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Table 64

Arrests
Suburban Areas1
by Age, 2006
[6,122 agencies; 2006 estimated population 94,714,217]

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 4,119,968 181,899 635,574 3,484,394 5,352 38,304 138,243 124,585 154,053 175,037 206,985 209,240 194,445 173,252 157,686 150,389 142,411 571,523 408,135 386,091 356,937 264,074 141,626 67,770 29,193 24,637
Total percent distribution2 100.0 4.4 15.4 84.6 0.1 0.9 3.4 3.0 3.7 4.2 5.0 5.1 4.7 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 13.9 9.9 9.4 8.7 6.4 3.4 1.6 0.7 0.6
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 3,074 16 231 2,843 0 3 13 29 65 121 208 201 175 193 143 140 128 516 313 272 196 152 75 63 30 38
Forcible rape 6,567 386 1,005 5,562 8 85 293 175 218 226 370 344 302 325 244 234 201 901 653 693 489 372 200 108 58 68
Robbery 26,620 1,536 7,028 19,592 21 231 1,284 1,455 1,790 2,247 2,455 2,107 1,594 1,360 1,038 948 840 3,049 1,874 1,693 1,359 751 336 121 39 28
Aggravated assault 117,886 5,357 16,678 101,208 193 1,359 3,805 3,217 3,850 4,254 4,595 4,466 4,350 4,514 4,286 4,134 4,146 17,319 12,814 12,332 11,346 8,236 4,521 2,138 1,037 974
Burglary 83,110 7,332 23,849 59,261 263 1,447 5,622 4,840 5,750 5,927 6,703 5,271 4,068 3,357 2,990 2,626 2,329 9,443 6,355 5,867 4,978 3,079 1,444 489 137 125
Larceny-theft 303,538 25,405 78,942 224,596 734 5,542 19,129 15,870 18,146 19,521 18,812 15,353 12,837 10,757 9,244 8,677 8,164 33,030 24,712 25,175 23,473 17,043 9,263 4,302 1,930 1,824
Motor vehicle theft 31,306 1,602 7,293 24,013 8 167 1,427 1,719 1,953 2,019 2,124 1,748 1,457 1,391 1,221 1,105 1,045 4,187 3,042 2,646 2,082 1,144 498 199 75 49
Arson 5,271 1,481 2,687 2,584 113 457 911 503 412 291 293 228 134 111 100 67 80 324 256 269 257 223 124 60 34 24
Violent crime3 154,147 7,295 24,942 129,205 222 1,678 5,395 4,876 5,923 6,848 7,628 7,118 6,421 6,392 5,711 5,456 5,315 21,785 15,654 14,990 13,390 9,511 5,132 2,430 1,164 1,108
Violent crime percent distribution2 100.0 4.7 16.2 83.8 0.1 1.1 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.4 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.4 14.1 10.2 9.7 8.7 6.2 3.3 1.6 0.8 0.7
Property crime3 423,225 35,820 112,771 310,454 1,118 7,613 27,089 22,932 26,261 27,758 27,932 22,600 18,496 15,616 13,555 12,475 11,618 46,984 34,365 33,957 30,790 21,489 11,329 5,050 2,176 2,022
Property crime percent distribution2 100.0 8.5 26.6 73.4 0.3 1.8 6.4 5.4 6.2 6.6 6.6 5.3 4.4 3.7 3.2 2.9 2.7 11.1 8.1 8.0 7.3 5.1 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.5
Other assaults 362,365 29,892 76,248 286,117 986 7,756 21,150 15,246 16,225 14,885 12,400 11,723 11,295 12,049 11,332 11,262 11,018 47,538 37,723 37,087 34,262 24,408 12,445 6,202 2,701 2,672
Forgery and counterfeiting 32,418 140 1,128 31,290 12 23 105 141 282 565 1,113 1,383 1,540 1,379 1,279 1,340 1,329 6,233 4,552 4,126 3,240 2,170 915 404 161 126
Fraud 97,223 311 2,315 94,908 13 46 252 329 623 1,052 2,068 2,833 3,424 3,343 3,097 3,527 3,326 16,669 14,927 14,393 11,460 7,603 4,328 2,190 930 790
Embezzlement 5,931 15 422 5,509 2 2 11 16 131 260 484 442 366 347 280 270 203 793 631 584 496 310 153 85 44 21
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 37,696 1,513 6,369 31,327 31 236 1,246 1,330 1,607 1,919 2,323 2,074 1,915 1,699 1,537 1,459 1,385 5,337 3,853 3,543 2,913 1,882 897 312 125 73
Vandalism 86,831 14,457 36,370 50,461 687 3,884 9,886 6,951 7,491 7,471 6,084 4,699 3,746 3,340 2,751 2,425 2,148 7,509 4,817 4,414 3,682 2,534 1,200 611 257 244
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 49,206 4,754 12,870 36,336 179 1,245 3,330 2,343 2,738 3,035 3,266 2,897 2,556 2,405 2,113 1,864 1,716 6,241 3,622 2,836 2,555 1,985 1,090 606 306 278
Prostitution and commercialized vice 6,275 25 158 6,117 1 5 19 33 38 62 176 192 199 220 219 226 207 919 833 910 857 558 300 132 82 87
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 23,807 2,303 4,792 19,015 129 618 1,556 861 836 792 975 969 864 806 671 656 626 2,489 2,142 2,278 2,102 1,610 1,140 700 427 560
Drug abuse violations 493,312 8,629 57,209 436,103 119 900 7,610 9,493 15,843 23,244 33,496 33,333 29,716 25,931 22,943 21,201 19,936 74,976 46,862 41,836 38,101 27,406 12,906 5,083 1,564 813
Gambling 1,564 26 147 1,417 0 2 24 39 35 47 69 41 70 40 31 31 33 172 157 153 138 133 113 96 67 73
Offenses against the family and children 50,271 513 1,708 48,563 25 115 373 382 414 399 751 770 935 1,136 1,228 1,319 1,495 8,298 8,450 8,481 7,503 4,775 2,144 780 302 196
Driving under the influence 484,907 90 6,523 478,384 37 6 47 228 1,535 4,670 11,667 15,755 17,705 24,641 23,881 23,465 22,012 85,067 57,008 51,810 50,726 41,980 26,341 14,504 6,565 5,257
Liquor laws 197,822 4,182 48,971 148,851 52 300 3,830 7,304 14,167 23,318 38,289 38,449 30,124 4,754 3,133 2,486 2,024 6,777 4,519 4,486 4,826 3,997 2,564 1,317 622 484
Drunkenness 143,163 632 5,494 137,669 19 33 580 904 1,366 2,592 5,145 5,187 5,088 7,346 6,429 5,945 5,168 19,571 14,306 14,891 17,242 15,058 8,863 4,395 1,840 1,195
Disorderly conduct 196,035 24,806 64,605 131,430 505 5,935 18,366 13,750 13,801 12,248 9,701 8,236 7,282 8,523 7,254 6,318 5,613 19,793 12,962 12,760 12,722 9,941 5,406 2,522 1,258 1,139
Vagrancy 6,063 170 700 5,363 3 24 143 137 185 208 298 206 211 170 169 157 173 687 526 742 740 649 369 161 61 44
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,213,199 30,704 118,141 1,095,058 976 5,638 24,090 23,741 29,315 34,381 43,046 50,265 52,454 53,067 50,031 48,464 47,026 193,561 140,150 131,731 119,123 86,013 43,967 20,175 8,537 7,448
Suspicion 987 44 170 817 1 5 38 30 45 51 74 68 38 48 42 43 40 124 76 83 69 62 24 15 4 7
Curfew and loitering law violations 23,400 6,273 23,400 - 55 893 5,325 5,616 6,754 4,757 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Runaways 30,121 9,305 30,121 - 180 1,347 7,778 7,903 8,438 4,475 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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  • In 2006, 84.6 percent of the persons arrested in the Nation’s suburban areas were adults.
  • Adults accounted for 83.8 percent of arrests in suburban areas for violent crime and 73.4 percent of persons arrested for property crime.
  • Juveniles (persons under age 18) were most often arrested for larceny-theft offenses (78,942) and other (simple) assaults (76,248).
  • Adults were most often arrested for driving under the influence (478,384) and drug abuse violations (436,103).
  • Juveniles accounted for 51.0 percent of all persons arrested in suburban areas for arson offenses.
Crime in the United States, 2006