Table 54

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

Offense charged	Number of persons arrested			Percent male	Percent female	Percent distribution¹
Offense charged	Total	Male	Female	Percent male	Percent female	Total	Male	Female
TOTAL	1,796,282	1,383,730	412,552	77.0	23.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,011	1,750	261	87.0	13.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Forcible rape	3,526	3,467	59	98.3	1.7	0.2	0.3	*
Robbery	11,077	9,899	1,178	89.4	10.6	0.6	0.7	0.3
Aggravated assault	60,277	48,703	11,574	80.8	19.2	3.4	3.5	2.8
Burglary	40,365	34,799	5,566	86.2	13.8	2.2	2.5	1.3
Larceny-theft	108,150	69,587	38,563	64.3	35.7	6.0	5.0	9.3
Motor vehicle theft	18,274	15,136	3,138	82.8	17.2	1.0	1.1	0.8
Arson	2,496	2,099	397	84.1	15.9	0.1	0.2	0.1
Violent crime²	76,891	63,819	13,072	83.0	17.0	4.3	4.6	3.2
Property crime²	169,285	121,621	47,664	71.8	28.2	9.4	8.8	11.6
Other assaults	168,453	127,472	40,981	75.7	24.3	9.4	9.2	9.9
Forgery and counterfeiting	14,944	9,159	5,785	61.3	38.7	0.8	0.7	1.4
Fraud	70,881	36,646	34,235	51.7	48.3	3.9	2.6	8.3
Embezzlement	2,653	1,363	1,290	51.4	48.6	0.1	0.1	0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	17,045	14,028	3,017	82.3	17.7	0.9	1.0	0.7
Vandalism	31,202	26,047	5,155	83.5	16.5	1.7	1.9	1.2
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	22,277	20,501	1,776	92.0	8.0	1.2	1.5	0.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	3,067	1,490	1,577	48.6	51.4	0.2	0.1	0.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	12,431	11,858	573	95.4	4.6	0.7	0.9	0.1
Drug abuse violations	228,042	182,727	45,315	80.1	19.9	12.7	13.2	11.0
Gambling	620	474	146	76.5	23.5	*	*	*
Offenses against the family and children	35,523	29,788	5,735	83.9	16.1	2.0	2.2	1.4
Driving under the influence	233,753	191,251	42,502	81.8	18.2	13.0	13.8	10.3
Liquor laws	50,876	36,825	14,051	72.4	27.6	2.8	2.7	3.4
Drunkenness	40,311	33,704	6,607	83.6	16.4	2.2	2.4	1.6
Disorderly conduct	44,432	32,772	11,660	73.8	26.2	2.5	2.4	2.8
Vagrancy	3,288	2,366	922	72.0	28.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	550,036	429,413	120,623	78.1	21.9	30.6	31.0	29.2
Suspicion	1,353	1,262	91	93.3	6.7	0.1	0.1	*
Curfew and loitering law violations	3,414	2,254	1,160	66.0	34.0	0.2	0.2	0.3
Runaways	15,505	6,890	8,615	44.4	55.6	0.9	0.5	2.1

¹ Because of rounding, the percentages may not add to 100.0.
² Violent crimes are offenses of murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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In 2005, 77.0 percent of all persons arrested in metropolitan counties were male.
Males comprised 83.0 percent of all persons arrested in metropolitan counties for violent crimes and 71.8 percent of all persons arrested for property crimes.
In metropolitan counties, males were most often arrested for driving under the influence. In 2005, 81.8 percent of those arrested for these offenses were male.
The percent distribution of the number of males and females arrested for fraud was almost equal at 51.7 percent and 48.3 percent, respectively. This was also true for embezzlement with males accounting for 51.4 percent of arrestees and females for 48.6 percent of arrestees in 2005.

Crime in the United States 2005

Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation

Release Date: September 2006