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

Table 35

Five-Year Arrest Trends
by Sex, 2001-2005
[8,815 agencies; 2005 estimated population 185,294,195; 2001 estimated population 178,385,937]

Offense charged Male Female
Total Under 18 Total Under 18
2001 2005 Percent change 2001 2005 Percent change 2001 2005 Percent change 2001 2005 Percent change
TOTAL1 6,399,891 6,506,200 +1.7 986,957 913,169 -7.5 1,889,068 2,067,624 +9.5 398,919 390,109 -2.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,585 7,250 +10.1 563 649 +15.3 1,020 926 -9.2 66 79 +19.7
Forcible rape 16,145 15,300 -5.2 2,724 2,306 -15.3 182 183 +0.5 38 34 -10.5
Robbery 57,233 60,085 +5.0 13,223 14,875 +12.5 6,540 7,663 +17.2 1,272 1,570 +23.4
Aggravated assault 230,818 223,876 -3.0 30,034 28,426 -5.4 57,052 58,348 +2.3 8,989 8,803 -2.1
Burglary 154,572 160,826 +4.0 49,339 43,043 -12.8 25,054 28,721 +14.6 6,868 5,898 -14.1
Larceny-theft 454,670 439,286 -3.4 134,816 108,418 -19.6 266,210 281,444 +5.7 86,557 79,873 -7.7
Motor vehicle theft 68,342 68,145 -0.3 21,393 16,116 -24.7 13,518 14,880 +10.1 4,614 3,559 -22.9
Arson 9,227 8,390 -9.1 5,190 4,470 -13.9 1,615 1,559 -3.5 632 670 +6.0
Violent crime2 310,781 306,511 -1.4 46,544 46,256 -0.6 64,794 67,120 +3.6 10,365 10,486 +1.2
Property crime2 686,811 676,647 -1.5 210,738 172,047 -18.4 306,397 326,604 +6.6 98,671 90,000 -8.8
Other assaults 603,381 606,705 +0.6 98,286 104,432 +6.3 186,874 201,968 +8.1 45,067 52,061 +15.5
Forgery and counterfeiting 42,879 43,241 +0.8 2,424 1,792 -26.1 28,917 28,276 -2.2 1,383 837 -39.5
Fraud 114,367 105,797 -7.5 3,597 3,061 -14.9 99,603 91,939 -7.7 1,909 1,718 -10.0
Embezzlement 6,913 6,255 -9.5 752 442 -41.2 6,793 6,508 -4.2 565 354 -37.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 61,656 67,082 +8.8 13,839 11,610 -16.1 13,759 16,773 +21.9 2,794 2,353 -15.8
Vandalism 140,283 141,823 +1.1 58,080 55,657 -4.2 26,899 29,616 +10.1 8,746 9,003 +2.9
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 87,988 105,428 +19.8 19,453 23,991 +23.3 7,723 9,110 +18.0 2,249 2,853 +26.9
Prostitution and commercialized vice 14,185 13,883 -2.1 219 191 -12.8 24,954 29,425 +17.9 468 650 +38.9
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 49,210 47,050 -4.4 10,145 8,981 -11.5 3,310 3,328 +0.5 800 752 -6.0
Drug abuse violations 752,614 854,368 +13.5 98,127 89,890 -8.4 166,933 208,270 +24.8 19,450 19,662 +1.1
Gambling 3,797 3,081 -18.9 299 408 +36.5 599 580 -3.2 13 18 +38.5
Offenses against the family and children 67,753 60,033 -11.4 3,586 2,050 -42.8 19,397 18,868 -2.7 2,066 1,351 -34.6
Driving under the influence 704,313 670,011 -4.9 10,099 8,322 -17.6 142,990 159,087 +11.3 2,190 2,377 +8.5
Liquor laws 293,767 264,279 -10.0 59,822 49,449 -17.3 92,664 94,138 +1.6 28,957 27,400 -5.4
Drunkenness 356,632 317,209 -11.1 10,549 8,094 -23.3 56,299 56,116 -0.3 2,814 2,476 -12.0
Disorderly conduct 270,901 269,402 -0.6 71,782 78,232 +9.0 88,344 98,232 +11.2 30,935 38,891 +25.7
Vagrancy 12,495 15,612 +24.9 1,218 2,319 +90.4 3,225 4,274 +32.5 314 883 +181.2
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,728,473 1,844,968 +6.7 176,706 159,130 -9.9 473,191 551,916 +16.6 63,760 60,508 -5.1
Suspicion 1,694 2,084 +23.0 508 218 -57.1 546 302 -44.7 278 77 -72.3
Curfew and loitering law violations 55,839 56,266 +0.8 55,839 56,266 +0.8 24,487 23,763 -3.0 24,487 23,763 -3.0
Runaways 34,853 30,549 -12.3 34,853 30,549 -12.3 50,916 41,713 -18.1 50,916 41,713 -18.1

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  • A comparison of national arrest data for 2005 and for 2001 revealed that the number of males arrested increased 1.7 percent and the number of females arrested rose 9.5 percent in that 5-year period.
  • For juveniles (persons under age 18), the number of males arrested was down 7.5 percent; the number of females arrested was down 2.2 percent in the 5-year trend.
  • The number of males arrested for violent crimes declined 1.4 percent in the 5-year trend, but the number of females arrested for these crimes increased 3.6 percent.
  • In the 5-year trend, the number of males arrested for murder increased 10.1 percent; however, the number of females arrested for this crime dropped 9.2 percent.
  • For juveniles of both genders, the number of persons arrested for murder increased in 2005 when compared with data from 2001, up 15.3 percent for males and up 19.7 percent for females.
  • The number of females arrested for property crimes rose 6.6 percent in 2005 when compared to 2001 figures; however, the number of juvenile females arrested for these crimes declined 8.8 percent.
  • The number of males arrested for drug abuse violations increased 13.5 percent, and the number of females arrested for these crimes was up 24.8 percent in the 5-year trend.
  • For juveniles, the number of females arrested for drug abuse violations was up 1.1 percent from the 2001 figure, but the number of males arrested for this offense was down 8.4 percent.
Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006