Table 59

Arrests
Nonmetropolitan Counties
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2009
[1,976 agencies; 2009 estimated population 21,430,124]

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	781,970	14,454	62,025	164,792	280,902	1.8	7.9	21.1	35.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	755	10	48	134	262	1.3	6.4	17.7	34.7
Forcible rape	1,564	72	228	467	677	4.6	14.6	29.9	43.3
Robbery	2,068	20	235	719	1,168	1.0	11.4	34.8	56.5
Aggravated assault	19,894	423	1,545	3,653	6,455	2.1	7.8	18.4	32.4
Burglary	18,638	821	3,534	8,046	11,118	4.4	19.0	43.2	59.7
Larceny-theft	34,388	1,448	5,508	11,457	16,418	4.2	16.0	33.3	47.7
Motor vehicle theft	3,838	173	774	1,463	2,057	4.5	20.2	38.1	53.6
Arson	790	93	227	356	427	11.8	28.7	45.1	54.1
Violent crime¹	24,281	525	2,056	4,973	8,562	2.2	8.5	20.5	35.3
Property crime¹	57,654	2,535	10,043	21,322	30,020	4.4	17.4	37.0	52.1
Other assaults	73,818	2,817	8,735	15,638	24,975	3.8	11.8	21.2	33.8
Forgery and counterfeiting	4,334	15	77	532	1,258	0.3	1.8	12.3	29.0
Fraud	21,541	50	272	1,597	4,083	0.2	1.3	7.4	19.0
Embezzlement	775	0	17	94	206	0.0	2.2	12.1	26.6
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	4,708	82	509	1,279	2,022	1.7	10.8	27.2	42.9
Vandalism	13,375	1,218	3,551	6,027	7,945	9.1	26.5	45.1	59.4
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	7,092	222	683	1,563	2,595	3.1	9.6	22.0	36.6
Prostitution and commercialized vice	183	2	8	20	44	1.1	4.4	10.9	24.0
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	5,052	410	925	1,594	2,162	8.1	18.3	31.6	42.8
Drug abuse violations	87,691	731	5,473	20,667	36,928	0.8	6.2	23.6	42.1
Gambling	313	2	9	67	106	0.6	2.9	21.4	33.9
Offenses against the family and children	12,133	80	288	923	2,200	0.7	2.4	7.6	18.1
Driving under the influence	154,096	18	1,550	13,081	36,899	*	1.0	8.5	23.9
Liquor laws	32,777	612	7,170	23,813	26,219	1.9	21.9	72.7	80.0
Drunkenness	19,883	41	434	2,389	5,342	0.2	2.2	12.0	26.9
Disorderly conduct	23,314	1,477	4,466	7,133	10,285	6.3	19.2	30.6	44.1
Vagrancy	380	10	26	59	98	2.6	6.8	15.5	25.8
All other offenses (except traffic)	234,185	2,422	11,466	37,737	74,646	1.0	4.9	16.1	31.9
Suspicion	129	5	11	28	51	3.9	8.5	21.7	39.5
Curfew and loitering law violations	502	153	502	502	502	30.5	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	3,754	1,027	3,754	3,754	3,754	27.4	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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