Table 30

Number and Rate of Arrests
by Region, 2007
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged United States total
(11,936 agencies;
population 225,518,634)
Northeast
(2,910 agencies;
population 43,185,496)
Midwest
(3,073 agencies;
population 46,018,587)
South
(4,229 agencies;
population 72,367,116)
West
(1,724 agencies;
population 63,947,435)
Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate
TOTAL1 10,697,033 4,743.3 1,602,821 3,711.5 2,228,363 4,842.3 3,836,036 5,300.8 3,029,813 4,738.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,082 4.5 1,322 3.1 1,778 3.9 3,998 5.5 2,984 4.7
Forcible rape 17,444 7.7 2,916 6.8 4,122 9.0 5,809 8.0 4,597 7.2
Robbery 96,720 42.9 18,923 43.8 16,069 34.9 31,995 44.2 29,733 46.5
Aggravated assault 327,137 145.1 50,507 117.0 48,879 106.2 98,515 136.1 129,236 202.1
Burglary 228,846 101.5 32,730 75.8 37,695 81.9 82,086 113.4 76,335 119.4
Larceny-theft 897,626 398.0 143,144 331.5 197,403 429.0 326,189 450.7 230,890 361.1
Motor vehicle theft 89,022 39.5 10,207 23.6 19,899 43.2 23,285 32.2 35,631 55.7
Arson 11,451 5.1 2,115 4.9 2,114 4.6 3,888 5.4 3,334 5.2
Violent crime2 451,383 200.2 73,668 170.6 70,848 154.0 140,317 193.9 166,550 260.4
Property crime2 1,226,945 544.1 188,196 435.8 257,111 558.7 435,448 601.7 346,190 541.4
Other assaults 983,964 436.3 160,186 370.9 203,761 442.8 393,556 543.8 226,461 354.1
Forgery and counterfeiting 78,005 34.6 11,871 27.5 12,854 27.9 31,072 42.9 22,208 34.7
Fraud 185,229 82.1 27,206 63.0 33,012 71.7 102,463 141.6 22,548 35.3
Embezzlement 17,015 7.5 2,210 5.1 2,135 4.6 8,684 12.0 3,986 6.2
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 92,215 40.9 16,422 38.0 20,978 45.6 24,383 33.7 30,432 47.6
Vandalism 221,040 98.0 43,359 100.4 46,527 101.1 55,396 76.5 75,758 118.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 142,745 63.3 17,808 41.2 26,348 57.3 49,157 67.9 49,432 77.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 59,390 26.3 7,101 16.4 10,832 23.5 18,727 25.9 22,730 35.5
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 62,756 27.8 10,413 24.1 12,818 27.9 16,249 22.5 23,276 36.4
Drug abuse violations 1,386,394 614.8 219,386 508.0 252,903 549.6 480,863 664.5 433,242 677.5
Gambling 9,152 4.1 714 1.7 4,862 10.6 2,745 3.8 831 1.3
Offenses against the family and children 88,887 39.4 22,294 51.6 23,286 50.6 29,882 41.3 13,425 21.0
Driving under the influence 1,055,981 468.2 141,062 326.6 239,384 520.2 295,549 408.4 379,986 594.2
Liquor laws 478,671 212.3 56,603 131.1 173,406 376.8 112,212 155.1 136,450 213.4
Drunkenness 451,055 200.0 36,111 83.6 36,249 78.8 257,788 356.2 120,907 189.1
Disorderly conduct 540,270 239.6 128,965 298.6 172,039 373.8 162,465 224.5 76,801 120.1
Vagrancy 25,631 11.4 2,962 6.9 4,319 9.4 8,584 11.9 9,766 15.3
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,948,031 1,307.2 398,418 922.6 584,773 1,270.7 1,158,596 1,601.0 806,244 1,260.8
Suspicion 1,589 0.7 172 0.4 209 0.5 1,033 1.4 175 0.3
Curfew and loitering law violations 109,815 48.7 30,338 70.3 19,433 42.2 22,385 30.9 37,659 58.9
Runaways 82,459 36.6 7,528 17.4 20,485 44.5 29,515 40.8 24,931 39.0

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