FBI Seal Crime in the United States, 2002 Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Table 41

Arrests

of Persons Under 15, 18, 21, and 25 Years of Age, 2002
[10,372 agencies; 2002 estimated population 205,122,185]
  
Number of persons arrested
Percent of total all ages
Offense charged
Total
all ages
Under 15
Under 18
Under 21
Under 25
Under 15
Under 18
Under 21
Under 25
TOTAL 9,819,501 510,226 1,624,192 3,077,565 4,556,104 5.2 16.5 31.3 46.4
                   
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,107 101 973 2,915 5,161 1.0 9.6 28.8 51.1
Forcible rape 20,162 1,243 3,361 6,324 9,302 6.2 16.7 31.4 46.1
Robbery 77,342 4,323 17,893 34,409 47,460 5.6 23.1 44.5 61.4
Aggravated assault 339,437 15,846 44,281 82,137 133,400 4.7 13.0 24.2 39.3
Burglary 206,136 22,389 61,843 100,886 129,124 10.9 30.0 48.9 62.6
Larceny-theft 845,009 95,090 248,861 378,668 475,903 11.3 29.5 44.8 56.3
Motor vehicle theft 107,187 8,227 32,544 52,623 68,394 7.7 30.4 49.1 63.8
Arson 11,833 3,728 5,851 7,108 8,022 31.5 49.4 60.1 67.8
Violent crime1 447,048 21,513 66,508 125,785 195,323 4.8 14.9 28.1 43.7
Property crime2 1,170,165 129,434 349,099 539,285 681,443 11.1 29.8 46.1 58.2
Crime Index3 1,617,213 150,947 415,607 665,070 876,766 9.3 25.7 41.1 54.2
Other assaults 921,676 71,697 168,996 261,254 390,153 7.8 18.3 28.3 42.3
Forgery and counterfeiting 83,111 457 3,652 15,737 30,841 0.5 4.4 18.9 37.1
Fraud 233,087 1,178 6,434 29,905 66,714 0.5 2.8 12.8 28.6
Embezzlement 13,416 90 1,005 3,581 5,887 0.7 7.5 26.7 43.9
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 91,280 5,044 18,819 36,064 50,878 5.5 20.6 39.5 55.7
Vandalism 198,550 32,888 75,955 108,498 134,926 16.6 38.3 54.6 68.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 118,312 8,647 25,288 46,491 67,458 7.3 21.4 39.3 57.0
Prostitution and commercialized vice 58,758 165 1,095 6,259 13,818 0.3 1.9 10.7 23.5
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 67,833 7,226 13,877 21,313 29,049 10.7 20.5 31.4 42.8
Drug abuse violations 1,103,017 21,836 133,754 342,204 540,142 2.0 12.1 31.0 49.0
Gambling 7,525 171 1,114 2,496 3,845 2.3 14.8 33.2 51.1
Offenses against the family and children 97,716 2,442 6,572 13,227 25,566 2.5 6.7 13.5 26.2
Driving under the influence 1,020,377 370 15,214 110,849 294,898 * 1.5 10.9 28.9
Liquor laws 463,849 10,132 106,014 331,409 366,125 2.2 22.9 71.4 78.9
Drunkenness 413,808 1,679 13,529 53,504 116,051 0.4 3.3 12.9 28.0
Disorderly conduct 482,827 56,314 139,048 203,997 277,201 11.7 28.8 42.3 57.4
Vagrancy 19,678 402 1,519 3,325 5,294 2.0 7.7 16.9 26.9
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,606,294 76,025 282,025 626,786 1,063,824 2.9 10.8 24.0 40.8
Suspicion 7,670 294 1,171 2,092 3,164 3.8 15.3 27.3 41.3
Curfew and loitering law violations 103,155 29,070 103,155 103,155 103,155 28.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Runaways 90,349 33,152 90,349 90,349 90,349 36.7 100.0 100.0 100.0