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

Table 32

Ten-Year Arrest Trends
Totals, 1996-2005
[8,009 agencies; 2005 estimated population 178,017,991; 1996 estimated population 159,290,470]

Offense charged Number of persons arrested
Total all ages Under 18 years of age 18 years of age and over
1996 2005 Percent change 1996 2005 Percent change 1996 2005 Percent change
TOTAL1 8,619,699 8,244,321 -4.4 1,703,500 1,278,948 -24.9 6,916,199 6,965,373 +0.7
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 9,564 7,989 -16.5 1,388 739 -46.8 8,176 7,250 -11.3
Forcible rape 18,745 15,129 -19.3 3,202 2,392 -25.3 15,543 12,737 -18.1
Robbery 80,980 67,841 -16.2 25,318 16,791 -33.7 55,662 51,050 -8.3
Aggravated assault 315,405 282,003 -10.6 46,124 36,967 -19.9 269,281 245,036 -9.0
Burglary 220,798 180,973 -18.0 85,248 47,416 -44.4 135,550 133,557 -1.5
Larceny-theft 905,963 692,593 -23.6 319,161 182,813 -42.7 586,802 509,780 -13.1
Motor vehicle theft 100,318 82,160 -18.1 42,957 19,755 -54.0 57,361 62,405 +8.8
Arson 11,598 9,716 -16.2 6,506 4,915 -24.5 5,092 4,801 -5.7
Violent crime2 424,694 372,962 -12.2 76,032 56,889 -25.2 348,662 316,073 -9.3
Property crime2 1,238,677 965,442 -22.1 453,872 254,899 -43.8 784,805 710,543 -9.5
Other assaults 756,129 737,475 -2.5 137,850 142,957 +3.7 618,279 594,518 -3.8
Forgery and counterfeiting 72,103 70,738 -1.9 5,433 2,600 -52.1 66,670 68,138 +2.2
Fraud 255,162 193,539 -24.2 6,947 4,779 -31.2 248,215 188,760 -24.0
Embezzlement 10,152 12,087 +19.1 880 751 -14.7 9,272 11,336 +22.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 91,832 82,771 -9.9 26,647 13,902 -47.8 65,185 68,869 +5.7
Vandalism 190,069 168,366 -11.4 87,907 63,697 -27.5 102,162 104,669 +2.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 123,016 112,054 -8.9 31,067 26,834 -13.6 91,949 85,220 -7.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice 48,936 41,641 -14.9 723 870 +20.3 48,213 40,771 -15.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 56,484 52,410 -7.2 10,620 10,437 -1.7 45,864 41,973 -8.5
Drug abuse violations 830,684 1,034,844 +24.6 117,400 106,150 -9.6 713,284 928,694 +30.2
Gambling 6,352 3,446 -45.7 563 395 -29.8 5,789 3,051 -47.3
Offenses against the family and children 84,459 72,623 -14.0 4,839 3,067 -36.6 79,620 69,556 -12.6
Driving under the influence 877,727 816,243 -7.0 11,000 10,550 -4.1 866,727 805,693 -7.0
Liquor laws 364,792 348,974 -4.3 95,686 76,756 -19.8 269,106 272,218 +1.2
Drunkenness 446,767 335,730 -24.9 14,821 9,094 -38.6 431,946 326,636 -24.4
Disorderly conduct 420,232 379,439 -9.7 112,697 116,422 +3.3 307,535 263,017 -14.5
Vagrancy 16,424 17,376 +5.8 1,998 1,395 -30.2 14,426 15,981 +10.8
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,062,908 2,269,707 +10.0 264,418 220,050 -16.8 1,798,490 2,049,657 +14.0
Suspicion 4,025 2,569 -36.2 1,453 360 -75.2 2,572 2,209 -14.1
Curfew and loitering law violations 119,407 87,658 -26.6 119,407 87,658 -26.6 - - -
Runaways 122,693 68,796 -43.9 122,693 68,796 -43.9 - - -

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  • Ten-year trend data show that the number of persons arrested in the Nation for 2005 declined 4.4 percent from the number of persons arrested in 1996. Over the same timeframe, the number of juveniles arrested was down 24.9 percent, but the number of adults arrested was up 0.7 percent.
  • The number of persons arrested for violent crimes was down 12.2 percent in 2005 from the 1996 figure.
  • The number of juveniles arrested for violent crimes dropped significantly (-25.2 percent) in the 10-year trend. Most notably, the number of juveniles arrested for murder was down 46.8 percent.
  • The number of persons arrested for property crimes in 2005 decreased 22.1 percent from the 1996 figure.
  • In 2005, the number of arrests for drug abuse violations rose 24.6 percent from the number of persons arrested in 1996. The number of adults arrested for this offense was up 30.2 percent in the 10-year trend, but the number of juveniles arrested was down 9.6 percent.
  • The number of persons arrested for driving under the influence declined 7.0 percent when data from 2005 were compared with data from 1996. The number of adults arrested for this offense also was also down 7.0 percent in the 10-year trend.
Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006