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Table 32

Ten-Year Arrest Trends

Totals, 1993-2002
[7,596 agencies; 2002 estimated population 175,384,794; 1993 estimated population 157,011,564]

 
Number of persons arrested
 
Total all ages
Under 18 years of age
18 years of age and over
Offense charged
1993
2002
Percent
change
1993
2002
Percent
change
1993
2002
Percent
change
TOTAL1 8,581,290 8,413,983 -1.9 1,564,326 1,393,752 -10.9 7,016,964 7,020,231 *
                   
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 15,125 8,933 -40.9 2,485 886 -64.3 12,640 8,047 -36.3
Forcible rape 23,509 17,394 -26.0 3,928 2,887 -26.5 19,581 14,507 -25.9
Robbery 96,877 69,405 -28.4 26,505 16,338 -38.4 70,372 53,067 -24.6
Aggravated assault 320,814 299,286 -6.7 49,427 38,082 -23.0 271,387 261,204 -3.8
Burglary 253,751 178,477 -29.7 89,511 54,393 -39.2 164,240 124,084 -24.4
Larceny-theft 959,452 729,825 -23.9 307,926 216,434 -29.7 651,526 513,391 -21.2
Motor vehicle theft 128,552 94,608 -26.4 57,740 28,664 -50.4 70,812 65,944 -6.9
Arson 12,646 10,055 -20.5 6,451 4,957 -23.2 6,195 5,098 -17.7
Violent crime2 456,325 395,018 -13.4 82,345 58,193 -29.3 373,980 336,825 -9.9
Property crime3 1,354,401 1,012,965 -25.2 461,628 304,448 -34.0 892,773 708,517 -20.6
Crime Index4 1,810,726 1,407,983 -22.2 543,973 362,641 -33.3 1,266,753 1,045,342 -17.5
Other assaults 733,037 782,294 +6.7 126,489 143,933 +13.8 606,548 638,361 +5.2
Forgery and counterfeiting 66,364 71,842 +8.3 5,341 3,070 -42.5 61,023 68,772 +12.7
Fraud 218,695 195,925 -10.4 6,449 5,258 -18.5 212,246 190,667 -10.2
Embezzlement 7,910 11,815 +49.4 510 883 +73.1 7,400 10,932 +47.7
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 101,613 76,137 -25.1 28,808 15,766 -45.3 72,805 60,371 -17.1
Vandalism 209,095 169,842 -18.8 97,968 65,360 -33.3 111,127 104,482 -6.0
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 175,998 104,418 -40.7 42,530 22,615 -46.8 133,468 81,803 -38.7
Prostitution and commercialized vice 61,811 51,275 -17.0 755 958 +26.9 61,056 50,317 -17.6
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 69,072 59,193 -14.3 13,387 12,198 -8.9 55,685 46,995 -15.6
Drug abuse violations 710,922 974,082 +37.0 73,413 116,781 +59.1 637,509 857,301 +34.5
Gambling 10,348 6,500 -37.2 1,715 1,053 -38.6 8,633 5,447 -36.9
Offenses against the family and children 67,930 79,059 +16.4 3,520 5,208 +48.0 64,410 73,851 +14.7
Driving under the influence 984,141 879,210 -10.7 8,878 12,921 +45.5 975,263 866,289 -11.2
Liquor laws 316,919 385,611 +21.7 75,836 88,574 +16.8 241,083 297,037 +23.2
Drunkenness 509,543 362,979 -28.8 11,705 11,452 -2.2 497,838 351,527 -29.4
Disorderly conduct 483,676 398,728 -17.6 103,747 112,844 +8.8 379,929 285,884 -24.8
Vagrancy 13,581 15,702 +15.6 2,254 1,346 -40.3 11,327 14,356 +26.7
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,834,511 2,209,668 +20.4 221,650 239,171 +7.9 1,612,861 1,970,497 +22.2
Suspicion 6,231 2,252 -63.9 1,239 708 -42.9 4,992 1,544 -69.1
Curfew and loitering law violations 68,042 91,984 +35.2 68,042 91,984 +35.2 - - -
Runaways 127,356 79,736 -37.4 127,356 79,736 -37.4 - - -