Table 62

Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas,¹ 2008–2009
[6,008 agencies; 2009 estimated population 94,512,203; 2008 estimated population 93,792,021]

Offense charged	Number of persons arrested
	Total all ages			Under 18 years of age			18 years of age and over
	2008	2009	Percent change	2008	2009	Percent change	2008	2009	Percent change
TOTAL²	3,787,825	3,700,060	-2.3	560,262	513,555	-8.3	3,227,563	3,186,505	-1.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,650	2,481	-6.4	214	200	-6.5	2,436	2,281	-6.4
Forcible rape	5,411	5,051	-6.7	810	812	+0.2	4,601	4,239	-7.9
Robbery	24,442	24,586	+0.6	6,433	5,857	-9.0	18,009	18,729	+4.0
Aggravated assault	104,402	103,836	-0.5	14,337	13,616	-5.0	90,065	90,220	+0.2
Burglary	80,136	77,077	-3.8	22,091	18,848	-14.7	58,045	58,229	+0.3
Larceny-theft	325,671	340,094	+4.4	82,994	80,921	-2.5	242,677	259,173	+6.8
Motor vehicle theft	22,274	19,661	-11.7	5,417	4,597	-15.1	16,857	15,064	-10.6
Arson	4,231	3,728	-11.9	2,149	1,792	-16.6	2,082	1,936	-7.0
Violent crime³	136,905	135,954	-0.7	21,794	20,485	-6.0	115,111	115,469	+0.3
Property crime³	432,312	440,560	+1.9	112,651	106,158	-5.8	319,661	334,402	+4.6
Other assaults	330,375	334,767	+1.3	66,053	62,914	-4.8	264,322	271,853	+2.8
Forgery and counterfeiting	24,528	23,391	-4.6	761	637	-16.3	23,767	22,754	-4.3
Fraud	81,199	71,488	-12.0	2,110	1,804	-14.5	79,089	69,684	-11.9
Embezzlement	5,483	4,714	-14.0	316	155	-50.9	5,167	4,559	-11.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	30,666	29,036	-5.3	5,543	5,065	-8.6	25,123	23,971	-4.6
Vandalism	75,986	71,975	-5.3	30,589	25,716	-15.9	45,397	46,259	+1.9
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	40,954	38,451	-6.1	10,021	8,697	-13.2	30,933	29,754	-3.8
Prostitution and commercialized vice	5,431	5,038	-7.2	160	151	-5.6	5,271	4,887	-7.3
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	20,745	20,045	-3.4	4,134	3,851	-6.8	16,611	16,194	-2.5
Drug abuse violations	430,475	426,396	-0.9	51,242	49,613	-3.2	379,233	376,783	-0.6
Gambling	807	1,235	+53.0	77	109	+41.6	730	1,126	+54.2
Offenses against the family and children	45,314	41,033	-9.4	2,142	1,466	-31.6	43,172	39,567	-8.4
Driving under the influence	476,071	469,875	-1.3	5,010	4,323	-13.7	471,061	465,552	-1.2
Liquor laws	176,579	168,074	-4.8	42,844	38,136	-11.0	133,735	129,938	-2.8
Drunkenness	140,758	134,923	-4.1	4,542	4,110	-9.5	136,216	130,813	-4.0
Disorderly conduct	179,979	172,335	-4.2	54,567	49,499	-9.3	125,412	122,836	-2.1
Vagrancy	4,737	5,352	+13.0	646	502	-22.3	4,091	4,850	+18.6
All other offenses (except traffic)	1,104,268	1,065,473	-3.5	100,807	90,219	-10.5	1,003,461	975,254	-2.8
Suspicion	538	934	+73.6	89	109	+22.5	449	825	+83.7
Curfew and loitering law violations	19,626	18,229	-7.1	19,626	18,229	-7.1	-	-	-
Runaways	24,627	21,716	-11.8	24,627	21,716	-11.8	-	-	-

¹ Suburban areas include law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban areas exclude all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city.
² Does not include suspicion.
³ 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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