Table 60

Arrests
Nonmetropolitan Counties
by Sex, 2009
[1,976 agencies; 2009 estimated population 21,430,124]

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	781,970	598,163	183,807	76.5	23.5	100.0	100.0	100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	755	650	105	86.1	13.9	0.1	0.1	0.1
Forcible rape	1,564	1,538	26	98.3	1.7	0.2	0.3	*
Robbery	2,068	1,827	241	88.3	11.7	0.3	0.3	0.1
Aggravated assault	19,894	16,057	3,837	80.7	19.3	2.5	2.7	2.1
Burglary	18,638	16,198	2,440	86.9	13.1	2.4	2.7	1.3
Larceny-theft	34,388	22,960	11,428	66.8	33.2	4.4	3.8	6.2
Motor vehicle theft	3,838	3,168	670	82.5	17.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Arson	790	662	128	83.8	16.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Violent crime²	24,281	20,072	4,209	82.7	17.3	3.1	3.4	2.3
Property crime²	57,654	42,988	14,666	74.6	25.4	7.4	7.2	8.0
Other assaults	73,818	55,156	18,662	74.7	25.3	9.4	9.2	10.2
Forgery and counterfeiting	4,334	2,544	1,790	58.7	41.3	0.6	0.4	1.0
Fraud	21,541	11,143	10,398	51.7	48.3	2.8	1.9	5.7
Embezzlement	775	374	401	48.3	51.7	0.1	0.1	0.2
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	4,708	3,912	796	83.1	16.9	0.6	0.7	0.4
Vandalism	13,375	11,032	2,343	82.5	17.5	1.7	1.8	1.3
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	7,092	6,566	526	92.6	7.4	0.9	1.1	0.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice	183	105	78	57.4	42.6	*	*	*
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	5,052	4,732	320	93.7	6.3	0.6	0.8	0.2
Drug abuse violations	87,691	69,204	18,487	78.9	21.1	11.2	11.6	10.1
Gambling	313	264	49	84.3	15.7	*	*	*
Offenses against the family and children	12,133	9,735	2,398	80.2	19.8	1.6	1.6	1.3
Driving under the influence	154,096	122,520	31,576	79.5	20.5	19.7	20.5	17.2
Liquor laws	32,777	23,135	9,642	70.6	29.4	4.2	3.9	5.2
Drunkenness	19,883	15,943	3,940	80.2	19.8	2.5	2.7	2.1
Disorderly conduct	23,314	16,885	6,429	72.4	27.6	3.0	2.8	3.5
Vagrancy	380	301	79	79.2	20.8	*	0.1	*
All other offenses (except traffic)	234,185	179,426	54,759	76.6	23.4	29.9	30.0	29.8
Suspicion	129	94	35	72.9	27.1	*	*	*
Curfew and loitering law violations	502	289	213	57.6	42.4	0.1	*	0.1
Runaways	3,754	1,743	2,011	46.4	53.6	0.5	0.3	1.1

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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