Table 53

Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2009
[1,320 agencies; 2009 estimated population 52,113,451]

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	1,855,770	51,244	204,582	452,910	736,594	2.8	11.0	24.4	39.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1,847	17	134	451	797	0.9	7.3	24.4	43.2
Forcible rape	2,897	137	425	858	1,262	4.7	14.7	29.6	43.6
Robbery	12,995	447	3,026	6,390	8,652	3.4	23.3	49.2	66.6
Aggravated assault	59,257	2,210	6,903	13,430	21,637	3.7	11.6	22.7	36.5
Burglary	42,497	2,309	9,631	18,984	25,506	5.4	22.7	44.7	60.0
Larceny-theft	132,705	7,187	28,646	51,858	69,994	5.4	21.6	39.1	52.7
Motor vehicle theft	11,539	500	2,508	4,450	6,105	4.3	21.7	38.6	52.9
Arson	1,801	380	668	896	1,092	21.1	37.1	49.8	60.6
Violent crime¹	76,996	2,811	10,488	21,129	32,348	3.7	13.6	27.4	42.0
Property crime¹	188,542	10,376	41,453	76,188	102,697	5.5	22.0	40.4	54.5
Other assaults	171,950	10,685	29,999	46,231	67,613	6.2	17.4	26.9	39.3
Forgery and counterfeiting	12,624	40	286	1,711	3,783	0.3	2.3	13.6	30.0
Fraud	41,431	151	808	3,369	8,214	0.4	2.0	8.1	19.8
Embezzlement	2,635	4	88	512	959	0.2	3.3	19.4	36.4
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	14,497	300	1,776	4,288	6,581	2.1	12.3	29.6	45.4
Vandalism	32,009	3,402	9,812	15,524	19,836	10.6	30.7	48.5	62.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	20,980	1,526	4,069	7,481	10,898	7.3	19.4	35.7	51.9
Prostitution and commercialized vice	3,036	17	80	443	955	0.6	2.6	14.6	31.5
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	12,005	1,095	2,115	3,510	4,807	9.1	17.6	29.2	40.0
Drug abuse violations	232,252	3,187	21,058	64,100	107,038	1.4	9.1	27.6	46.1
Gambling	1,196	7	60	277	338	0.6	5.0	23.2	28.3
Offenses against the family and children	31,907	144	578	1,668	4,548	0.5	1.8	5.2	14.3
Driving under the influence	268,019	49	1,874	21,995	71,510	*	0.7	8.2	26.7
Liquor laws	56,920	1,009	13,611	42,829	46,362	1.8	23.9	75.2	81.5
Drunkenness	46,045	91	1,045	5,631	12,725	0.2	2.3	12.2	27.6
Disorderly conduct	50,523	4,588	13,788	19,699	26,135	9.1	27.3	39.0	51.7
Vagrancy	2,890	31	240	564	914	1.1	8.3	19.5	31.6
All other offenses (except traffic)	571,897	7,267	34,584	98,901	191,364	1.3	6.0	17.3	33.5
Suspicion	722	21	76	166	275	2.9	10.5	23.0	38.1
Curfew and loitering law violations	3,959	871	3,959	3,959	3,959	22.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	12,735	3,572	12,735	12,735	12,735	28.0	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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