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Table 48

Arrests
City
by Sex, 2006
[8,199 agencies; 2006 estimated population 151,460,208]

Offense charged Number of persons arrested Percent male Percent female Percent distribution1
Total Male Female Total Male Female
TOTAL 7,920,504 6,016,393 1,904,111 76.0 24.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 7,220 6,487 733 89.8 10.2 0.1 0.1 *
Forcible rape 12,216 12,072 144 98.8 1.2 0.2 0.2 *
Robbery 80,214 71,085 9,129 88.6 11.4 1.0 1.2 0.5
Aggravated assault 247,831 195,001 52,830 78.7 21.3 3.1 3.2 2.8
Burglary 164,247 139,851 24,396 85.1 14.9 2.1 2.3 1.3
Larceny-theft 671,068 411,930 259,138 61.4 38.6 8.5 6.8 13.6
Motor vehicle theft 78,390 64,588 13,802 82.4 17.6 1.0 1.1 0.7
Arson 8,702 7,195 1,507 82.7 17.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
Violent crime2 347,481 284,645 62,836 81.9 18.1 4.4 4.7 3.3
Property crime2 922,407 623,564 298,843 67.6 32.4 11.6 10.4 15.7
Other assaults 725,941 543,731 182,210 74.9 25.1 9.2 9.0 9.6
Forgery and counterfeiting 60,686 37,151 23,535 61.2 38.8 0.8 0.6 1.2
Fraud 110,740 64,622 46,118 58.4 41.6 1.4 1.1 2.4
Embezzlement 11,370 5,331 6,039 46.9 53.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 68,677 55,550 13,127 80.9 19.1 0.9 0.9 0.7
Vandalism 175,466 145,845 29,621 83.1 16.9 2.2 2.4 1.6
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 118,846 109,351 9,495 92.0 8.0 1.5 1.8 0.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice 56,792 20,215 36,577 35.6 64.4 0.7 0.3 1.9
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 45,733 41,193 4,540 90.1 9.9 0.6 0.7 0.2
Drug abuse violations 1,061,310 864,114 197,196 81.4 18.6 13.4 14.4 10.4
Gambling 7,806 7,146 660 91.5 8.5 0.1 0.1 *
Offenses against the family and children 43,328 29,005 14,323 66.9 33.1 0.5 0.5 0.8
Driving under the influence 650,167 514,739 135,428 79.2 20.8 8.2 8.6 7.1
Liquor laws 377,374 275,850 101,524 73.1 26.9 4.8 4.6 5.3
Drunkenness 350,973 297,303 53,670 84.7 15.3 4.4 4.9 2.8
Disorderly conduct 451,199 333,073 118,126 73.8 26.2 5.7 5.5 6.2
Vagrancy 24,095 18,943 5,152 78.6 21.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,136,472 1,641,718 494,754 76.8 23.2 27.0 27.3 26.0
Suspicion 1,000 770 230 77.0 23.0 * * *
Curfew and loitering law violations 109,350 75,416 33,934 69.0 31.0 1.4 1.3 1.8
Runaways 63,291 27,118 36,173 42.8 57.2 0.8 0.5 1.9

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  • Seventy-six percent of all persons arrested in the Nation’s cities during 2006 were male.
  • Males comprised 81.9 percent of persons arrested for violent crime and 67.6 percent of those arrested for property crime.
  • Males were most frequently arrested for drug abuse violations (864,114) and other (simple) assaults (543,731).
  • In the Nation’s cities, females were most often arrested for larceny-theft offenses (259,138) and for drug abuse violations (197,196).
Crime in the United States, 2006