Table 63

Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas¹
by Sex, 2008–2009
[6,008 agencies; 2009 estimated population 94,512,203; 2008 estimated population 93,792,021]

Offense charged	Male						Female
	Total			Under 18			Total			Under 18
	2008	2009	Percent change	2008	2009	Percent change	2008	2009	Percent change	2008	2009	Percent change
TOTAL²	2,855,567	2,764,735	-3.2	397,850	361,410	-9.2	932,258	935,325	+0.3	162,412	152,145	-6.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,355	2,193	-6.9	200	182	-9.0	295	288	-2.4	14	18	+28.6
Forcible rape	5,348	4,984	-6.8	802	797	-0.6	63	67	+6.3	8	15	+87.5
Robbery	21,703	21,796	+0.4	5,896	5,329	-9.6	2,739	2,790	+1.9	537	528	-1.7
Aggravated assault	82,775	81,907	-1.0	10,920	10,246	-6.2	21,627	21,929	+1.4	3,417	3,370	-1.4
Burglary	69,118	66,127	-4.3	19,702	16,871	-14.4	11,018	10,950	-0.6	2,389	1,977	-17.2
Larceny-theft	194,747	194,848	+0.1	48,941	46,307	-5.4	130,924	145,246	+10.9	34,053	34,614	+1.6
Motor vehicle theft	18,428	16,151	-12.4	4,512	3,818	-15.4	3,846	3,510	-8.7	905	779	-13.9
Arson	3,613	3,158	-12.6	1,886	1,578	-16.3	618	570	-7.8	263	214	-18.6
Violent crime³	112,181	110,880	-1.2	17,818	16,554	-7.1	24,724	25,074	+1.4	3,976	3,931	-1.1
Property crime³	285,906	280,284	-2.0	75,041	68,574	-8.6	146,406	160,276	+9.5	37,610	37,584	-0.1
Other assaults	244,098	246,006	+0.8	44,201	41,948	-5.1	86,277	88,761	+2.9	21,852	20,966	-4.1
Forgery and counterfeiting	14,985	14,553	-2.9	505	466	-7.7	9,543	8,838	-7.4	256	171	-33.2
Fraud	44,356	39,896	-10.1	1,370	1,194	-12.8	36,843	31,592	-14.3	740	610	-17.6
Embezzlement	2,708	2,306	-14.8	191	75	-60.7	2,775	2,408	-13.2	125	80	-36.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	24,518	23,283	-5.0	4,524	4,139	-8.5	6,148	5,753	-6.4	1,019	926	-9.1
Vandalism	63,615	59,784	-6.0	26,464	22,147	-16.3	12,371	12,191	-1.5	4,125	3,569	-13.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	37,696	35,083	-6.9	8,997	7,650	-15.0	3,258	3,368	+3.4	1,024	1,047	+2.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice	1,935	1,857	-4.0	58	63	+8.6	3,496	3,181	-9.0	102	88	-13.7
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	19,448	18,688	-3.9	3,776	3,462	-8.3	1,297	1,357	+4.6	358	389	+8.7
Drug abuse violations	346,821	342,702	-1.2	42,438	41,141	-3.1	83,654	83,694	*	8,804	8,472	-3.8
Gambling	680	976	+43.5	69	104	+50.7	127	259	+103.9	8	5	-37.5
Offenses against the family and children	35,867	32,555	-9.2	1,422	941	-33.8	9,447	8,478	-10.3	720	525	-27.1
Driving under the influence	371,886	362,717	-2.5	3,771	3,277	-13.1	104,185	107,158	+2.9	1,239	1,046	-15.6
Liquor laws	125,109	117,333	-6.2	26,650	23,326	-12.5	51,470	50,741	-1.4	16,194	14,810	-8.5
Drunkenness	115,485	110,265	-4.5	3,399	3,000	-11.7	25,273	24,658	-2.4	1,143	1,110	-2.9
Disorderly conduct	132,422	125,390	-5.3	37,425	33,765	-9.8	47,557	46,945	-1.3	17,142	15,734	-8.2
Vagrancy	3,637	3,933	+8.1	498	364	-26.9	1,100	1,419	+29.0	148	138	-6.8
All other offenses (except traffic)	847,782	813,856	-4.0	74,801	66,832	-10.7	256,486	251,617	-1.9	26,006	23,387	-10.1
Suspicion	405	641	+58.3	68	84	+23.5	133	293	+120.3	21	25	+19.0
Curfew and loitering law violations	13,195	12,158	-7.9	13,195	12,158	-7.9	6,431	6,071	-5.6	6,431	6,071	-5.6
Runaways	11,237	10,230	-9.0	11,237	10,230	-9.0	13,390	11,486	-14.2	13,390	11,486	-14.2

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.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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