Table 67, Data Declaration

Arrests, Suburban Areas, by Race, 2005

The FBI collects these data through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

General comments

This table provides the number of persons arrested in suburban areas, broken down by race. It also furnishes the percent distribution for each offense and a breakdown of these data by race for juveniles (persons under 18) and adults.
Because some persons may be arrested more than once during a year, the statistics in this table could, in some cases, represent multiple arrests of the same person.
Suburban area law enforcement agencies are defined as all agencies within a currently designated Metropolitan Statistical Area, excluding those agencies that cover principal cities as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. (See Area Definitions.)

Methodology

The data used in creating this table were from suburban law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of complete arrest data, including race information, for 2005.

Population estimation

The FBI calculated 2005 state growth rates using revised 2004 state/national population estimates and 2005 provisional state/national population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The FBI then estimated population figures for jurisdictions in suburban areas by applying the 2005 state growth rate to the updated 2004 U.S. Census Bureau data.

If you have questions about this table

Contact the Communications Unit of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division via e-mail at cjis_comm@leo.gov or by telephone at (304) 625-4995.