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Table 35

Five-Year Arrest Trends

by Sex, 1998-2002
[7,779 agencies; 2002 estimated population 169,318,197; 1998 estimated population 158,699,352]

 
Male
Female
 
Total
Under 18
Total
Under 18
Offense charged
1998
2002
Percent
change
1998
2002
Percent
change
1998
2002
Percent
change
1998
2002
Percent
change
TOTAL1 6,935,191 6,301,422 -9.1 1,184,101 932,601 -21.2 1,934,871 1,869,233 -3.4 436,057 375,059 -14.0
                         
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 7,892 7,053 -10.6 1,043 661 -36.6 944 840 -11.0 91 69 -24.2
Forcible rape 18,015 16,694 -7.3 3,165 2,682 -15.3 223 232 +4.0 53 92 +73.6
Robbery 63,905 58,459 -8.5 17,544 13,872 -20.9 7,270 6,776 -6.8 1,692 1,381 -18.4
Aggravated assault 245,349 226,080 -7.9 34,518 28,692 -16.9 58,109 56,392 -3.0 9,491 8,713 -8.2
Burglary 174,096 151,719 -12.9 63,232 46,668 -26.2 25,821 24,163 -6.4 8,157 6,087 -25.4
Larceny-theft 536,764 446,853 -16.8 174,404 125,073 -28.3 288,852 262,769 -9.0 93,526 81,507 -12.9
Motor vehicle theft 78,637 77,278 -1.7 27,087 23,162 -14.5 14,782 15,372 +4.0 5,743 4,693 -18.3
Arson 8,697 8,169 -6.1 4,894 4,310 -11.9 1,476 1,438 -2.6 589 551 -6.5
Violent crime2 335,161 308,286 -8.0 56,270 45,907 -18.4 66,546 64,240 -3.5 11,327 10,255 -9.5
Property crime3 798,194 684,019 -14.3 269,617 199,213 -26.1 330,931 303,742 -8.2 108,015 92,838 -14.1
Crime Index4 1,133,355 992,305 -12.4 325,887 245,120 -24.8 397,477 367,982 -7.4 119,342 103,093 -13.6
Other assaults 635,264 594,588 -6.4 101,364 97,167 -4.1 183,082 187,654 +2.5 44,393 46,068 +3.8
Forgery and counterfeiting 41,721 41,688 -0.1 2,799 1,926 -31.2 26,201 27,781 +6.0 1,577 1,080 -31.5
Fraud 118,529 108,615 -8.4 4,669 3,774 -19.2 95,959 88,638 -7.6 2,239 1,753 -21.7
Embezzlement 5,472 5,767 +5.4 587 479 -18.4 5,272 5,788 +9.8 433 355 -18.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 69,284 61,769 -10.8 18,401 13,097 -28.8 12,924 13,605 +5.3 2,736 2,519 -7.9
Vandalism 159,058 136,308 -14.3 70,677 53,901 -23.7 27,872 26,917 -3.4 9,490 8,462 -10.8
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 106,958 90,406 -15.5 25,247 18,785 -25.6 8,991 7,714 -14.2 2,473 2,246 -9.2
Prostitution and commercialized vice 24,334 16,820 -30.9 427 299 -30.0 35,441 32,777 -7.5 463 540 +16.6
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 52,142 51,162 -1.9 9,034 9,838 +8.9 4,050 3,878 -4.2 658 739 +12.3
Drug abuse violations 779,388 773,509 -0.8 108,704 94,770 -12.8 166,677 171,825 +3.1 17,515 18,017 +2.9
Gambling 6,602 5,480 -17.0 982 894 -9.0 796 612 -23.1 24 30 +25.0
Offenses against the family and children 61,587 58,960 -4.3 3,645 3,133 -14.0 17,871 18,858 +5.5 2,196 1,987 -9.5
Driving under the influence 728,757 695,338 -4.6 10,747 9,932 -7.6 135,912 145,046 +6.7 2,290 2,346 +2.4
Liquor laws 308,994 270,938 -12.3 71,229 53,385 -25.1 86,837 86,284 -0.6 30,946 26,373 -14.8
Drunkenness 397,428 326,029 -18.0 13,142 9,326 -29.0 57,797 52,073 -9.9 2,920 2,496 -14.5
Disorderly conduct 328,902 263,971 -19.7 84,575 69,152 -18.2 98,013 83,605 -14.7 32,521 29,804 -8.4
Vagrancy 15,170 14,540 -4.2 1,561 927 -40.6 3,534 3,141 -11.1 330 265 -19.7
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,841,042 1,710,202 -7.1 209,220 163,669 -21.8 475,077 476,980 +0.4 68,423 58,811 -14.0
Suspicion 2,825 1,346 -52.4 708 592 -16.4 718 410 -42.9 223 254 +13.9
Curfew and loitering law violations 78,678 53,181 -32.4 78,678 53,181 -32.4 35,039 23,344 -33.4 35,039 23,344 -33.4
Runaways 42,526 29,846 -29.8 42,526 29,846 -29.8 60,049 44,731 -25.5 60,049 44,731 -25.5