Crime in the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

Table 40

Arrests
Females, by Age, 2005
[10,974 agencies; 2005 estimated population 217,722,329]

Offense charged Total all ages Ages under 15 Ages under 18 Ages 18 and over Under 10 10-12 13-14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65 and over
TOTAL 2,472,303 151,214 465,700 2,006,603 2,594 27,575 121,045 101,710 108,652 104,124 104,958 110,651 104,691 90,434 86,371 83,156 79,796 315,892 262,459 257,170 236,506 151,054 69,930 29,991 12,361 11,183
Total percent distribution1 100.0 6.1 18.8 81.2 0.1 1.1 4.9 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 12.8 10.6 10.4 9.6 6.1 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.5
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,135 13 90 1,045 0 2 11 17 24 36 46 51 42 62 54 47 31 182 150 118 82 92 43 22 9 14
Forcible rape 275 31 67 208 1 9 21 13 14 9 14 11 7 7 9 7 8 43 53 23 14 7 3 1 1 0
Robbery 9,490 539 2,023 7,467 8 79 452 469 470 545 539 574 469 420 332 354 338 1,266 1,055 880 694 357 121 47 14 7
Aggravated assault 68,918 3,798 10,777 58,141 75 771 2,952 2,273 2,435 2,271 2,272 2,352 2,579 2,518 2,490 2,466 2,425 9,921 8,109 7,742 7,138 4,488 2,056 890 385 310
Burglary 32,043 2,469 6,615 25,428 97 556 1,816 1,348 1,370 1,428 1,777 1,586 1,428 1,226 1,126 1,137 1,094 4,264 3,418 3,223 2,599 1,460 671 246 103 70
Larceny-theft 329,733 31,422 92,407 237,326 521 6,563 24,338 19,111 20,994 20,880 18,714 15,845 13,360 11,151 9,934 9,494 8,929 35,055 28,680 27,192 24,429 16,688 9,052 4,634 2,166 2,003
Motor vehicle theft 19,022 1,253 4,715 14,307 11 127 1,115 1,223 1,197 1,042 981 1,003 868 754 749 737 723 2,767 2,046 1,628 1,241 548 190 44 16 12
Arson 1,989 451 800 1,189 22 123 306 168 111 70 40 45 36 51 39 36 52 165 126 173 157 143 63 36 12 15
Violent crime2 79,818 4,381 12,957 66,861 84 861 3,436 2,772 2,943 2,861 2,871 2,988 3,097 3,007 2,885 2,874 2,802 11,412 9,367 8,763 7,928 4,944 2,223 960 409 331
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 5.5 16.2 83.8 0.1 1.1 4.3 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 14.3 11.7 11.0 9.9 6.2 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.4
Property crime2 382,787 35,595 104,537 278,250 651 7,369 27,575 21,850 23,672 23,420 21,512 18,479 15,692 13,182 11,848 11,404 10,798 42,251 34,270 32,216 28,426 18,839 9,976 4,960 2,297 2,100
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 9.3 27.3 72.7 0.2 1.9 7.2 5.7 6.2 6.1 5.6 4.8 4.1 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 11.0 9.0 8.4 7.4 4.9 2.6 1.3 0.6 0.5
Other assaults 236,228 24,481 60,578 175,650 365 5,246 18,870 12,914 12,594 10,589 8,550 8,486 8,135 8,169 7,825 7,643 7,102 28,864 24,019 22,961 20,553 12,594 5,913 2,662 1,137 1,037
Forgery and counterfeiting 34,684 105 974 33,710 6 16 83 122 235 512 1,096 1,511 1,651 1,377 1,449 1,576 1,546 6,701 5,669 4,659 3,350 1,899 782 302 87 55
Fraud 105,411 376 2,074 103,337 38 46 292 279 506 913 2,096 3,209 3,728 3,718 3,978 3,972 4,116 19,084 17,722 15,379 11,683 7,499 3,713 1,867 786 787
Embezzlement 7,048 6 374 6,674 0 0 6 11 105 252 465 544 469 394 349 320 265 1,023 775 767 571 392 203 91 27 19
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 19,330 745 2,741 16,589 13 128 604 538 685 773 1,004 1,015 874 897 828 839 824 3,092 2,280 2,067 1,485 852 350 120 39 23
Vandalism 35,473 4,573 10,525 24,948 178 1,242 3,153 1,907 2,032 2,013 1,742 1,686 1,548 1,434 1,296 1,242 1,141 4,249 2,921 2,687 2,356 1,452 648 282 114 150
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 11,485 1,475 3,533 7,952 16 324 1,135 793 691 574 505 483 405 421 401 374 355 1,316 937 892 834 546 234 132 57 60
Prostitution and commercialized vice 41,607 124 890 40,717 7 6 111 139 244 383 1,543 1,979 1,759 1,616 1,523 1,398 1,452 5,643 5,990 7,048 6,138 3,302 1,039 212 54 21
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 5,561 537 1,130 4,431 33 138 366 219 211 163 262 283 273 208 174 161 182 598 603 562 574 333 127 52 21 18
Drug abuse violations 259,362 5,216 23,838 235,524 37 593 4,586 4,639 6,048 7,935 11,714 12,452 11,690 10,909 10,567 10,162 9,764 37,307 30,204 31,539 30,475 18,562 7,180 2,119 559 321
Gambling 729 5 35 694 0 0 5 9 7 14 16 22 33 19 12 11 16 68 66 92 99 74 59 58 24 25
Offenses against the family and children 22,731 488 1,538 21,193 30 86 372 333 349 368 496 607 728 704 866 855 984 4,151 3,856 3,446 2,372 1,221 487 230 96 94
Driving under the influence 191,877 54 2,857 189,020 15 1 38 128 716 1,959 4,526 6,057 6,750 10,026 9,924 9,151 8,375 29,160 21,573 22,472 25,203 18,469 9,623 4,379 1,874 1,458
Liquor laws 115,113 4,311 33,324 81,789 30 281 4,000 6,180 9,493 13,340 20,135 20,215 16,578 2,282 1,520 1,242 1,034 3,462 2,998 3,370 3,716 2,757 1,378 627 252 223
Drunkenness 63,100 477 2,810 60,290 6 29 442 597 677 1,059 1,867 2,025 2,013 2,524 2,250 2,006 1,897 7,519 6,914 8,567 10,091 7,263 3,310 1,338 427 279
Disorderly conduct 129,245 20,389 48,295 80,950 227 4,133 16,029 11,035 9,562 7,309 5,214 4,739 4,368 4,559 3,969 3,508 3,318 12,022 9,464 9,527 9,412 5,880 2,841 1,168 494 467
Vagrancy 5,124 335 919 4,205 2 44 289 241 241 102 116 127 125 105 94 97 125 459 476 681 750 548 307 115 52 28
All other offenses (except traffic) 646,444 21,511 72,900 573,544 474 3,398 17,639 16,681 17,563 17,145 19,206 23,726 24,752 24,869 24,593 24,308 23,691 97,470 82,320 79,448 70,466 43,616 19,529 8,311 3,554 3,685
Suspicion 389 34 114 275 1 4 29 22 23 35 22 18 23 14 20 13 9 41 35 27 24 12 8 6 1 2
Curfew and loitering law violations 31,654 9,869 31,654 - 100 1,597 8,172 7,665 8,148 5,972 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaways 47,103 16,127 47,103 - 281 2,033 13,813 12,636 11,907 6,433 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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  • Nationwide in 2005, juvenile females (those under 18 years of age) accounted for 16.2 percent of females arrested for violent crimes.
  • Juvenile females also comprised 27.3 percent of all females arrested for property crimes.
  • In 2005, 41.9 percent of females arrested for violent crimes were under 25 years of age. (Based on Table 40.)
  • Among the 29 offense categories for which the UCR Program collects arrest data, larceny-theft was the offense for which most females were arrested.
  • In 2005, 10.5 percent of all females arrested were arrested for drug abuse violations. (Based on Table 40.)
  • Juvenile females accounted for 40.2 percent of all females arrested for arson offenses. (Based on Table 40.)
Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006