Table 65

Arrests
Suburban Areas¹
Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2009
[6,651 agencies; 2009 estimated population 104,853,682]

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	4,209,800	154,137	582,161	1,223,799	1,862,583	3.7	13.8	29.1	44.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,913	25	238	754	1,292	0.9	8.2	25.9	44.4
Forcible rape	5,681	278	880	1,781	2,585	4.9	15.5	31.4	45.5
Robbery	29,120	1,152	6,836	14,168	19,140	4.0	23.5	48.7	65.7
Aggravated assault	115,354	4,727	14,960	28,342	44,838	4.1	13.0	24.6	38.9
Burglary	87,132	5,634	21,476	40,191	53,198	6.5	24.6	46.1	61.1
Larceny-theft	403,074	24,680	95,130	168,245	222,327	6.1	23.6	41.7	55.2
Motor vehicle theft	21,268	1,002	4,975	8,638	11,631	4.7	23.4	40.6	54.7
Arson	4,115	1,166	1,955	2,462	2,840	28.3	47.5	59.8	69.0
Violent crime²	153,068	6,182	22,914	45,045	67,855	4.0	15.0	29.4	44.3
Property crime²	515,589	32,482	123,536	219,536	289,996	6.3	24.0	42.6	56.2
Other assaults	386,216	27,294	72,219	111,315	161,346	7.1	18.7	28.8	41.8
Forgery and counterfeiting	27,663	90	711	4,084	8,753	0.3	2.6	14.8	31.6
Fraud	75,757	340	2,056	8,545	18,194	0.4	2.7	11.3	24.0
Embezzlement	5,583	13	183	1,162	2,101	0.2	3.3	20.8	37.6
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	33,061	1,259	5,806	11,910	17,053	3.8	17.6	36.0	51.6
Vandalism	81,553	10,876	28,524	42,981	53,790	13.3	35.0	52.7	66.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	43,550	3,519	9,661	17,306	24,293	8.1	22.2	39.7	55.8
Prostitution and commercialized vice	6,310	35	168	869	1,885	0.6	2.7	13.8	29.9
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	22,364	2,082	4,316	7,067	9,641	9.3	19.3	31.6	43.1
Drug abuse violations	481,904	8,585	55,191	156,392	244,874	1.8	11.5	32.5	50.8
Gambling	1,733	20	149	465	588	1.2	8.6	26.8	33.9
Offenses against the family and children	46,970	444	1,735	4,065	9,059	0.9	3.7	8.7	19.3
Driving under the influence	516,126	83	4,710	46,000	140,226	*	0.9	8.9	27.2
Liquor laws	186,592	3,317	41,409	145,611	156,992	1.8	22.2	78.0	84.1
Drunkenness	162,236	495	4,471	20,932	47,474	0.3	2.8	12.9	29.3
Disorderly conduct	199,191	20,202	56,803	83,063	111,090	10.1	28.5	41.7	55.8
Vagrancy	6,500	105	558	1,482	2,277	1.6	8.6	22.8	35.0
All other offenses (except traffic)	1,212,515	24,513	102,562	251,365	450,327	2.0	8.5	20.7	37.1
Suspicion	954	34	114	239	404	3.6	11.9	25.1	42.3
Curfew and loitering law violations	20,296	5,271	20,296	20,296	20,296	26.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	24,069	6,896	24,069	24,069	24,069	28.7	100.0	100.0	100.0

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 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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