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Table 30

Number and Rate of Arrests

by Geographic Region, 2002
[Rate: Number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants]
Offense charged
United States total
(10,372 agencies;
population 205,122,185)
Northeast
(2,329 agencies;
population 35,850,159)
Midwest
(2,711 agencies;
population 43,772,777)
South
(3,658 agencies;
population 65,086,583)
West
(1,674 agencies;
population 60,412,666)
TOTAL1 9,811,831 1,413,312 2,206,610 3,396,013 2,795,896
Rate 4,783.4 3,942.3 5,041.1 5,217.7 4,628.0
           
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 10,107 1,130 2,514 3,710 2,753
Rate 4.9 3.2 5.7 5.7 4.6
Forcible rape 20,162 3,569 4,924 6,581 5,088
Rate 9.8 10.0 11.2 10.1 8.4
Robbery 77,342 16,013 14,034 23,128 24,167
Rate 37.7 44.7 32.1 35.5 40.0
Aggravated assault 339,437 47,014 63,245 94,699 134,479
Rate 165.5 131.1 144.5 145.5 222.6
Burglary 206,136 29,874 35,675 67,372 73,215
Rate 100.5 83.3 81.5 103.5 121.2
Larceny-theft 845,009 123,967 193,198 289,561 238,283
Rate 412.0 345.8 441.4 444.9 394.4
Motor vehicle theft 107,187 12,390 24,022 25,526 45,249
Rate 52.3 34.6 54.9 39.2 74.9
Arson 11,833 2,114 2,571 3,625 3,523
Rate 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.8
Violent crime2 447,048 67,726 84,717 128,118 166,487
Rate 217.9 188.9 193.5 196.8 275.6
Property crime3 1,170,165 168,345 255,466 386,084 360,270
Rate 570.5 469.6 583.6 593.2 596.3
Crime Index4 1,617,213 236,071 340,183 514,202 526,757
Rate 788.4 658.5 777.2 790.0 871.9
Other assaults 921,676 145,638 191,176 366,274 218,588
Rate 449.3 406.2 436.7 562.7 361.8
Forgery and counterfeiting 83,111 11,440 14,471 31,969 25,231
Rate 40.5 31.9 33.1 49.1 41.8
Fraud 233,087 32,519 39,272 138,948 22,348
Rate 113.6 90.7 89.7 213.5 37.0
Embezzlement 13,416 1,038 2,337 6,932 3,109
Rate 6.5 2.9 5.3 10.7 5.1
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 91,280 17,324 23,265 22,311 28,380
Rate 44.5 48.3 53.1 34.3 47.0
Vandalism 198,550 41,216 49,077 45,759 62,498
Rate 96.8 115.0 112.1 70.3 103.5
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 118,312 15,043 26,469 38,232 38,568
Rate 57.7 42.0 60.5 58.7 63.8
Prostitution and commercialized vice 58,758 8,474 13,838 14,451 21,995
Rate 28.6 23.6 31.6 22.2 36.4
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 67,833 10,658 15,905 16,169 25,101
Rate 33.1 29.7 36.3 24.8 41.5
Drug abuse violations 1,103,017 179,848 229,915 324,869 368,385
Rate 537.7 501.7 525.2 499.1 609.8
Gambling 7,525 923 3,452 2,310 840
Rate 3.7 2.6 7.9 3.5 1.4
Offenses against the family and children 97,716 19,454 34,673 31,469 12,120
Rate 47.6 54.3 79.2 48.3 20.1
Driving under the influence 1,020,377 117,194 242,664 321,878 338,641
Rate 497.4 326.9 554.4 494.5 560.5
Liquor laws 463,849 56,010 177,925 101,769 128,145
Rate 226.1 156.2 406.5 156.4 212.1
Drunkenness 413,808 30,089 34,856 240,362 108,501
Rate 201.7 83.9 79.6 369.3 179.6
Disorderly conduct 482,827 113,258 161,294 133,567 74,708
Rate 235.4 315.9 368.5 205.2 123.7
Vagrancy 19,678 3,870 1,852 5,780 8,176
Rate 9.6 10.8 4.2 8.9 13.5
All other offenses (except traffic) 2,606,294 335,562 564,293 983,695 722,744
Rate 1,270.6 936.0 1,289.1 1,511.4 1,196.3
Suspicion 7,670 527 698 1,427 5,018
Rate 3.7 1.5 1.6 2.2 8.3
Curfew and loitering law violations 103,155 28,915 19,745 23,005 31,490
Rate 50.3 80.7 45.1 35.3 52.1
Runaways 90,349 8,768 19,948 32,062 29,571
Rate 44.0 24.5 45.6 49.3 48.9