562	1,219	890	784	640	2,518	1,751	1,507	1,458	1,431	999	467	259	168
Drunkenness	46,045	91	1,045	45,000	5	7	79	186	298	470	1,388	1,581	1,617	1,977	1,780	1,693	1,644	7,051	5,294	4,756	4,996	5,031	3,429	1,680	714	369
Disorderly conduct	50,523	4,588	13,788	36,735	70	1,022	3,496	2,857	3,315	3,028	2,431	1,844	1,636	1,873	1,612	1,586	1,365	5,697	4,043	3,642	3,545	3,402	2,101	1,079	458	421
Vagrancy	2,890	31	240	2,650	0	2	29	51	46	112	129	104	91	109	78	82	81	365	293	327	364	315	169	86	39	18
All other offenses (except traffic)	571,897	7,267	34,584	537,313	262	1,248	5,757	6,367	8,874	12,076	17,720	22,579	24,018	24,242	23,351	22,747	22,123	97,985	73,269	62,391	54,356	45,080	26,304	12,212	5,273	3,663
Suspicion	722	21	76	646	2	9	10	11	31	13	32	29	29	27	30	29	23	117	79	72	54	50	36	24	8	7
Curfew and loitering law violations	3,959	871	3,959	-	5	112	754	928	1,273	887	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Runaways	12,735	3,572	12,735	-	62	502	3,008	3,258	3,649	2,256	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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