Table 65

Arrests
Suburban Areas¹
of Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2005
[5,928 agencies; 2005 estimated population 96,092,270]

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	4,066,122	184,044	616,776	1,213,459	1,835,177	4.5	15.2	29.8	45.1
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	3,086	26	249	795	1,420	0.8	8.1	25.8	46.0
Forcible rape	7,065	422	1,105	2,181	3,242	6.0	15.6	30.9	45.9
Robbery	24,422	1,273	5,795	11,363	15,256	5.2	23.7	46.5	62.5
Aggravated assault	117,552	5,611	16,569	29,844	46,978	4.8	14.1	25.4	40.0
Burglary	81,652	6,951	21,975	37,793	49,581	8.5	26.9	46.3	60.7
Larceny-theft	317,087	27,158	81,602	130,247	169,768	8.6	25.7	41.1	53.5
Motor vehicle theft	32,926	1,786	7,851	13,574	18,677	5.4	23.8	41.2	56.7
Arson	5,207	1,638	2,809	3,295	3,690	31.5	53.9	63.3	70.9
Violent crime²	152,125	7,332	23,718	44,183	66,896	4.8	15.6	29.0	44.0
Property crime²	436,872	37,533	114,237	184,909	241,716	8.6	26.1	42.3	55.3
Other assaults	368,110	31,404	76,536	111,922	158,125	8.5	20.8	30.4	43.0
Forgery and counterfeiting	34,552	159	1,302	5,722	11,440	0.5	3.8	16.6	33.1
Fraud	115,295	397	2,646	12,547	29,300	0.3	2.3	10.9	25.4
Embezzlement	5,524	21	325	1,430	2,388	0.4	5.9	25.9	43.2
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	38,651	1,435	5,978	12,790	19,272	3.7	15.5	33.1	49.9
Vandalism	80,480	12,892	32,098	45,433	55,433	16.0	39.9	56.5	68.9
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	49,537	4,486	12,445	21,098	29,441	9.1	25.1	42.6	59.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	6,550	20	116	724	1,588	0.3	1.8	11.1	24.2
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	23,541	2,478	4,950	7,704	10,226	10.5	21.0	32.7	43.4
Drug abuse violations	485,119	8,908	55,500	150,263	240,718	1.8	11.4	31.0	49.6
Gambling	1,304	40	152	291	399	3.1	11.7	22.3	30.6
Offenses against the family and children	50,259	523	1,757	4,363	9,723	1.0	3.5	8.7	19.3
Driving under the influence	471,481	93	6,163	49,038	140,458	*	1.3	10.4	29.8
Liquor laws	183,381	3,831	44,143	142,697	154,676	2.1	24.1	77.8	84.3
Drunkenness	145,410	582	4,970	20,506	45,508	0.4	3.4	14.1	31.3
Disorderly conduct	189,368	25,144	62,754	87,401	114,027	13.3	33.1	46.2	60.2
Vagrancy	6,371	167	665	1,469	2,293	2.6	10.4	23.1	36.0
All other offenses (except traffic)	1,169,912	30,979	115,798	258,096	450,405	2.6	9.9	22.1	38.5
Suspicion	1,958	50	201	551	823	2.6	10.3	28.1	42.0
Curfew and loitering law violations	20,435	5,697	20,435	20,435	20,435	27.9	100.0	100.0	100.0
Runaways	29,887	9,873	29,887	29,887	29,887	33.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

¹ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city.
² Violent crimes are offenses of murder, 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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In 2005, persons under the age of 25 made up 45.1 percent of all those arrested in the Nation's suburban areas, 44 percent of the persons arrested for violent crime, 55.3 percent of people arrested for property crime, and 49.6 percent of arrestees for drug abuse violations.
Of all persons arrested in 2005, 4.5 percent were juveniles under the age of 15, as were 8.6 percent of the people arrested for property crime and 4.8 percent of those arrested for violent crime.

Crime in the United States 2005

Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation

Release Date: September 2006