Table 63

Arrest Trends
Suburban Areas¹
by Sex, 2004-2005
[5,269 agencies; 2005 estimated population 88,632,388; 2004 estimated population 87,701,281]

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
TOTAL²	2,689,726	2,707,223	+0.7	394,743	382,109	-3.2	834,969	847,889	+1.5	160,194	154,616	-3.5
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	2,188	2,330	+6.5	155	172	+11.0	331	376	+13.6	18	38	+111.1
Forcible rape	6,333	6,043	-4.6	1,055	927	-12.1	92	86	-6.5	22	22	0.0
Robbery	18,214	18,525	+1.7	4,172	4,482	+7.4	2,093	2,216	+5.9	358	420	+17.3
Aggravated assault	84,441	84,556	+0.1	11,757	11,346	-3.5	20,758	20,684	-0.4	3,363	3,284	-2.3
Burglary	63,182	62,817	-0.6	18,803	17,523	-6.8	9,815	10,078	+2.7	2,225	2,052	-7.8
Larceny-theft	174,055	168,272	-3.3	45,705	41,686	-8.8	104,478	101,372	-3.0	29,378	26,793	-8.8
Motor vehicle theft	25,392	24,741	-2.6	6,286	5,676	-9.7	5,303	5,346	+0.8	1,425	1,309	-8.1
Arson	3,828	3,829	*	2,101	2,153	+2.5	661	625	-5.4	317	278	-12.3
Violent crime³	111,176	111,454	+0.3	17,139	16,927	-1.2	23,274	23,362	+0.4	3,761	3,764	+0.1
Property crime³	266,457	259,659	-2.6	72,895	67,038	-8.0	120,257	117,421	-2.4	33,345	30,432	-8.7
Other assaults	237,823	240,642	+1.2	45,692	45,141	-1.2	78,305	79,855	+2.0	21,636	21,360	-1.3
Forgery and counterfeiting	18,392	17,442	-5.2	871	734	-15.7	11,925	11,380	-4.6	425	363	-14.6
Fraud	55,167	54,119	-1.9	1,260	1,272	+1.0	50,186	49,594	-1.2	767	752	-2.0
Embezzlement	2,357	2,425	+2.9	163	184	12.9	2,296	2,464	+7.3	119	105	-11.8
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	27,300	26,561	-2.7	4,818	4,220	-12.4	6,142	6,508	+6.0	903	836	-7.4
Vandalism	59,636	58,739	-1.5	24,938	24,363	-2.3	10,871	11,254	+3.5	3,959	3,838	-3.1
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	37,662	39,760	+5.6	9,336	9,748	+4.4	3,278	3,547	+8.2	1,117	1,187	+6.3
Prostitution and commercialized vice	2,284	2,258	-1.1	62	35	-43.5	2,885	2,530	-12.3	70	55	-21.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	19,926	19,433	-2.5	4,363	4,057	-7.0	1,149	919	-20.0	368	299	-18.8
Drug abuse violations	325,747	340,747	+4.6	41,088	39,916	-2.9	79,346	84,158	+6.1	9,887	9,209	-6.9
Gambling	1,004	849	-15.4	119	128	+7.6	291	235	-19.2	10	4	-60.0
Offenses against the family and children	36,192	36,443	+0.7	1,050	988	-5.9	8,469	8,723	+3.0	576	600	+4.2
Driving under the influence	349,185	341,635	-2.2	4,628	4,261	-7.9	82,126	83,074	+1.2	1,231	1,226	-0.4
Liquor laws	118,728	114,826	-3.3	25,748	24,958	-3.1	44,604	44,833	+0.5	14,259	14,276	+0.1
Drunkenness	106,189	103,987	-2.1	3,869	3,371	-12.9	20,484	20,150	-1.6	1,196	1,007	-15.8
Disorderly conduct	117,687	116,406	-1.1	38,606	37,588	-2.6	40,854	41,050	+0.5	16,642	16,639	*
Vagrancy	3,068	3,380	+10.2	442	421	-4.8	794	963	+21.3	142	133	-6.3
All other offenses (except traffic)	771,239	793,485	+2.9	75,149	73,786	-1.8	225,889	234,981	+4.0	28,237	27,643	-2.1
Suspicion	532	778	+46.2	93	110	+18.3	154	186	+20.8	27	32	+18.5
Curfew and loitering law violations	11,398	12,115	+6.3	11,398	12,115	+6.3	5,472	5,932	+8.4	5,472	5,932	+8.4
Runaways	11,109	10,858	-2.3	11,109	10,858	-2.3	16,072	14,956	-6.9	16,072	14,956	-6.9

¹ Suburban area includes law enforcement agencies in cities with less than 50,000 inhabitants and county law enforcement agencies that are within a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban area excludes all metropolitan agencies associated with a principal city.
² Does not include suspicion.
³ Violent crimes are offenses of murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes are offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
* Less than one-tenth of 1 percent.

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The number of males arrested in the Nation's suburban areas increased 0.7 percent in 2005 compared with the 2004 data; the number of male juveniles (under 18 years of age) arrested fell 3.2 percent during this time period.
The number of females arrested rose 1.5 percent in 2005 compared with the 2004 data; the number of juvenile females arrested fell 3.5 percent.
For murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, the number of males arrested increased 6.5 percent in 2005 compared with the 2004 data, and the number of females arrested rose 13.6 percent.
The number of juvenile males arrested for murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in 2005 increased 11.0 percent compared with the 2004 data, and the number of juvenile females increased 111.0 percent.

Crime in the United States 2005

Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation

Release Date: September 2006