Table 31

Number and Rate of Arrests
by Population Group, 2005
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]

Offense charged Total
(10,974 agencies; population 217,722,329)
Cities Counties Suburban area2 (5,928 agencies; population 96,092,270)
Total cities
(7,911 cities; population 148,665,653)
Group I
(54 cities, 250,000 and over; population 38,667,664)
Group II
(148 cities, 100,000 to 249,999; population 22,470,281)
Group III
(366 cities, 50,000 to 99,999; population 25,128,823)
Group IV
(640 cities, 25,000 to 49,999; population 22,131,570)
Group V
(1,418 cities, 10,000 to 24,999; population 22,456,518)
Group VI
(5,285 cities, under 10,000; population 17,810,797)
Metropolitan counties1
(1,225 agencies; population 47,831,303)
Nonmetropolitan counties
(1,838 agencies; population 21,225,373)
Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate
TOTAL3 10,367,072 4,761.6 7,722,488 5,194.5 2,124,271 5,493.7 1,131,790 5,036.8 1,238,300 4,927.8 1,014,090 4,582.1 1,101,524 4,905.1 1,112,513 6,246.3 1,794,929 3,752.6 849,655 4,003.0 4,064,164 4,229.4
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,335 4.7 7,379 5.0 3,340 8.6 1,508 6.7 930 3.7 644 2.9 531 2.4 426 2.4 2,011 4.2 945 4.5 3,086 3.2
Forcible rape 18,733 8.6 13,193 8.9 3,953 10.2 2,009 8.9 1,990 7.9 1,746 7.9 1,800 8.0 1,695 9.5 3,526 7.4 2,014 9.5 7,065 7.4
Robbery 85,309 39.2 72,073 48.5 30,543 79.0 13,174 58.6 11,216 44.6 7,396 33.4 5,973 26.6 3,771 21.2 11,077 23.2 2,159 10.2 24,422 25.4
Aggravated assault 331,469 152.2 249,572 167.9 87,416 226.1 42,664 189.9 39,751 158.2 28,838 130.3 26,442 117.7 24,461 137.3 60,277 126.0 21,620 101.9 117,552 122.3
Burglary 220,391 101.2 159,661 107.4 43,844 113.4 28,009 124.6 28,415 113.1 19,511 88.2 21,175 94.3 18,707 105.0 40,365 84.4 20,365 95.9 81,652 85.0
Larceny-theft 854,856 392.6 712,539 479.3 171,679 444.0 114,309 508.7 129,828 516.6 107,490 485.7 109,064 485.7 80,169 450.1 108,150 226.1 34,167 161.0 317,087 330.0
Motor vehicle theft 108,301 49.7 83,941 56.5 40,592 105.0 12,897 57.4 10,295 41.0 6,891 31.1 6,889 30.7 6,377 35.8 18,274 38.2 6,086 28.7 32,926 34.3
Arson 12,012 5.5 8,358 5.6 1,861 4.8 1,167 5.2 1,610 6.4 1,258 5.7 1,214 5.4 1,248 7.0 2,496 5.2 1,158 5.5 5,207 5.4
Violent crime4 445,846 204.8 342,217 230.2 125,252 323.9 59,355 264.1 53,887 214.4 38,624 174.5 34,746 154.7 30,353 170.4 76,891 160.8 26,738 126.0 152,125 158.3
Property crime4 1,195,560 549.1 964,499 648.8 257,976 667.2 156,382 696.0 170,148 677.1 135,150 610.7 138,342 616.0 106,501 598.0 169,285 353.9 61,776 291.0 436,872 454.6
Other assaults 958,477 440.2 710,869 478.2 187,180 484.1 116,033 516.4 112,767 448.8 96,598 436.5 99,677 443.9 98,614 553.7 168,453 352.2 79,155 372.9 368,110 383.1
Forgery and counterfeiting 87,346 40.1 64,874 43.6 14,762 38.2 9,253 41.2 11,253 44.8 9,897 44.7 10,423 46.4 9,286 52.1 14,944 31.2 7,528 35.5 34,552 36.0
Fraud 231,721 106.4 120,631 81.1 16,272 42.1 13,639 60.7 19,629 78.1 17,562 79.4 23,848 106.2 29,681 166.6 70,881 148.2 40,209 189.4 115,295 120.0
Embezzlement 14,097 6.5 10,341 7.0 1,838 4.8 1,886 8.4 2,251 9.0 1,668 7.5 1,629 7.3 1,069 6.0 2,653 5.5 1,103 5.2 5,524 5.7
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 99,173 45.6 75,620 50.9 21,642 56.0 12,550 55.9 13,998 55.7 10,546 47.7 9,343 41.6 7,541 42.3 17,045 35.6 6,508 30.7 38,651 40.2
Vandalism 206,351 94.8 160,608 108.0 39,338 101.7 23,747 105.7 26,187 104.2 22,304 100.8 25,118 111.9 23,914 134.3 31,202 65.2 14,541 68.5 80,480 83.8
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 142,878 65.6 112,585 75.7 40,712 105.3 18,862 83.9 17,163 68.3 12,709 57.4 11,166 49.7 11,973 67.2 22,277 46.6 8,016 37.8 49,537 51.6
Prostitution and commercialized vice 62,663 28.8 59,411 40.0 42,477 109.9 8,266 36.8 4,838 19.3 2,574 11.6 642 2.9 614 3.4 3,067 6.4 185 0.9 6,550 6.8
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 67,072 30.8 47,261 31.8 17,894 46.3 6,369 28.3 7,209 28.7 5,327 24.1 5,344 23.8 5,118 28.7 12,431 26.0 7,380 34.8 23,541 24.5
Drug abuse violations 1,357,841 623.7 1,025,810 690.0 367,968 951.6 154,703 688.5 154,090 613.2 115,265 520.8 114,734 510.9 119,050 668.4 228,042 476.8 103,989 489.9 485,119 504.8
Gambling 8,101 3.7 6,969 4.7 5,012 13.0 488 2.2 524 2.1 236 1.1 235 1.0 474 2.7 620 1.3 512 2.4 1,304 1.4
Offenses against the family and children 93,172 42.8 42,192 28.4 5,048 13.1 5,621 25.0 8,372 33.3 6,870 31.0 8,884 39.6 7,397 41.5 35,523 74.3 15,457 72.8 50,259 52.3
Driving under the influence 997,338 458.1 629,620 423.5 125,904 325.6 78,605 349.8 92,655 368.7 91,105 411.7 115,714 515.3 125,637 705.4 233,753 488.7 133,965 631.2 471,481 490.7
Liquor laws 437,923 201.1 348,779 234.6 51,940 134.3 41,817 186.1 55,965 222.7 44,757 202.2 61,646 274.5 92,654 520.2 50,876 106.4 38,268 180.3 183,381 190.8
Drunkenness 412,930 189.7 349,468 235.1 74,107 191.7 56,789 252.7 58,086 231.2 49,682 224.5 53,649 238.9 57,155 320.9 40,311 84.3 23,151 109.1 145,410 151.3
Disorderly conduct 501,129 230.2 430,347 289.5 99,720 257.9 54,137 240.9 67,930 270.3 54,348 245.6 73,551 327.5 80,661 452.9 44,432 92.9 26,350 124.1 189,368 197.1
Vagrancy 24,372 11.2 20,815 14.0 11,965 30.9 1,751 7.8 2,846 11.3 1,672 7.6 790 3.5 1,791 10.1 3,288 6.9 269 1.3 6,371 6.6
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,837,806 1,303.4 2,038,271 1,371.0 546,409 1,413.1 293,097 1,304.4 331,624 1,319.7 281,209 1,270.6 295,091 1,314.1 290,841 1,632.9 550,036 1,149.9 249,499 1,175.5 1,169,912 1,217.5
Suspicion 2,747 1.3 1,208 0.8 0 0.0 184 0.8 159 0.6 159 0.7 413 1.8 293 1.6 1,353 2.8 186 0.9 1,958 2.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 104,054 47.8 99,936 67.2 56,754 146.8 6,432 28.6 13,879 55.2 7,146 32.3 8,462 37.7 7,263 40.8 3,414 7.1 704 3.3 20,435 21.3
Runaways 81,222 37.3 61,365 41.3 14,101 36.5 12,008 53.4 12,999 51.7 8,841 39.9 8,490 37.8 4,926 27.7 15,505 32.4 4,352 20.5 29,887 31.1

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