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

Table 58

Arrests
Nonmetropolitan Counties
by Age, 2005
[1,838 agencies; 2005 estimated population 21,225,373]

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 849,841 18,501 75,109 774,732 954 3,873 13,674 13,235 18,899 24,474 36,601 38,997 37,888 34,362 32,880 32,068 31,228 124,866 100,094 91,691 87,416 60,493 32,778 17,144 8,410 7,816
Total percent distribution1 100.0 2.2 8.8 91.2 0.1 0.5 1.6 1.6 2.2 2.9 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 14.7 11.8 10.8 10.3 7.1 3.9 2.0 1.0 0.9
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 945 5 46 899 0 2 3 6 16 19 30 46 40 44 40 34 47 162 105 99 103 55 36 28 11 19
Forcible rape 2,014 122 309 1,705 3 33 86 59 61 67 113 100 92 66 51 64 77 234 227 192 184 130 78 49 28 20
Robbery 2,159 36 253 1,906 1 4 31 43 76 98 148 178 158 124 122 95 95 338 217 160 131 78 33 24 3 2
Aggravated assault 21,620 632 2,053 19,567 47 145 440 333 515 573 734 752 763 820 810 767 784 3,093 2,686 2,493 2,328 1,604 920 523 265 225
Burglary 20,365 1,192 4,385 15,980 71 279 842 813 1,032 1,348 1,819 1,529 1,082 976 824 748 701 2,627 1,729 1,521 1,153 794 291 112 43 31
Larceny-theft 34,167 1,735 5,715 28,452 85 415 1,235 1,084 1,339 1,557 2,212 1,820 1,616 1,339 1,284 1,193 1,182 4,532 3,472 3,170 2,870 1,842 989 478 218 235
Motor vehicle theft 6,086 341 1,423 4,663 14 42 285 335 365 382 358 362 292 252 246 232 209 844 615 499 350 234 96 34 24 16
Arson 1,158 175 352 806 21 55 99 53 59 65 71 59 40 35 22 27 30 110 84 77 86 73 40 22 9 21
Violent crime2 26,738 795 2,661 24,077 51 184 560 441 668 757 1,025 1,076 1,053 1,054 1,023 960 1,003 3,827 3,235 2,944 2,746 1,867 1,067 624 307 266
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.0 10.0 90.0 0.2 0.7 2.1 1.6 2.5 2.8 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 14.3 12.1 11.0 10.3 7.0 4.0 2.3 1.1 1.0
Property crime2 61,776 3,443 11,875 49,901 191 791 2,461 2,285 2,795 3,352 4,460 3,770 3,030 2,602 2,376 2,200 2,122 8,113 5,900 5,267 4,459 2,943 1,416 646 294 303
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 5.6 19.2 80.8 0.3 1.3 4.0 3.7 4.5 5.4 7.2 6.1 4.9 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.4 13.1 9.6 8.5 7.2 4.8 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.5
Other assaults 79,155 3,308 9,757 69,398 139 809 2,360 1,866 2,263 2,320 2,459 2,440 2,416 2,639 2,497 2,517 2,540 11,069 9,765 9,422 8,854 6,154 3,182 1,628 857 959
Forgery and counterfeiting 7,528 22 221 7,307 1 0 21 24 62 113 217 249 310 313 306 400 312 1,488 1,172 1,062 677 417 235 85 39 25
Fraud 40,209 67 369 39,840 10 10 47 45 91 166 730 1,169 1,264 1,268 1,351 1,450 1,519 6,986 6,807 5,911 4,728 3,144 1,607 963 467 476
Embezzlement 1,103 2 24 1,079 0 1 1 2 8 12 22 46 39 32 43 26 35 187 150 135 150 78 56 26 45 9
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 6,508 144 695 5,813 6 19 119 116 198 237 377 361 338 293 291 235 271 1,034 750 678 560 321 180 66 34 24
Vandalism 14,541 1,716 4,286 10,255 151 517 1,048 696 883 991 1,056 789 711 596 543 510 440 1,494 1,096 1,006 820 584 272 158 86 94
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 8,016 302 911 7,105 15 85 202 148 189 272 326 326 324 340 323 317 279 1,080 837 767 751 575 410 219 119 112
Prostitution and commercialized vice 185 1 5 180 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 4 3 5 20 30 48 26 9 15 6 2 3
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 7,380 547 1,160 6,220 45 134 368 190 187 236 337 292 241 218 196 160 159 647 602 680 1,314 503 276 228 181 186
Drug abuse violations 103,989 871 6,946 97,043 30 108 733 976 1,900 3,199 5,776 5,920 5,761 5,362 4,975 4,759 4,496 16,623 11,868 9,957 9,748 6,524 3,016 1,417 482 359
Gambling 512 1 5 507 0 0 1 2 0 2 14 22 36 24 16 14 13 52 69 44 63 45 41 24 15 15
Offenses against the family and children 15,457 204 647 14,810 17 44 143 136 134 173 255 244 298 360 389 440 503 2,583 2,736 2,578 2,223 1,212 564 220 112 93
Driving under the influence 133,965 31 1,825 132,140 10 1 20 76 474 1,244 3,050 4,194 4,488 5,788 5,579 5,418 5,351 19,830 15,582 15,292 16,640 13,108 8,499 4,783 2,459 2,079
Liquor laws 38,268 777 8,943 29,325 7 43 727 1,291 2,631 4,244 6,416 6,441 5,146 944 789 650 565 1,890 1,413 1,318 1,421 1,053 613 309 190 167
Drunkenness 23,151 72 632 22,519 12 5 55 97 159 304 734 846 895 952 912 826 810 3,203 2,671 2,727 3,044 2,316 1,315 748 282 238
Disorderly conduct 26,350 1,959 5,777 20,573 74 438 1,447 1,209 1,338 1,271 1,186 990 873 933 892 862 805 2,919 2,483 2,497 2,482 1,787 909 464 254 237
Vagrancy 269 1 19 250 0 0 1 3 5 10 6 9 16 10 7 6 10 35 30 26 32 36 15 10 0 2
All other offenses (except traffic) 249,499 2,783 13,248 236,251 163 487 2,133 2,318 3,391 4,756 8,146 9,799 10,640 10,627 10,359 10,307 9,988 41,754 32,886 29,310 26,666 17,812 9,087 4,519 2,184 2,167
Suspicion 186 17 47 139 0 4 13 9 10 11 7 11 6 6 9 8 2 32 12 22 12 5 3 1 1 2
Curfew and loitering law violations 704 211 704 - 1 25 185 154 209 130 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaways 4,352 1,227 4,352 - 31 168 1,028 1,151 1,303 671 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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  • Adults (persons age 18 and over) accounted for 91.2 percent of all arrestees in nonmetropolitan counties in 2005. Juveniles (persons under age 18) accounted for 8.8 percent, and juveniles under 15 years of age accounted for 2.2 percent.
  • Juveniles accounted for 10 percent of all persons arrested for violent crime and 19.2 percent of those arrested for property crime in nonmetropolitan counties.
  • Persons between the ages of 18 and 24 percent accounted for 28.7 of all persons arrested in nonmetropolitan counties. (Based on Table 58.)
Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006