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

Table 57

Arrest Trends
Nonmetropolitan Counties
by Sex, 2004-2005
[1,638 agencies; 2005 estimated population 19,607,458; 2004 estimated population 19,528,484]

Offense charged Male Female
Total Under 18 Total Under 18
2004 2005 Percent change 2004 2005 Percent change 2004 2005 Percent change 2004 2005 Percent change
TOTAL1 576,639 578,729 +0.4 50,606 48,978 -3.2 170,364 174,028 +2.2 19,138 18,533 -3.2
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 601 605 +0.7 26 29 +11.5 117 99 -15.4 14 5 -64.3
Forcible rape 1,828 1,754 -4.0 281 276 -1.8 52 30 -42.3 16 11 -31.3
Robbery 1,571 1,599 +1.8 173 205 +18.5 179 234 +30.7 21 24 +14.3
Aggravated assault 16,466 16,412 -0.3 1,419 1,453 +2.4 3,460 3,603 +4.1 407 425 +4.4
Burglary 15,943 16,223 +1.8 4,016 3,726 -7.2 2,313 2,443 +5.6 380 345 -9.2
Larceny-theft 21,167 21,290 +0.6 4,084 3,817 -6.5 8,670 8,847 +2.0 1,624 1,511 -7.0
Motor vehicle theft 4,567 4,611 +1.0 1,137 1,009 -11.3 934 1,098 +17.6 280 318 +13.6
Arson 757 801 +5.8 252 282 +11.9 142 134 -5.6 32 23 -28.1
Violent crime2 20,466 20,370 -0.5 1,899 1,963 +3.4 3,808 3,966 +4.1 458 465 +1.5
Property crime2 42,434 42,925 +1.2 9,489 8,834 -6.9 12,059 12,522 +3.8 2,316 2,197 -5.1
Other assaults 54,068 54,849 +1.4 6,092 6,273 +3.0 16,877 17,564 +4.1 2,714 2,820 +3.9
Forgery and counterfeiting 3,104 3,016 -2.8 144 139 -3.5 2,120 2,304 +8.7 77 53 -31.2
Fraud 18,607 18,094 -2.8 201 205 +2.0 18,738 18,488 -1.3 143 131 -8.4
Embezzlement 381 413 +8.4 10 14 +40.0 456 419 -8.1 3 10 +233.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 4,078 4,170 +2.3 478 530 +10.9 816 831 +1.8 104 85 -18.3
Vandalism 11,056 10,969 -0.8 3,563 3,447 -3.3 2,062 2,238 +8.5 495 488 -1.4
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 6,234 6,491 +4.1 760 756 -0.5 504 577 +14.5 95 93 -2.1
Prostitution and commercialized vice 107 82 -23.4 6 3 -50.0 79 70 -11.4 4 2 -50.0
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 4,966 4,901 -1.3 1,034 882 -14.7 267 283 +6.0 67 78 +16.4
Drug abuse violations 69,763 69,197 -0.8 5,135 4,835 -5.8 17,914 18,640 +4.1 1,346 1,332 -1.0
Gambling 389 364 -6.4 10 2 -80.0 70 119 +70.0 2 2 0.0
Offenses against the family and children 9,454 9,842 +4.1 298 232 -22.1 2,332 2,426 +4.0 213 181 -15.0
Driving under the influence 103,817 97,202 -6.4 1,480 1,221 -17.5 22,905 21,533 -6.0 380 325 -14.5
Liquor laws 24,881 24,386 -2.0 5,398 5,237 -3.0 9,147 8,867 -3.1 3,060 2,927 -4.3
Drunkenness 16,278 15,645 -3.9 359 311 -13.4 3,298 3,148 -4.5 127 101 -20.5
Disorderly conduct 15,915 15,777 -0.9 3,404 3,275 -3.8 5,654 5,705 +0.9 1,571 1,590 +1.2
Vagrancy 275 151 -45.1 29 11 -62.1 86 49 -43.0 0 8 -
All other offenses (except traffic) 168,236 177,688 +5.6 8,687 8,611 -0.9 48,515 51,719 +6.6 3,306 3,085 -6.7
Suspicion 128 113 -11.7 64 36 -43.8 20 29 +45.0 11 9 -18.2
Curfew and loitering law violations 361 383 +6.1 361 383 +6.1 236 244 +3.4 236 244 +3.4
Runaways 1,769 1,814 +2.5 1,769 1,814 +2.5 2,421 2,316 -4.3 2,421 2,316 -4.3

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  • In 2005, the number of males arrested for violent crime in nonmetropolitan counties decreased 0.5 percent compared with 2004 data; the number of females arrested for violent crime in nonmetropolitan counties increased 4.1 percent.
  • In the 2-year period (2004+2005), the number of juveniles (persons under 18 years of age) arrested for violent crime in nonmetropolitan counties increased. The number of juvenile males arrested increased 3.4 percent, and the number of juvenile females arrested increased 1.5 percent.
  • Males and females were arrested more often for property crime in nonmetropolitan counties in 2005 than in the previous year with increases of 1.2 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively.
  • In nonmetropolitan counties, juveniles were arrested less often for property crime in 2005 than in the previous year with a 6.9-percent decrease in arrests of juvenile males and a 5.1-percent decrease in arrests of juvenile females.
  • The number of females arrested for driving under the influence in nonmetropolitan counties decreased 6.0 percent in the 2-year period; the number of males arrested for the same offense decreased 6.4 percent.
Crime in the United States 2005
Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Release Date: September 2006