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Table 44

Arrest Trends

City, 2001-2002
[6,335 agencies; 2002 estimated population 123,260,979; 2001 estimated population 121,645,273]

 
Number of persons arrested
 
Total all ages
Under 18 years of age
18 years of age and over
Offense charged
2001
2002
Percent
change
2001
2002
Percent
change
2001
2002
Percent
change
TOTAL1 6,321,725 6,332,176 +0.2 1,150,458 1,116,543 -2.9 5,171,267 5,215,633 +0.9
                   
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 6,300 6,195 -1.7 663 656 -1.1 5,637 5,539 -1.7
Forcible rape 12,387 12,431 +0.4 2,142 2,090 -2.4 10,245 10,341 +0.9
Robbery 57,792 57,056 -1.3 13,275 13,098 -1.3 44,517 43,958 -1.3
Aggravated assault 231,162 228,557 -1.1 31,963 30,530 -4.5 199,199 198,027 -0.6
Burglary 133,512 134,899 +1.0 42,103 40,728 -3.3 91,409 94,171 +3.0
Larceny-theft 618,833 620,847 +0.3 194,724 188,883 -3.0 424,109 431,964 +1.9
Motor vehicle theft 66,139 68,554 +3.7 21,960 20,705 -5.7 44,179 47,849 +8.3
Arson 8,788 7,458 -15.1 4,567 4,074 -10.8 4,221 3,384 -19.8
Violent crime2 307,641 304,239 -1.1 48,043 46,374 -3.5 259,598 257,865 -0.7
Property crime3 827,272 831,758 +0.5 263,354 254,390 -3.4 563,918 577,368 +2.4
Crime Index4 1,134,913 1,135,997 +0.1 311,397 300,764 -3.4 823,516 835,233 +1.4
Other assaults 603,901 601,600 -0.4 112,978 114,887 +1.7 490,923 486,713 -0.9
Forgery and counterfeiting 56,229 56,059 -0.3 3,074 2,496 -18.8 53,155 53,563 +0.8
Fraud 101,858 102,630 +0.8 4,133 3,860 -6.6 97,725 98,770 +1.1
Embezzlement 10,215 9,632 -5.7 1,084 777 -28.3 9,131 8,855 -3.0
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing 67,619 66,873 -1.1 15,416 14,488 -6.0 52,203 52,385 +0.3
Vandalism 132,389 133,050 +0.5 52,467 51,667 -1.5 79,922 81,383 +1.8
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 79,597 79,040 -0.7 18,383 17,525 -4.7 61,214 61,515 +0.5
Prostitution and commercialized vice 44,595 45,169 +1.3 735 762 +3.7 43,860 44,407 +1.2
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 41,067 40,985 -0.2 8,333 8,360 +0.3 32,734 32,625 -0.3
Drug abuse violations 703,801 703,273 -0.1 94,778 87,897 -7.3 609,023 615,376 +1.0
Gambling 3,494 3,357 -3.9 338 429 +26.9 3,156 2,928 -7.2
Offenses against the family and children 45,467 46,360 +2.0 4,593 4,022 -12.4 40,874 42,338 +3.6
Driving under the influence 547,301 553,775 +1.2 8,719 8,878 +1.8 538,582 544,897 +1.2
Liquor laws 309,089 309,141 * 67,442 65,704 -2.6 241,647 243,437 +0.7
Drunkenness 331,848 313,293 -5.6 11,391 10,539 -7.5 320,457 302,754 -5.5
Disorderly conduct 330,165 326,705 -1.0 93,268 95,954 +2.9 236,897 230,751 -2.6
Vagrancy 16,145 16,856 +4.4 1,206 1,008 -16.4 14,939 15,848 +6.1
All other offenses (except traffic) 1,616,517 1,651,531 +2.2 195,208 189,676 -2.8 1,421,309 1,461,855 +2.9
Suspicion 1,513 1,757 +16.1 449 853 +90.0 1,064 904 -15.0
Curfew and loitering law violations 80,456 77,138 -4.1 80,456 77,138 -4.1 - - -
Runaways 65,059 59,712 -8.2 65,059 59,712 -8.2 - - -