Table 30

Number and Rate of Arrests
by Geographic Region, 2005
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]

Offense charged United States total
(10,974 agencies;
population 217,722,329)
Northeast
(2,675 agencies;
population 40,559,934)
Midwest
(2,510 agencies;
population 42,539,925)
South
(4,115 agencies;
population 70,401,054)
West
(1,674 agencies;
population 64,221,416)
Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate Total Rate
TOTAL1 10,367,072 4,761.6 1,525,807 3,761.9 2,034,396 4,782.3 3,826,789 5,435.7 2,980,080 4,640.3
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,335 4.7 1,305 3.2 1,621 3.8 4,388 6.2 3,021 4.7
Forcible rape 18,733 8.6 3,226 8.0 4,184 9.8 6,666 9.5 4,657 7.3
Robbery 85,309 39.2 17,737 43.7 14,027 33.0 27,936 39.7 25,609 39.9
Aggravated assault 331,469 152.2 46,522 114.7 52,389 123.2 101,815 144.6 130,743 203.6
Burglary 220,391 101.2 30,551 75.3 33,600 79.0 79,035 112.3 77,205 120.2
Larceny-theft 854,856 392.6 131,882 325.2 170,377 400.5 313,490 445.3 239,107 372.3
Motor vehicle theft 108,301 49.7 10,989 27.1 22,945 53.9 26,539 37.7 47,828 74.5
Arson 12,012 5.5 2,119 5.2 2,133 5.0 3,911 5.6 3,849 6.0
Violent crime2 445,846 204.8 68,790 169.6 72,221 169.8 140,805 200.0 164,030 255.4
Property crime2 1,195,560 549.1 175,541 432.8 229,055 538.4 422,975 600.8 367,989 573.0
Other assaults 958,477 440.2 150,353 370.7 184,713 434.2 399,246 567.1 224,165 349.1
Forgery and counterfeiting 87,346 40.1 12,624 31.1 13,984 32.9 37,328 53.0 23,410 36.5
Fraud 231,721 106.4 34,093 84.1 34,501 81.1 140,271 199.2 22,856 35.6
Embezzlement 14,097 6.5 1,186 2.9 1,975 4.6 7,526 10.7 3,410 5.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 99,173 45.6 17,383 42.9 19,942 46.9 27,175 38.6 34,673 54.0
Vandalism 206,351 94.8 41,028 101.2 43,166 101.5 54,172 76.9 67,985 105.9
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 142,878 65.6 18,682 46.1 24,755 58.2 50,062 71.1 49,379 76.9
Prostitution and commercialized vice 62,663 28.8 8,005 19.7 13,698 32.2 16,618 23.6 24,342 37.9
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 67,072 30.8 11,046 27.2 13,096 30.8 18,935 26.9 23,995 37.4
Drug abuse violations 1,357,841 623.7 201,493 496.8 244,073 573.8 467,610 664.2 444,665 692.4
Gambling 8,101 3.7 908 2.2 3,710 8.7 2,545 3.6 938 1.5
Offenses against the family and children 93,172 42.8 22,420 55.3 23,924 56.2 32,409 46.0 14,419 22.5
Driving under the influence 997,338 458.1 133,116 328.2 227,267 534.2 294,074 417.7 342,881 533.9
Liquor laws 437,923 201.1 52,069 128.4 152,210 357.8 115,753 164.4 117,891 183.6
Drunkenness 412,930 189.7 32,470 80.1 32,585 76.6 243,432 345.8 104,443 162.6
Disorderly conduct 501,129 230.2 118,973 293.3 140,448 330.2 161,144 228.9 80,564 125.4
Vagrancy 24,372 11.2 4,222 10.4 1,271 3.0 9,476 13.5 9,403 14.6
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,837,806 1,303.4 378,494 933.2 527,586 1,240.2 1,130,317 1,605.5 801,409 1,247.9
Suspicion 2,747 1.3 151 0.4 424 1.0 1,838 2.6 334 0.5
Curfew and loitering law violations 104,054 47.8 34,930 86.1 13,719 32.2 23,444 33.3 31,961 49.8
Runaways 81,222 37.3 7,981 19.7 16,497 38.8 31,472 44.7 25,272 39.4

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