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

Table 52

Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
by Age, 2005
[1,225 agencies; 2005 estimated population 47,831,303]

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 1,796,282 60,387 212,364 1,583,918 1,851 12,644 45,892 41,834 50,978 59,165 72,912 79,005 76,270 72,389 70,454 67,918 65,944 262,000 208,085 193,017 178,484 121,102 62,924 29,496 13,100 10,818
Total percent distribution1 100.0 3.4 11.8 88.2 0.1 0.7 2.6 2.3 2.8 3.3 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 14.6 11.6 10.7 9.9 6.7 3.5 1.6 0.7 0.6
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 2,011 14 144 1,867 0 2 12 27 37 66 124 121 123 100 96 105 106 339 218 144 130 124 58 32 18 29
Forcible rape 3,526 187 499 3,027 6 44 137 88 92 132 171 181 150 145 125 111 117 432 396 364 338 217 136 71 35 38
Robbery 11,077 557 2,491 8,586 10 84 463 501 657 776 1,095 889 679 562 479 398 415 1,386 890 713 563 339 112 42 15 9
Aggravated assault 60,277 2,373 7,152 53,125 97 582 1,694 1,401 1,603 1,775 2,232 2,172 2,016 2,200 2,155 2,194 2,072 8,608 7,276 6,809 6,316 4,457 2,308 1,169 566 575
Burglary 40,365 2,963 9,734 30,631 82 666 2,215 1,965 2,228 2,578 3,124 2,890 2,146 1,840 1,509 1,468 1,268 4,815 3,461 3,076 2,638 1,430 592 225 68 81
Larceny-theft 108,150 7,394 23,966 84,184 172 1,634 5,588 4,792 5,547 6,233 6,224 5,543 4,384 3,984 3,523 3,256 3,092 12,493 10,171 10,223 9,232 6,128 3,206 1,469 689 567
Motor vehicle theft 18,274 832 3,912 14,362 6 90 736 910 1,063 1,107 1,191 1,126 927 841 775 712 624 2,643 1,854 1,484 1,145 609 266 102 40 23
Arson 2,496 659 1,186 1,310 32 199 428 213 184 130 117 78 62 65 52 63 39 191 135 157 130 112 50 30 15 14
Violent crime2 76,891 3,131 10,286 66,605 113 712 2,306 2,017 2,389 2,749 3,622 3,363 2,968 3,007 2,855 2,808 2,710 10,765 8,780 8,030 7,347 5,137 2,614 1,314 634 651
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 4.1 13.4 86.6 0.1 0.9 3.0 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.7 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.5 14.0 11.4 10.4 9.6 6.7 3.4 1.7 0.8 0.8
Property crime2 169,285 11,848 38,798 130,487 292 2,589 8,967 7,880 9,022 10,048 10,656 9,637 7,519 6,730 5,859 5,499 5,023 20,142 15,621 14,940 13,145 8,279 4,114 1,826 812 685
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 7.0 22.9 77.1 0.2 1.5 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.9 6.3 5.7 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 11.9 9.2 8.8 7.8 4.9 2.4 1.1 0.5 0.4
Other assaults 168,453 12,831 32,594 135,859 435 3,266 9,130 6,562 6,797 6,404 5,197 5,083 4,930 5,056 5,086 4,998 4,985 21,373 19,138 18,857 17,634 11,710 6,090 2,907 1,462 1,353
Forgery and counterfeiting 14,944 71 556 14,388 3 17 51 80 148 257 457 579 639 583 578 596 630 2,874 2,309 1,950 1,567 925 389 216 54 42
Fraud 70,881 141 919 69,962 14 18 109 112 213 453 986 1,691 2,125 2,224 2,401 2,525 2,713 12,334 11,875 10,586 8,822 5,732 3,141 1,514 651 642
Embezzlement 2,653 4 154 2,499 0 1 3 8 50 92 154 155 152 110 104 92 84 377 303 323 258 195 99 59 22 12
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 17,045 343 1,824 15,221 7 54 282 383 443 655 971 993 839 765 762 738 725 2,629 2,032 1,848 1,446 810 398 159 66 40
Vandalism 31,202 4,148 10,838 20,364 227 1,102 2,819 2,022 2,280 2,388 2,007 1,680 1,453 1,245 1,062 884 798 3,063 2,232 2,059 1,775 1,082 506 262 137 119
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 22,277 1,752 4,819 17,458 57 471 1,224 888 1,031 1,148 1,281 1,205 1,116 1,119 1,001 945 841 3,055 1,985 1,501 1,301 958 576 300 148 126
Prostitution and commercialized vice 3,067 9 48 3,019 0 1 8 10 13 16 63 102 100 87 79 89 91 443 410 474 446 279 156 92 52 56
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 12,431 1,165 2,377 10,054 48 332 785 438 383 391 479 472 422 360 333 311 288 1,229 1,230 1,276 1,220 897 599 373 254 311
Drug abuse violations 228,042 3,120 20,213 207,829 36 331 2,753 3,379 5,389 8,325 12,746 13,464 13,052 11,848 11,043 10,351 9,930 36,067 24,492 21,524 20,183 13,377 6,201 2,335 735 481
Gambling 620 12 35 585 0 1 11 7 10 6 14 19 21 12 10 6 16 54 70 87 66 63 48 44 32 23
Offenses against the family and children 35,523 203 702 34,821 8 53 142 138 154 207 358 448 474 619 809 853 1,011 5,730 6,513 6,415 5,641 3,607 1,423 589 216 115
Driving under the influence 233,753 40 2,392 231,361 8 5 27 77 580 1,695 4,838 6,792 7,869 11,205 11,847 11,494 10,919 40,881 29,529 26,154 25,669 19,926 12,251 6,579 3,071 2,337
Liquor laws 50,876 997 12,806 38,070 7 59 931 1,899 3,610 6,300 8,981 8,849 7,122 1,276 890 728 629 2,181 1,534 1,585 1,644 1,275 740 351 168 117
Drunkenness 40,311 135 1,066 39,245 5 10 120 201 253 477 1,303 1,515 1,378 1,794 1,680 1,599 1,547 5,514 4,457 4,560 5,168 4,214 2,513 1,225 451 327
Disorderly conduct 44,432 5,336 14,016 30,416 105 1,158 4,073 3,056 3,047 2,577 1,976 1,658 1,423 1,518 1,435 1,304 1,156 4,392 3,363 3,439 3,550 2,524 1,345 733 328 272
Vagrancy 3,288 84 390 2,898 1 10 73 65 93 148 118 120 108 100 95 119 105 441 356 379 387 315 136 66 31 22
All other offenses (except traffic) 550,036 9,188 38,562 511,474 307 1,615 7,266 7,676 9,760 11,938 16,619 21,096 22,483 22,655 22,480 21,928 21,717 88,251 71,709 66,876 61,082 39,700 19,531 8,510 3,761 3,076
Suspicion 1,353 11 50 1,303 1 2 8 7 9 23 86 84 77 76 45 51 26 205 147 154 133 97 54 42 15 11
Curfew and loitering law violations 3,414 809 3,414 - 13 103 693 781 1,124 700 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaways 15,505 5,009 15,505 - 164 734 4,111 4,148 4,180 2,168 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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  • In 2005, 88.2 percent of individuals arrested in metropolitan counties were adults (age 18 and over).
  • Juveniles (persons under 18 years of age) comprised 13.4 percent of violent crime arrestees in metropolitan counties, and 22.9 percent of property crime arrestees.
  • Juveniles accounted for 22.2 percent of individuals arrested for larceny-theft offenses in metropolitan counties in 2005.
  • Juveniles under the age of 15 in metropolitan counties were most often arrested for other (simple) assaults and accounted for 7.6 percent of arrestees in metropolitan counties for that offense.
  • Arrests for driving under the influence accounted for 13 percent of all arrests in metropolitan counties in 2005. Adults were arrested for driving under the influence more than for any other offense.
Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006