Table 63

Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas¹
by Sex, 2006-2007
[5,627 agencies; 2007 estimated population 86,451,220; 2006 estimated population 85,771,943]

Offense charged	Male						Female
	Total			Under 18			Total			Under 18
	2006	2007	Percent change	2006	2007	Percent change	2006	2007	Percent change	2006	2007	Percent change
TOTAL²	2,733,568	2,702,863	-1.1	393,703	382,470	-2.9	855,709	868,703	+1.5	155,430	155,054	-0.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,186	2,141	-2.1	184	184	0.0	315	263	-16.5	9	15	+66.7
Forcible rape	5,635	5,353	-5.0	884	886	+0.2	81	56	-30.9	14	16	+14.3
Robbery	19,465	19,039	-2.2	5,233	4,966	-5.1	2,271	2,396	+5.5	469	493	+5.1
Aggravated assault	79,699	78,049	-2.1	10,921	10,513	-3.7	19,779	20,229	+2.3	3,215	3,041	-5.4
Burglary	62,213	62,110	-0.2	18,469	17,480	-5.4	9,791	9,763	-0.3	2,102	2,049	-2.5
Larceny-theft	160,621	167,611	+4.4	40,544	41,559	+2.5	94,118	107,533	+14.3	25,196	28,055	+11.3
Motor vehicle theft	21,692	18,714	-13.7	5,028	4,318	-14.1	4,804	4,210	-12.4	1,119	983	-12.2
Arson	3,811	3,641	-4.5	2,049	1,927	-6.0	696	598	-14.1	283	257	-9.2
Violent crime³	106,985	104,582	-2.2	17,222	16,549	-3.9	22,446	22,944	+2.2	3,707	3,565	-3.8
Property crime³	248,337	252,076	+1.5	66,090	65,284	-1.2	109,409	122,104	+11.6	28,700	31,344	+9.2
Other assaults	231,700	232,677	+0.4	44,307	43,154	-2.6	79,490	80,920	+1.8	21,797	21,104	-3.2
Forgery and counterfeiting	16,609	15,028	-9.5	659	563	-14.6	10,555	9,597	-9.1	294	255	-13.3
Fraud	50,251	45,021	-10.4	1,330	1,266	-4.8	44,153	38,673	-12.4	684	695	+1.6
Embezzlement	2,318	2,557	+10.3	223	263	17.9	2,604	2,779	+6.7	156	164	+5.1
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	26,089	24,192	-7.3	4,613	4,380	-5.1	6,233	6,134	-1.6	870	1,047	+20.3
Vandalism	63,348	60,766	-4.1	27,803	26,160	-5.9	11,348	11,580	+2.0	3,984	4,003	+0.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	37,740	35,967	-4.7	9,878	9,008	-8.8	3,346	3,134	-6.3	1,178	973	-17.4
Prostitution and commercialized vice	1,951	1,785	-8.5	49	33	-32.7	2,558	2,656	+3.8	60	73	+21.7
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	18,981	18,710	-1.4	3,861	3,729	-3.4	1,180	1,190	+0.8	354	306	-13.6
Drug abuse violations	341,172	334,568	-1.9	41,166	41,158	*	83,613	83,188	-0.5	8,971	8,991	+0.2
Gambling	829	866	+4.5	123	100	-18.7	171	180	+5.3	8	9	+12.5
Offenses against the family and children	36,364	36,393	+0.1	941	1,174	+24.8	8,764	9,180	+4.7	610	673	+10.3
Driving under the influence	345,550	343,939	-0.5	4,394	4,064	-7.5	88,493	91,811	+3.7	1,246	1,266	+1.6
Liquor laws	119,305	117,843	-1.2	27,059	26,183	-3.2	47,015	47,503	+1.0	15,576	15,678	+0.7
Drunkenness	102,833	107,768	+4.8	3,637	3,588	-1.3	20,957	23,075	+10.1	1,389	1,371	-1.3
Disorderly conduct	124,529	123,780	-0.6	38,921	36,932	-5.1	44,326	44,868	+1.2	17,861	17,192	-3.7
Vagrancy	4,005	3,301	-17.6	470	431	-8.3	1,329	971	-26.9	161	151	-6.2
All other offenses (except traffic)	830,658	816,767	-1.7	76,943	74,174	-3.6	247,952	246,810	-0.5	28,057	26,788	-4.5
Suspicion	743	734	-1.2	135	113	-16.3	193	191	-1.0	31	35	+12.9
Curfew and loitering law violations	13,129	13,442	+2.4	13,129	13,442	+2.4	6,337	6,306	-0.5	6,337	6,306	-0.5
Runaways	10,885	10,835	-0.5	10,885	10,835	-0.5	13,430	13,100	-2.5	13,430	13,100	-2.5

¹ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city.
² Does not include suspicion.
³ Violent crimes are offenses of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, 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 the Nation’s suburban areas, the number of males arrested decreased 1.1 percent in 2007 when compared with the 2006 data; the number of males under age 18 arrested decreased 2.9 percent.
From 2006 to 2007, the number of females arrested in suburban areas increased 1.5 percent, but the number of females under age 18 arrested declined 0.2 percent.
For violent crime, the number of males arrested decreased 2.2 percent, and the number of females arrested for this offense increased 2.2 percent.
In the Nation’s suburban areas, the number of males arrested for property crime increased 1.5 percent; the number of females arrested for property crime increased 11.6 percent.
The number of males arrested for motor vehicle theft decreased 13.7 percent in suburban areas, and the number of females arrested for this offense decreased 12.4 percent.
The number of juveniles (persons under age 18) arrested for motor vehicle theft also declined for both genders in 2007. The number of male juveniles arrested for motor vehicle theft decreased 14.1 percent when compared with the 2006 data, and the number of female juveniles arrested for this offense decreased 12.2 percent.