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Table 52

Arrests
Metropolitan Counties
by Age, 2006
[1,252 agencies; 2006 estimated population 45,787,064]

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 1,767,517 58,160 215,230 1,552,287 1,712 12,108 44,340 41,360 53,802 61,908 73,938 77,865 75,642 71,784 67,248 65,609 62,960 264,487 195,649 185,656 169,435 122,552 64,835 31,120 12,923 10,584
Total percent distribution1 100.0 3.3 12.2 87.8 0.1 0.7 2.5 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 15.0 11.1 10.5 9.6 6.9 3.7 1.8 0.7 0.6
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 1,969 7 150 1,819 0 2 5 16 43 84 127 125 100 125 101 81 82 330 205 164 120 104 62 48 19 26
Forcible rape 3,349 182 462 2,887 6 41 135 84 98 98 202 176 137 161 126 113 105 436 347 385 272 197 107 64 32 27
Robbery 11,323 542 2,672 8,651 2 71 469 519 715 896 1,114 997 713 568 467 417 378 1,389 797 709 578 322 122 57 12 11
Aggravated assault 59,274 2,234 7,007 52,267 88 562 1,584 1,340 1,600 1,833 2,160 2,045 2,066 2,119 2,073 1,995 2,054 8,896 6,795 6,649 6,145 4,514 2,464 1,199 549 544
Burglary 39,651 3,057 10,632 29,019 90 616 2,351 2,102 2,620 2,853 3,367 2,608 2,014 1,684 1,448 1,310 1,117 4,642 3,120 2,916 2,386 1,394 680 221 53 59
Larceny-theft 101,022 6,908 23,290 77,732 156 1,431 5,321 4,686 5,559 6,137 5,853 4,950 4,168 3,641 3,216 2,985 2,868 11,943 8,913 9,076 8,407 5,903 3,178 1,430 647 554
Motor vehicle theft 17,298 756 3,543 13,755 5 69 682 806 960 1,021 1,112 989 798 792 729 663 613 2,524 1,756 1,467 1,192 654 282 101 49 34
Arson 2,330 519 1,041 1,289 43 135 341 200 168 154 132 113 71 52 43 25 40 168 139 141 129 113 67 28 17 11
Violent crime2 75,915 2,965 10,291 65,624 96 676 2,193 1,959 2,456 2,911 3,603 3,343 3,016 2,973 2,767 2,606 2,619 11,051 8,144 7,907 7,115 5,137 2,755 1,368 612 608
Violent crime percent distribution1 100.0 3.9 13.6 86.4 0.1 0.9 2.9 2.6 3.2 3.8 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 14.6 10.7 10.4 9.4 6.8 3.6 1.8 0.8 0.8
Property crime2 160,301 11,240 38,506 121,795 294 2,251 8,695 7,794 9,307 10,165 10,464 8,660 7,051 6,169 5,436 4,983 4,638 19,277 13,928 13,600 12,114 8,064 4,207 1,780 766 658
Property crime percent distribution1 100.0 7.0 24.0 76.0 0.2 1.4 5.4 4.9 5.8 6.3 6.5 5.4 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.9 12.0 8.7 8.5 7.6 5.0 2.6 1.1 0.5 0.4
Other assaults 159,136 12,090 31,788 127,348 437 3,152 8,501 6,344 7,009 6,345 5,072 4,788 4,610 4,924 4,613 4,679 4,648 20,955 17,174 17,231 15,885 11,359 5,856 3,004 1,292 1,258
Forgery and counterfeiting 13,652 50 414 13,238 3 11 36 50 100 214 402 511 541 566 512 599 554 2,619 1,959 1,843 1,417 967 427 187 78 56
Fraud 57,507 121 838 56,669 5 15 101 111 228 378 778 1,243 1,622 1,786 1,759 1,921 1,946 10,021 9,327 9,072 7,158 4,756 2,758 1,427 593 502
Embezzlement 2,625 5 189 2,436 0 2 3 10 74 100 217 182 137 149 121 109 86 368 285 268 229 129 85 43 20 8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 16,344 413 2,004 14,340 8 55 350 370 526 695 940 837 831 725 690 675 618 2,456 1,870 1,719 1,408 896 428 155 61 31
Vandalism 32,155 4,404 12,017 20,138 208 1,207 2,989 2,273 2,694 2,646 2,113 1,630 1,408 1,236 1,051 937 825 3,058 2,082 2,019 1,633 1,135 513 269 115 114
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 21,591 1,724 4,809 16,782 47 450 1,227 899 1,049 1,137 1,263 1,192 1,124 1,069 955 856 843 2,971 1,802 1,402 1,275 942 541 284 132 131
Prostitution and commercialized vice 2,705 15 77 2,628 0 3 12 22 13 27 81 74 86 110 90 99 82 417 364 375 372 242 122 56 34 24
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 12,440 1,073 2,263 10,177 67 314 692 401 398 391 486 465 437 380 334 357 310 1,303 1,171 1,267 1,188 892 634 386 257 310
Drug abuse violations 226,189 2,921 20,466 205,723 28 320 2,573 3,173 5,709 8,663 12,790 13,524 12,728 11,722 10,508 9,857 9,423 36,610 23,556 21,037 19,521 13,920 6,662 2,636 820 409
Gambling 706 10 40 666 0 1 9 7 8 15 24 20 34 15 11 18 18 72 87 79 60 71 54 40 32 31
Offenses against the family and children 36,059 219 757 35,302 6 45 168 172 186 180 381 403 520 673 726 847 1,009 5,909 6,468 6,486 5,764 3,667 1,574 559 203 113
Driving under the influence 237,867 23 2,530 235,337 4 2 17 82 604 1,821 5,020 7,058 8,174 11,803 11,551 11,659 10,897 43,583 29,220 26,006 25,046 20,130 12,634 7,076 3,054 2,426
Liquor laws 55,614 1,177 14,863 40,751 19 85 1,073 2,046 4,356 7,284 10,003 9,838 8,023 1,214 860 723 598 2,264 1,523 1,488 1,520 1,225 807 352 178 135
Drunkenness 40,392 142 1,168 39,224 4 8 130 204 290 532 1,365 1,444 1,472 1,859 1,683 1,652 1,487 5,629 4,298 4,456 4,985 4,338 2,491 1,315 480 270
Disorderly conduct 45,960 5,026 13,986 31,974 136 1,138 3,752 3,043 3,219 2,698 2,079 1,685 1,418 1,650 1,527 1,356 1,245 4,786 3,437 3,636 3,432 2,842 1,501 716 362 302
Vagrancy 2,789 49 271 2,518 1 4 44 47 81 94 100 95 88 66 68 69 88 337 259 377 379 296 180 73 24 19
All other offenses (except traffic) 546,850 8,704 37,677 509,173 265 1,583 6,856 7,197 9,480 12,296 16,716 20,828 22,302 22,666 21,966 21,579 21,010 90,738 68,660 65,342 58,890 41,513 20,593 9,385 3,809 3,176
Suspicion 538 25 94 444 0 2 23 15 22 32 41 45 20 29 20 28 16 63 35 46 44 31 13 9 1 3
Curfew and loitering law violations 4,428 1,026 4,428 - 10 125 891 1,026 1,368 1,008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaways 15,754 4,738 15,754 - 74 659 4,005 4,115 4,625 2,276 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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  • In 2006, 87.8 percent of all individuals arrested in metropolitan counties were age 18 and over.
  • Persons between the ages of 18 and 24 comprised 28.0 percent of all arrestees in metropolitan counties.
  • Juveniles (persons under age 18) comprised 13.6 percent of all persons arrested for violent crime in metropolitan counties. Juveniles accounted for 23.6 percent of individuals arrested for robbery offenses.
  • Arrests for driving under the influence accounted for 13.5 percent of all arrests in metropolitan counties in 2006. Drug abuse violations accounted for 12.8 percent of arrests.
Crime in the United States, 2006