Table 54

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

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	1,855,770	1,401,201	454,569	75.5	24.5	100.0	100.0	100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1,847	1,643	204	89.0	11.0	0.1	0.1	*
Forcible rape	2,897	2,856	41	98.6	1.4	0.2	0.2	*
Robbery	12,995	11,614	1,381	89.4	10.6	0.7	0.8	0.3
Aggravated assault	59,257	46,988	12,269	79.3	20.7	3.2	3.4	2.7
Burglary	42,497	36,322	6,175	85.5	14.5	2.3	2.6	1.4
Larceny-theft	132,705	79,410	53,295	59.8	40.2	7.2	5.7	11.7
Motor vehicle theft	11,539	9,510	2,029	82.4	17.6	0.6	0.7	0.4
Arson	1,801	1,483	318	82.3	17.7	0.1	0.1	0.1
Violent crime²	76,996	63,101	13,895	82.0	18.0	4.1	4.5	3.1
Property crime²	188,542	126,725	61,817	67.2	32.8	10.2	9.0	13.6
Other assaults	171,950	127,101	44,849	73.9	26.1	9.3	9.1	9.9
Forgery and counterfeiting	12,624	8,035	4,589	63.6	36.4	0.7	0.6	1.0
Fraud	41,431	22,537	18,894	54.4	45.6	2.2	1.6	4.2
Embezzlement	2,635	1,369	1,266	52.0	48.0	0.1	0.1	0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	14,497	11,809	2,688	81.5	18.5	0.8	0.8	0.6
Vandalism	32,009	26,124	5,885	81.6	18.4	1.7	1.9	1.3
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	20,980	19,116	1,864	91.1	8.9	1.1	1.4	0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	3,036	1,062	1,974	35.0	65.0	0.2	0.1	0.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	12,005	11,155	850	92.9	7.1	0.6	0.8	0.2
Drug abuse violations	232,252	185,284	46,968	79.8	20.2	12.5	13.2	10.3
Gambling	1,196	769	427	64.3	35.7	0.1	0.1	0.1
Offenses against the family and children	31,907	26,627	5,280	83.5	16.5	1.7	1.9	1.2
Driving under the influence	268,019	208,257	59,762	77.7	22.3	14.4	14.9	13.1
Liquor laws	56,920	39,904	17,016	70.1	29.9	3.1	2.8	3.7
Drunkenness	46,045	38,112	7,933	82.8	17.2	2.5	2.7	1.7
Disorderly conduct	50,523	36,414	14,109	72.1	27.9	2.7	2.6	3.1
Vagrancy	2,890	1,921	969	66.5	33.5	0.2	0.1	0.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	571,897	436,692	135,205	76.4	23.6	30.8	31.2	29.7
Suspicion	722	502	220	69.5	30.5	*	*	*
Curfew and loitering law violations	3,959	2,607	1,352	65.8	34.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
Runaways	12,735	5,978	6,757	46.9	53.1	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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