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Uniform Crime Reporting Program

Federal Bureau of Investigation

November 2003

Age-Specific Arrest Rates and 

Race-Specific Arrest Rates 

for 

Selected Offenses, 1993-2001

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INTRODUCTION

The objective of this publication is to supplement the statistics published in Crime in the United States by providing 

users of Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data with age-specific arrest rates and race-specific arrest rates for the 

years 1993–2001. The current tabulations update the December 1993 publication, which presented these data for the years 

1965–1992. The UCR Program’s statisticians have tabulated the data for the Crime Index, violent crime, property crime, 

and each Part I offense (murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and 

arson). Age and race specific arrest rates are also tabulated for select Part II offenses (forgery and counterfeiting, fraud, 

embezzlement, stolen property, weapons violations, sex offenses, gambling, and drug abuse violations). Additionally, for 

each of the offenses, the statisticians have calculated age breakdowns representing juveniles and adults by race (white and 

all other races, black and all other minorities). A separate table lists the average age of arrestees for each of the Part I and 

Part II offenses by year.

An age-specific arrest rate refers to the number of arrests made per 100,000 inhabitants belonging to a defined age 

group. Technical Note A describes the computational procedures used to derive age-specific arrest rates. Technical Note B 

describes the methodology used to compute the average age of the arrestees. The reader should be aware that the average 

age of the arrestees is based on the age composition of the U.S. population. Therefore, any shift in the average age of the 

arrestees should not immediately be associated with a change in criminal pattern since the data may, in fact, reflect a shift 

in the population.

A race-specific arrest rate refers to the number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants belonging to a defined race. The 

statisticians have updated the race-specific data used in this publication, and therefore, figures may differ slightly from 

the national averages published in earlier editions of Crime in the United States. The rates represent that portion of 

the population covered by all agencies that contributed race data for the given offenses. The UCR Program requires 

that reporting agencies supply the age of arrestees; however, the Program stipulates that the submission of race data is 

voluntary. Therefore, the population coverage for race statistics is lower than that for age statistics.

This publication will be updated annually and published in electronic format beginning with the 2002 data, which will 

be posted on the FBI’s Web site in the spring of 2004.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Section One—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex—Part I Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Crime Index—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Violent Crime—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Murder—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Forcible Rape—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Robbery—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Aggravated Assault—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Property Crime—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Burglary—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Larceny-theft—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Motor Vehicle Theft—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Arson—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Section One—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex—Part II Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Forgery and Counterfeiting—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Fraud—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Embezzlement—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Stolen Property—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Weapons Violations—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Sex Offenses—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Gambling—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Drug Abuse Violations—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Section One—Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Crime Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Violent Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Forcible Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Aggravated Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Property Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Larceny-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Motor Vehicle Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Forgery and Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Stolen Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Sex Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Drug Abuse Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Average Age of Arrestees, United States—Part I & Part II Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Section Two—Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States—Part I and II Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Crime Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Violent Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Forcible Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Aggravated Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Property Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Larceny-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Motor Vehicle Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Forgery and Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Stolen Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Weapons Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Sex Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Drug Abuse Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Total, White, and All other Races . . . . 59

Crime Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Violent Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Forcible Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Aggravated Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Property Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Larceny-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Motor Vehicle Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Forgery and Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Stolen Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Weapons Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Sex Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Drug Abuse Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Black and Other Minority Races . . . . 65

Crime Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Violent Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Forcible Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Aggravated Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Property Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Larceny-theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Motor Vehicle Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Forgery and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Stolen Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Weapons Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Sex Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Drug Abuse Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Technical Note A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Technical Note B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Section One—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex—Part I Offenses

Offenses Included:

Crime Index

Violent Crime

Property Crime

Part I Offenses

Murder

Forcible Rape

Robbery

Aggravated Asssault

Burglary

Larceny-theft

Motor Vehicle Theft

Arson

 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 3

Crime Index—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 216.2 329.6 97.4

13-14 3,268.6 4,736.8 1,726.8

15 4,776.7 7,154.3 2,271.1

16 5,145.0 7,889.9 2,234.4

17 4,934.3 7,719.0 1,969.6

18 4,623.3 7,385.2 1,719.4

19 3,683.9 5,839.2 1,436.3

20 3,033.3 4,737.6 1,254.2

21 2,714.0 4,229.1 1,132.7

22 2,493.8 3,848.7 1,091.9

23 2,339.7 3,580.7 1,060.6

24 2,212.1 3,368.3 1,025.4

25-29 2,001.4 3,052.8 942.2

30-34 1,613.0 2,464.0 766.7

35-39 1,190.5 1,838.6 549.6

40-44 770.8 1,207.1 344.9

45-49 476.6 739.1 223.6

50-54 312.2 479.9 153.5

55-59 205.6 306.3 112.8

60-64 140.5 207.9 80.8

65 and over 67.1 110.7 37.4

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 223.4 337.9 103.4

13-14 3,446.4 4,952.6 1,862.7

15 4,895.3 7,207.0 2,449.7

16 5,277.3 7,982.9 2,400.9

17 5,025.8 7,731.0 2,134.9

18 4,663.2 7,319.6 1,866.8

19 3,596.3 5,633.8 1,468.8

20 2,987.9 4,582.0 1,323.1

21 2,678.6 4,090.2 1,207.2

22 2,418.4 3,655.7 1,134.2

23 2,246.7 3,411.7 1,050.1

24 2,098.3 3,146.9 1,023.2

25-29 1,891.1 2,837.4 932.7

30-34 1,590.6 2,391.0 787.0

35-39 1,196.1 1,826.8 571.4

40-44 795.9 1,240.9 361.7

45-49 479.6 741.3 226.9

50-54 298.0 451.5 152.0

55-59 196.2 297.5 102.5

60-64 133.0 199.5 73.8

65 and over 61.1 100.4 34.2

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 213.4 317.4 104.2

13-14 3,217.5 4,567.6 1,798.3

15 4,633.5 6,825.4 2,315.7

16 5,109.2 7,671.8 2,382.4

17 5,018.2 7,669.2 2,183.3

18 4,617.7 7,218.6 1,877.4

19 3,623.9 5,625.8 1,533.5

20 2,933.6 4,481.4 1,312.8

21 2,642.6 4,024.7 1,198.9

22 2,408.9 3,639.8 1,129.8

23 2,213.9 3,318.5 1,073.1

24 2,074.4 3,126.4 999.8

25-29 1,881.1 2,817.3 932.0

30-34 1,629.7 2,442.6 812.8

35-39 1,263.8 1,924.6 608.5

40-44 849.4 1,319.4 390.4

45-49 501.5 781.8 230.9

50-54 304.4 466.5 150.1

55-59 195.7 302.4 96.7

60-64 129.7 198.9 68.0

65 and over 56.8 95.4 30.3

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 200.4 293.2 103.1

13-14 2,977.5 4,153.4 1,741.7

15 4,479.4 6,475.1 2,368.6

16 4,894.7 7,226.6 2,415.1

17 4,946.1 7,449.4 2,265.4

18 4,629.5 7,137.0 1,986.4

19 3,602.8 5,547.1 1,572.5

20 2,958.5 4,498.9 1,345.8

21 2,560.2 3,854.3 1,206.7

22 2,315.1 3,455.7 1,128.7

23 2,133.3 3,167.5 1,065.0

24 1,914.9 2,825.1 980.8

25-29 1,694.2 2,504.8 872.5

30-34 1,468.5 2,177.4 755.3

35-39 1,171.1 1,757.9 588.5

40-44 797.3 1,221.4 382.8

45-49 478.6 743.7 222.4

50-54 293.1 446.0 147.5

55-59 184.7 283.4 93.1

60-64 122.1 187.8 63.2

65 and over 51.6 88.0 26.4

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 

Program’s Crime Index is composed of selected offenses used to gauge fluctuations 

in the volume and rate of crime reported 

to law enforcement. The offenses selected 

to make up the Crime Index were the Part 

I crimes—the violent crimes of murder and 

nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, 

robbery, and aggravated assault and the 

property crimes of burglary, larceny-theft, 

motor vehicle theft, and arson.

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 196.7 284.9 104.1

13-14 2,864.5 3,974.7 1,697.4

15 4,108.9 5,861.6 2,256.3

16 4,708.3 6,873.8 2,405.6

17 4,638.8 6,897.1 2,221.7

18 4,478.5 6,807.1 2,021.2

19 3,580.0 5,447.8 1,629.9

20 2,890.2 4,325.4 1,388.0

21 2,577.3 3,849.8 1,246.0

22 2,277.4 3,359.2 1,149.5

23 2,071.8 3,030.9 1,078.8

24 1,900.7 2,800.3 976.4

25-29 1,649.3 2,416.7 870.9

30-34 1,479.7 2,171.0 784.0

35-39 1,196.2 1,779.2 617.2

40-44 832.1 1,267.3 406.0

45-49 507.9 786.2 239.0

50-54 291.7 446.0 144.3

55-59 185.1 285.3 92.0

60-64 118.2 182.7 60.1

65 and over 47.3 81.6 23.7
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1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 167.9 244.2 87.9

13-14 2,446.3 3,368.1 1,477.4

15 3,553.7 5,002.4 2,021.5

16 3,997.8 5,781.1 2,103.2

17 4,188.2 6,182.4 2,053.7

18 4,022.4 6,098.5 1,833.4

19 3,341.3 5,058.6 1,547.6

20 2,742.6 4,101.7 1,320.4

21 2,387.3 3,544.7 1,177.3

22 2,161.4 3,167.0 1,111.7

23 1,916.0 2,795.1 1,003.1

24 1,778.1 2,586.3 945.6

25-29 1,521.5 2,224.1 808.3

30-34 1,375.7 2,016.8 730.0

35-39 1,138.9 1,685.6 595.7

40-44 808.5 1,221.8 403.2

45-49 482.4 742.1 231.3

50-54 283.0 432.2 140.4

55-59 178.1 272.6 89.8

60-64 111.5 172.1 56.7

65 and over 43.1 74.2 21.5

Crime Index—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 147.9 214.9 77.6

13-14 2,130.2 2,918.3 1,301.4

15 3,156.2 4,424.7 1,814.3

16 3,533.5 5,048.1 1,923.7

17 3,647.9 5,313.3 1,866.2

18 3,665.1 5,526.8 1,702.3

19 3,027.8 4,574.5 1,414.2

20 2,524.3 3,759.9 1,229.3

21 2,230.4 3,304.4 1,105.9

22 1,973.2 2,901.8 1,003.2

23 1,769.9 2,589.8 915.9

24 1,592.5 2,304.1 856.1

25-29 1,363.5 1,983.7 731.6

30-34 1,228.4 1,782.1 668.9

35-39 1,040.0 1,530.6 552.2

40-44 753.6 1,130.5 383.2

45-49 467.5 714.7 228.2

50-54 267.5 404.3 136.5

55-59 164.8 252.5 83.0

60-64 102.1 154.9 54.4

65 and over 40.8 69.6 20.7

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 136.8 198.2 72.3

13-14 1,969.6 2,656.1 1,247.5

15 2,939.7 4,038.6 1,778.5

16 3,271.3 4,567.8 1,892.5

17 3,432.8 4,942.4 1,817.7

18 3,408.6 5,080.6 1,646.6

19 2,890.3 4,344.1 1,374.3

20 2,442.2 3,617.5 1,211.6

21 2,186.6 3,231.6 1,091.3

22 1,902.7 2,820.0 943.1

23 1,694.7 2,477.7 878.0

24 1,537.0 2,226.4 822.0

25-29 1,243.3 1,806.0 667.9

30-34 1,128.1 1,638.2 611.3

35-39 978.0 1,441.0 517.9

40-44 725.9 1,090.4 367.4

45-49 451.3 685.9 223.9

50-54 260.7 396.9 130.0

55-59 154.0 233.9 79.4

60-64 95.0 146.0 48.8

65 and over 37.2 65.3 17.6

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 125.0 177.3 70.1

13-14 1,804.8 2,384.4 1,196.4

15 2,754.6 3,719.2 1,739.1

16 3,138.4 4,340.0 1,869.6

17 3,253.6 4,648.6 1,773.3

18 3,319.2 4,880.9 1,652.1

19 2,870.4 4,267.8 1,395.6

20 2,394.1 3,542.5 1,192.2

21 2,145.5 3,189.5 1,051.7

22 1,905.9 2,787.7 980.1

23 1,715.0 2,516.0 876.6

24 1,562.4 2,258.5 836.3

25-29 1,255.9 1,814.1 681.6

30-34 1,099.9 1,596.0 596.9

35-39 974.7 1,428.6 521.9

40-44 738.8 1,105.9 377.6

45-49 463.4 706.1 228.0

50-54 261.5 400.8 128.1

55-59 149.8 229.0 75.7

60-64 93.0 143.9 46.9

65 and over 32.3 56.7 15.1
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Violent Crime—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 23.0 38.9 6.4

13-14 460.7 740.5 166.9

15 828.6 1,378.8 248.9

16 1,030.9 1,764.3 253.1

17 1,115.3 1,944.2 232.8

18 1,148.7 2,038.0 213.7

19 1,008.4 1,781.1 202.7

20 919.4 1,609.6 199.0

21 876.6 1,532.5 192.1

22 821.4 1,428.6 193.3

23 781.5 1,351.9 193.6

24 736.1 1,266.0 192.1

25-29 660.6 1,130.8 187.0

30-34 507.2 862.7 153.7

35-39 361.3 617.1 108.2

40-44 230.4 402.8 62.0

45-49 148.5 265.3 36.0

50-54 97.3 176.4 22.3

55-59 63.6 117.4 14.0

60-64 41.1 79.7 6.9

65 and over 15.5 34.5 2.5

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 24.3 40.8 6.9

13-14 491.0 784.0 182.8

15 852.5 1,402.2 270.9

16 1,052.3 1,784.9 273.5

17 1,121.6 1,939.1 248.0

18 1,153.2 2,014.1 246.8

19 991.6 1,734.8 215.5

20 909.0 1,575.8 212.6

21 880.2 1,515.1 218.3

22 815.4 1,392.6 216.3

23 767.5 1,312.8 207.4

24 720.8 1,221.9 207.0

25-29 636.6 1,075.6 192.0

30-34 519.0 867.9 168.8

35-39 381.2 645.1 119.8

40-44 247.6 428.4 71.1

45-49 153.9 272.8 39.1

50-54 97.7 175.9 23.4

55-59 65.3 121.1 13.6

60-64 41.3 78.9 7.9

65 and over 15.1 33.8 2.3

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 23.9 39.7 7.3

13-14 467.2 740.5 180.0

15 820.2 1,332.8 278.3

16 1,030.6 1,729.9 286.7

17 1,125.5 1,934.9 260.0

18 1,146.9 1,998.3 249.9

19 997.9 1,725.0 238.7

20 899.3 1,540.0 228.2

21 876.5 1,496.7 228.6

22 834.3 1,419.0 226.9

23 771.3 1,297.8 227.7

24 717.8 1,213.7 211.1

25-29 640.7 1,070.3 205.2

30-34 540.2 890.3 188.3

35-39 409.4 682.0 139.0

40-44 270.2 462.0 82.9

45-49 165.8 290.4 45.4

50-54 105.4 189.1 25.9

55-59 68.2 125.0 15.5

60-64 43.6 83.7 7.9

65 and over 16.1 35.3 2.9

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 21.9 36.3 6.7

13-14 402.8 635.9 157.9

15 720.2 1,167.4 247.2

16 895.5 1,498.7 254.1

17 1,025.8 1,743.2 257.6

18 1,058.7 1,835.9 239.6

19 946.2 1,637.4 224.5

20 867.5 1,481.1 225.1

21 828.1 1,408.6 221.1

22 771.6 1,304.7 217.2

23 735.0 1,236.2 217.1

24 653.3 1,099.9 195.0

25-29 572.1 955.4 183.6

30-34 480.3 789.3 169.4

35-39 372.6 617.0 130.0

40-44 249.0 422.7 79.3

45-49 151.7 265.1 42.1

50-54 97.6 174.2 24.7

55-59 62.0 113.9 13.7

60-64 40.5 77.6 7.3

65 and over 14.7 32.7 2.3

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 22.3 37.1 6.7

13-14 395.6 618.0 161.9

15 663.6 1,066.2 238.0

16 867.9 1,438.8 260.8

17 957.7 1,622.3 246.3

18 1,050.3 1,797.4 261.9

19 952.2 1,629.4 245.2

20 855.7 1,445.6 238.4

21 850.8 1,436.7 237.8

22 778.4 1,295.5 239.3

23 741.0 1,237.5 227.0

24 690.0 1,150.7 216.6

25-29 576.1 948.4 198.6

30-34 500.0 809.5 188.5

35-39 393.7 643.4 145.6

40-44 269.8 451.6 91.9

45-49 166.6 286.7 50.6

50-54 97.9 174.7 24.5

55-59 64.5 117.7 15.0

60-64 41.6 78.8 8.2

65 and over 14.4 31.6 2.5

Violent crime is composed of four 

offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. According to the Uniform 

Crime Reporting Program’s definition, violent crimes involve force or threat of force.
6 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Violent Crime—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 21.2 34.8 6.9

13-14 352.0 542.9 151.4

15 598.2 951.1 224.8

16 757.5 1,236.8 248.4

17 887.6 1,478.9 254.7

18 943.0 1,604.6 245.5

19 898.1 1,526.4 241.9

20 825.4 1,385.1 239.8

21 785.4 1,304.6 242.6

22 755.0 1,247.6 240.8

23 679.3 1,122.7 218.8

24 644.1 1,063.9 211.7

25-29 538.2 882.0 189.3

30-34 466.6 751.7 179.5

35-39 381.6 616.2 148.5

40-44 265.3 436.6 97.3

45-49 156.4 268.7 47.8

50-54 97.9 172.2 26.9

55-59 62.6 113.9 14.8

60-64 39.6 75.2 7.5

65 and over 14.1 30.8 2.6

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 21.4 35.3 6.8

13-14 338.5 522.4 145.1

15 551.0 866.5 217.3

16 661.2 1,080.4 215.7

17 748.7 1,238.6 224.6

18 853.0 1,442.2 231.9

19 806.5 1,363.6 225.3

20 760.5 1,267.6 229.1

21 758.4 1,265.1 227.8

22 699.4 1,152.6 225.9

23 647.7 1,063.2 214.7

24 591.8 974.9 195.4

25-29 497.9 815.6 174.1

30-34 427.6 683.5 169.0

35-39 356.0 572.4 140.8

40-44 250.7 411.7 92.5

45-49 154.6 263.3 49.4

50-54 93.5 163.9 26.0

55-59 59.5 108.2 13.9

60-64 37.9 71.0 8.0

65 and over 13.3 28.7 2.5

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 19.7 32.2 6.6

13-14 312.6 480.4 136.1

15 497.0 782.7 195.1

16 593.1 952.9 210.5

17 709.0 1,160.6 225.9

18 796.3 1,341.1 222.3

19 772.2 1,303.5 218.2

20 732.9 1,218.6 224.3

21 738.5 1,220.9 233.0

22 681.5 1,127.3 215.2

23 623.7 1,025.1 204.9

24 568.1 920.3 202.7

25-29 466.2 759.4 166.3

30-34 399.7 639.3 157.1

35-39 339.4 543.8 136.3

40-44 248.7 406.2 93.8

45-49 154.1 260.3 51.2

50-54 91.9 160.2 26.4

55-59 57.6 103.9 14.3

60-64 36.5 67.6 8.3

65 and over 13.4 29.2 2.3

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 19.8 32.6 6.5

13-14 293.3 447.8 131.1

15 476.9 744.9 194.9

16 582.3 939.3 205.4

17 662.1 1,094.2 203.6

18 759.1 1,268.5 215.4

19 753.4 1,260.5 218.3

20 699.1 1,158.7 217.9

21 711.0 1,178.8 221.0

22 659.4 1,081.3 216.4

23 627.6 1,034.9 201.3

24 578.3 936.1 205.0

25-29 467.4 761.2 165.2

30-34 384.5 616.6 149.2

35-39 333.9 532.2 136.1

40-44 248.3 405.7 93.4

45-49 154.8 260.9 51.9

50-54 89.7 156.4 25.9

55-59 54.1 97.0 13.9

60-64 34.9 64.8 7.7

65 and over 12.3 26.4 2.3
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 7

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, as defined by the Uniform Crime 

Reporting (UCR) Program, is the willful 

(nonnegligent) killing of one human being 

by another. 

The classification of this offense, as 

for all other offenses that make up the 

Crime Index, is based solely on police investigation as opposed to the determination 

of a court, medical examiner, coroner, jury, 

or other judicial body. The Program does 

not include the following situations in the 

count for this offense classification: deaths 

caused by negligence, suicide, or accident; 

justifiable homicides; and attempts to murder or assaults to murder, which are scored 

as aggravated assaults.

Murder—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 0.1

13-14 6.3 11.1 1.2

15 20.5 37.5 2.7

16 35.9 67.1 2.8

17 50.4 92.7 5.5

18 59.2 110.1 5.6

19 53.5 98.6 6.5

20 46.8 87.1 4.7

21 40.0 74.0 4.6

22 35.4 64.5 5.2

23 30.9 56.7 4.4

24 26.1 46.6 5.0

25-29 18.5 32.6 4.3

30-34 11.1 19.1 3.2

35-39 8.2 13.7 2.8

40-44 5.7 9.9 1.6

45-49 4.3 7.4 1.3

50-54 3.5 6.3 1.0

55-59 2.4 4.2 0.7

60-64 1.5 2.8 0.4

65 and over 0.7 1.5 0.1

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 5.8 10.2 1.0

15 18.6 34.5 1.8

16 32.5 59.4 3.9

17 45.1 82.3 5.2

18 52.5 98.7 3.9

19 49.6 91.2 6.1

20 43.5 80.6 4.8

21 39.2 71.1 6.0

22 32.5 58.2 5.8

23 25.9 46.6 4.7

24 22.5 39.9 4.6

25-29 16.3 28.1 4.4

30-34 10.4 17.7 3.0

35-39 7.7 12.7 2.7

40-44 5.5 9.4 1.8

45-49 4.0 7.0 1.1

50-54 2.6 4.5 0.8

55-59 1.9 3.5 0.4

60-64 1.4 2.6 0.4

65 and over 0.5 1.2 0.1

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 4.8 8.5 1.0

15 16.9 31.1 1.9

16 29.6 53.4 4.3

17 40.2 74.8 3.2

18 52.9 98.1 5.3

19 48.0 88.9 5.2

20 42.3 77.4 5.6

21 37.7 69.0 5.0

22 33.9 62.6 4.0

23 27.1 49.6 3.8

24 25.4 46.2 4.1

25-29 16.7 29.6 3.6

30-34 10.2 17.2 3.1

35-39 7.4 12.7 2.3

40-44 5.6 9.4 1.8

45-49 3.7 6.3 1.2

50-54 2.7 4.7 0.7

55-59 2.5 4.6 0.6

60-64 1.4 2.6 0.2

65 and over 0.6 1.3 0.1

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 4.0 6.8 1.0

15 12.9 22.9 2.3

16 23.3 42.5 2.8

17 33.5 61.9 3.2

18 41.2 74.7 5.9

19 40.8 74.5 5.6

20 34.5 62.3 5.4

21 33.6 60.3 5.7

22 32.2 58.4 5.0

23 25.8 46.8 4.1

24 22.1 40.1 3.6

25-29 14.3 25.3 3.1

30-34 9.4 15.9 2.9

35-39 6.7 11.2 2.3

40-44 4.8 8.0 1.6

45-49 3.3 5.7 0.9

50-54 2.5 4.2 0.9

55-59 1.7 3.1 0.3

60-64 1.2 2.5 0.1

65 and over 0.6 1.3 0.1

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 2.7 4.4 1.0

15 10.1 18.3 1.4

16 20.1 36.8 2.3

17 30.7 56.7 2.8

18 40.9 74.8 5.1

19 40.1 73.9 4.8

20 35.7 65.1 4.8

21 33.3 60.4 5.0

22 28.6 51.8 4.5

23 29.5 52.9 5.2

24 22.0 38.8 4.7

25-29 15.0 26.4 3.4

30-34 8.8 14.9 2.7

35-39 6.6 11.1 2.1

40-44 4.4 7.5 1.3

45-49 3.5 6.0 1.2

50-54 2.3 4.0 0.6

55-59 1.9 3.4 0.5

60-64 1.1 2.2 0.2

65 and over 0.5 1.1 0.1

a

Rate is less than 0.05
8 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Murder—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 b

13-14 1.7 2.8 0.5

15 4.8 8.3 1.2

16 9.4 16.2 2.2

17 16.8 29.8 3.1

18 22.3 39.8 3.6

19 24.2 43.9 3.4

20 24.0 43.8 3.2

21 23.0 41.2 4.0

22 21.8 38.8 3.9

23 21.1 37.2 4.2

24 17.7 30.2 4.7

25-29 12.6 21.8 3.1

30-34 7.4 12.5 2.2

35-39 5.3 8.6 1.9

40-44 4.1 6.7 1.5

45-49 2.8 4.8 0.8

50-54 2.0 3.3 0.7

55-59 1.4 2.3 0.5

60-64 0.8 1.5 0.3

65 and over 0.4 0.8 0.1

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 1.6 2.7 0.5

15 5.4 9.3 1.2

16 8.9 15.6 1.9

17 16.6 28.6 3.9

18 25.5 46.1 3.8

19 28.7 52.3 4.1

20 27.1 49.9 3.2

21 26.0 46.7 4.2

22 22.6 41.4 3.0

23 20.0 35.8 3.5

24 18.3 32.3 3.8

25-29 13.1 23.4 2.5

30-34 7.4 12.2 2.4

35-39 5.5 9.2 1.8

40-44 4.3 7.0 1.6

45-49 2.8 4.8 0.9

50-54 2.2 3.9 0.5

55-59 1.3 2.3 0.4

60-64 0.8 1.7 0.1

65 and over 0.4 0.9 0.1

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a 0.1 a

13-14 2.3 4.0 0.6

15 9.3 16.3 1.8

16 15.5 27.3 3.0

17 26.6 49.1 2.6

18 36.4 66.2 5.0

19 35.2 64.3 4.7

20 33.6 61.3 4.6

21 30.3 55.5 4.1

22 28.1 49.9 5.3

23 23.9 43.7 3.2

24 23.0 41.4 4.1

25-29 14.8 26.0 3.4

30-34 8.5 14.3 2.7

35-39 6.4 10.5 2.3

40-44 5.0 8.3 1.7

45-49 3.1 5.3 1.0

50-54 2.4 4.1 0.7

55-59 1.7 2.9 0.5

60-64 0.9 1.5 0.3

65 and over 0.5 1.0 0.1

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 2.2 3.9 0.5

15 5.6 9.9 1.0

16 11.0 19.6 1.9

17 18.6 33.9 2.2

18 31.7 57.4 4.6

19 29.4 54.2 3.5

20 29.4 53.1 4.6

21 26.4 48.9 2.9

22 26.2 47.6 3.9

23 22.5 39.5 4.7

24 18.3 32.1 4.1

25-29 13.3 23.2 3.2

30-34 8.3 14.0 2.6

35-39 6.0 9.9 2.2

40-44 4.2 7.2 1.3

45-49 2.9 4.9 0.9

50-54 2.0 3.4 0.5

55-59 1.6 3.0 0.3

60-64 0.9 1.4 0.4

65 and over 0.5 1.1 0.1

a

Rate is less than 0.05

b

Zero reported arrests
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Forcible Rape—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.6 3.0 0.1

13-14 25.2 48.2 1.2

15 33.9 65.0 1.1

16 40.6 78.0 0.9

17 41.2 79.2 0.7

18 51.3 98.9 1.3

19 44.1 85.1 1.3

20 41.5 80.1 1.1

21 42.4 82.2 0.9

22 37.5 73.4 0.4

23 36.5 71.1 0.9

24 37.0 71.6 1.5

25-29 33.4 65.8 0.8

30-34 27.0 53.4 0.7

35-39 20.1 39.9 0.5

40-44 13.2 26.3 0.4

45-49 9.0 18.2 0.2

50-54 5.9 12.1 b

55-59 4.1 8.5 0.1

60-64 3.5 7.5 b

65 and over 1.0 2.4 a

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.4 2.6 0.1

13-14 22.1 41.8 1.4

15 30.8 59.4 0.6

16 35.3 68.0 0.6

17 39.1 74.5 1.3

18 45.2 87.3 0.9

19 40.9 79.2 0.9

20 41.6 80.7 0.7

21 38.1 74.3 0.4

22 34.2 66.5 0.7

23 35.7 69.8 0.7

24 31.8 62.4 0.5

25-29 30.0 59.1 0.6

30-34 26.0 51.3 0.5

35-39 19.4 38.6 0.4

40-44 13.0 26.2 0.2

45-49 8.5 17.0 0.2

50-54 5.9 12.0 0.1

55-59 3.8 8.0 b

60-64 2.7 5.7 b

65 and over 1.0 2.4 a

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.2 2.3 0.1

13-14 20.3 38.4 1.3

15 28.0 53.1 1.4

16 33.3 63.5 1.1

17 38.4 73.2 1.2

18 44.4 86.4 0.3

19 42.1 81.8 0.7

20 37.7 73.3 0.4

21 36.7 71.3 0.6

22 34.1 66.3 0.7

23 32.5 63.0 1.1

24 28.0 54.9 0.5

25-29 28.2 55.4 0.6

30-34 24.5 48.2 0.6

35-39 19.1 37.8 0.5

40-44 12.3 24.5 0.4

45-49 8.1 16.4 0.1

50-54 5.7 11.7 0.1

55-59 3.9 8.1 0.1

60-64 2.7 5.7 b

65 and over 0.9 2.3 a

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.1 2.1 0.1

13-14 18.3 35.1 0.7

15 27.3 52.3 0.8

16 32.2 61.6 0.9

17 40.2 77.1 0.7

18 43.6 84.1 0.9

19 40.0 78.0 0.3

20 38.1 73.9 0.6

21 38.9 75.6 0.5

22 32.9 64.0 0.7

23 29.6 57.4 0.9

24 29.9 58.4 0.5

25-29 25.9 50.9 0.6

30-34 22.6 44.6 0.6

35-39 17.5 34.4 0.6

40-44 11.6 23.1 0.4

45-49 7.1 14.3 0.1

50-54 4.6 9.4 0.1

55-59 3.2 6.6 b

60-64 2.6 5.5 0.1

65 and over 0.7 1.8 b

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.3 2.5 0.1

13-14 19.1 36.4 1.0

15 25.6 48.4 1.4

16 30.6 58.4 1.2

17 35.5 68.2 0.4

18 41.4 80.0 0.8

19 37.7 73.3 0.6

20 36.8 71.2 0.8

21 36.0 69.6 0.8

22 32.1 62.3 0.6

23 31.0 60.3 0.7

24 27.5 53.9 0.4

25-29 24.7 48.4 0.6

30-34 22.3 43.9 0.6

35-39 18.0 35.7 0.4

40-44 12.3 24.4 0.3

45-49 7.0 14.2 0.1

50-54 5.3 10.7 0.1

55-59 3.5 7.2 b

60-64 2.1 4.4 b

65 and over 0.7 1.8 a

Forcible rape, as defined in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is 

the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly 

and against her will. Attempts or assaults 

to commit rape by force or threat of force 

are also included; however, statutory rape 

(without force) and other sex offenses are 

excluded.

a

Rate is less than 0.05

b

Zero reported arrests
10 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Forcible Rape—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.4 2.6 0.1

13-14 17.5 33.4 0.9

15 24.2 46.5 0.5

16 28.1 53.7 0.9

17 37.3 71.6 0.7

18 41.6 80.7 0.4

19 38.6 75.0 0.6

20 35.7 68.9 0.8

21 34.9 67.8 0.5

22 32.3 62.9 0.4

23 29.5 57.6 0.4

24 27.7 54.0 0.7

25-29 22.5 44.2 0.6

30-34 21.2 41.8 0.5

35-39 17.6 34.8 0.5

40-44 11.7 23.3 0.2

45-49 6.8 13.7 0.2

50-54 5.0 10.2 0.1

55-59 3.0 6.2 a

60-64 2.3 4.8 b

65 and over 0.8 2.0 a

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.3 2.4 0.1

13-14 16.1 30.8 0.6

15 23.7 44.9 1.2

16 26.3 50.5 0.7

17 28.0 53.4 0.8

18 37.3 72.1 0.5

19 34.5 67.2 0.5

20 32.1 62.2 0.7

21 34.0 65.7 0.9

22 30.3 58.8 0.6

23 26.0 50.6 0.4

24 24.7 47.6 1.0

25-29 21.1 41.2 0.5

30-34 19.3 38.0 0.4

35-39 15.9 31.6 0.4

40-44 11.0 21.9 0.3

45-49 6.8 13.7 0.1

50-54 4.7 9.5 0.1

55-59 3.3 6.7 a

60-64 2.3 4.9 b

65 and over 0.7 1.8 b

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.0 1.9 0.1

13-14 15.9 30.6 0.5

15 20.8 40.2 0.3

16 23.1 44.5 0.3

17 27.8 53.2 0.6

18 37.8 72.9 0.7

19 33.7 65.4 0.6

20 29.7 57.0 1.1

21 31.4 60.8 0.7

22 29.8 57.9 0.4

23 25.7 50.1 0.3

24 24.2 47.0 0.6

25-29 19.5 38.0 0.5

30-34 17.2 33.5 0.6

35-39 14.6 29.1 0.3

40-44 10.7 21.3 0.3

45-49 6.5 13.2 0.1

50-54 4.3 8.7 a

55-59 2.9 5.9 a

60-64 2.0 4.2 b

65 and over 0.7 1.7 a

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.0 1.9 a

13-14 14.9 28.6 0.5

15 18.8 35.8 0.9

16 24.4 46.8 0.6

17 28.8 55.3 0.7

18 33.2 63.6 0.8

19 32.4 62.7 0.5

20 30.4 59.0 0.4

21 28.4 54.9 0.6

22 27.0 52.3 0.3

23 25.5 49.5 0.4

24 23.5 45.2 0.7

25-29 18.8 36.6 0.6

30-34 16.3 31.9 0.5

35-39 14.4 28.5 0.3

40-44 10.4 20.7 0.3

45-49 6.1 12.2 0.1

50-54 3.8 7.7 0.1

55-59 2.7 5.5 a

60-64 2.0 4.1 b

65 and over 0.6 1.5 a

a

Rate is less than 0.05

b

Zero reported arrests
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Robbery—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the 

care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence 

and/or by putting the victim in fear.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.5 11.5 1.2

13-14 168.3 287.9 42.6

15 320.8 564.8 63.7

16 388.0 695.7 61.8

17 401.1 728.9 52.0

18 388.0 715.4 43.9

19 318.5 585.9 39.7

20 258.0 473.0 33.5

21 225.5 415.2 27.5

22 206.3 373.0 33.9

23 189.7 343.6 31.1

24 172.5 312.1 29.1

25-29 147.6 265.6 28.7

30-34 96.9 172.8 21.3

35-39 57.1 101.6 13.0

40-44 28.3 51.7 5.5

45-49 13.2 24.6 2.3

50-54 6.4 12.0 1.1

55-59 2.7 5.1 0.4

60-64 1.5 3.1 0.1

65 and over 0.6 1.4 0.1

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.9 12.1 1.3

13-14 180.6 308.8 45.8

15 345.6 604.1 72.2

16 416.7 744.9 67.8

17 415.5 751.5 56.5

18 394.3 723.3 47.9

19 304.3 558.5 38.8

20 244.5 447.0 33.0

21 212.8 389.6 28.5

22 185.9 336.5 29.7

23 165.6 299.0 28.6

24 151.0 270.7 28.2

25-29 126.5 224.5 27.2

30-34 88.7 155.8 21.3

35-39 55.1 97.0 13.5

40-44 28.5 51.0 6.5

45-49 13.2 24.3 2.4

50-54 6.2 11.8 1.0

55-59 3.0 5.5 0.6

60-64 1.5 2.8 0.3

65 and over 0.6 1.3 0.1

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.8 11.9 1.5

13-14 177.7 304.0 45.0

15 336.1 584.6 73.3

16 408.0 729.2 66.1

17 430.9 779.8 57.9

18 401.3 734.7 50.1

19 310.3 569.8 39.2

20 245.3 446.3 34.8

21 204.9 372.9 29.3

22 183.8 333.8 28.0

23 159.3 285.7 28.8

24 142.9 256.0 27.3

25-29 121.8 215.9 26.4

30-34 89.2 156.3 21.8

35-39 57.0 100.1 14.3

40-44 30.5 54.9 6.7

45-49 13.9 25.6 2.7

50-54 6.5 12.4 0.9

55-59 3.0 5.9 0.4

60-64 1.7 3.3 0.2

65 and over 0.6 1.2 0.1

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.9 10.2 1.4

13-14 150.3 255.3 40.0

15 292.5 508.7 63.8

16 355.9 634.8 59.3

17 395.1 708.4 59.6

18 376.7 686.4 50.2

19 296.6 542.5 39.7

20 240.3 431.7 39.9

21 195.4 354.1 29.4

22 165.2 296.8 28.3

23 148.8 268.4 25.2

24 120.2 215.5 22.4

25-29 106.2 187.8 23.5

30-34 79.5 138.4 20.3

35-39 52.4 91.4 13.6

40-44 28.6 50.8 6.8

45-49 13.3 24.3 2.7

50-54 6.2 11.6 1.1

55-59 3.0 5.6 0.6

60-64 1.6 3.0 0.4

65 and over 0.4 0.9 0.1

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.3 9.3 1.2

13-14 137.8 234.7 35.9

15 264.4 463.1 54.5

16 329.8 586.4 57.0

17 356.9 639.4 54.6

18 366.3 664.7 51.3

19 302.9 551.7 43.2

20 237.3 430.5 35.0

21 201.7 366.4 29.5

22 170.1 304.9 29.6

23 149.1 267.5 26.5

24 128.9 232.1 22.9

25-29 101.4 178.9 22.7

30-34 77.9 134.8 20.6

35-39 52.9 91.6 14.3

40-44 28.9 51.1 7.2

45-49 14.0 24.9 3.5

50-54 6.4 12.0 1.1

55-59 2.7 5.0 0.6

60-64 1.1 2.3 0.1

65 and over 0.4 0.9 0.1
12 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Robbery—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.3 7.6 0.9

13-14 108.6 185.6 27.6

15 218.4 381.8 45.6

16 271.0 480.9 48.0

17 308.0 549.4 49.6

18 312.0 564.6 45.7

19 274.5 498.5 40.5

20 218.8 393.3 36.2

21 180.6 323.1 31.6

22 155.4 276.3 29.2

23 127.5 228.6 22.5

24 113.3 201.7 22.3

25-29 90.0 158.5 20.5

30-34 73.8 128.2 19.1

35-39 50.8 87.7 14.2

40-44 29.2 50.6 8.2

45-49 13.3 23.9 3.0

50-54 6.5 11.9 1.4

55-59 3.0 5.5 0.6

60-64 1.6 3.1 0.4

65 and over 0.4 0.9 0.1

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.4 7.8 0.8

13-14 99.7 170.8 25.0

15 192.3 333.7 42.7

16 228.5 404.9 41.0

17 255.2 457.4 39.0

18 279.8 507.4 39.9

19 238.5 432.9 35.6

20 192.5 345.9 31.6

21 172.0 311.4 26.0

22 140.5 250.2 26.0

23 116.5 207.0 22.2

24 102.6 183.5 18.9

25-29 81.5 144.1 17.8

30-34 64.7 111.1 17.8

35-39 46.8 80.4 13.5

40-44 27.2 46.9 7.9

45-49 13.7 24.8 2.9

50-54 6.4 11.8 1.3

55-59 2.8 5.2 0.6

60-64 1.7 3.0 0.5

65 and over 0.6 1.3 0.1

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.7 6.7 0.5

13-14 88.2 152.8 20.2

15 165.6 290.9 33.2

16 194.5 343.4 36.2

17 242.2 431.0 40.2

18 261.9 473.8 38.6

19 228.2 415.5 33.0

20 189.1 339.5 31.7

21 166.0 296.9 28.8

22 139.3 248.8 24.8

23 116.1 208.1 20.0

24 96.3 168.8 21.2

25-29 71.6 126.2 15.8

30-34 59.3 102.1 16.0

35-39 44.0 76.4 11.7

40-44 27.4 47.8 7.3

45-49 12.8 22.8 3.1

50-54 6.1 11.0 1.3

55-59 2.6 5.0 0.4

60-64 1.5 2.8 0.3

65 and over 0.4 1.0 0.1

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.4 5.9 0.6

13-14 75.5 129.9 18.3

15 150.8 264.4 31.2

16 195.0 349.3 32.2

17 225.5 405.7 34.2

18 253.1 455.0 37.6

19 230.8 415.2 36.2

20 184.3 331.4 30.4

21 163.5 290.3 30.7

22 136.8 241.9 26.6

23 116.1 205.6 22.4

24 102.4 179.2 22.4

25-29 73.4 128.9 16.3

30-34 56.6 98.1 14.5

35-39 45.6 79.3 12.1

40-44 27.5 48.2 7.1

45-49 14.7 26.3 3.4

50-54 6.3 11.7 1.1

55-59 2.7 5.1 0.5

60-64 1.1 2.1 0.2

65 and over 0.4 0.9 0.1
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Aggravated Assault—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

According to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, an aggravated assault 

is an unlawful attack by one person upon 

another for the purpose of inflicting severe 

or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a 

weapon or by means likely to produce death 

or great bodily harm. Attempts involving 

the display or threat of a gun, knife, or other 

weapon are included because serious personal injury would likely result if the assault 

were completed.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 14.9 24.3 5.0

13-14 261.0 393.3 122.0

15 453.4 711.6 181.4

16 566.3 923.5 187.6

17 622.6 1,043.5 174.5

18 650.1 1,113.7 162.8

19 592.3 1,011.5 155.2

20 573.2 969.3 159.7

21 568.7 961.0 159.2

22 542.2 917.6 153.7

23 524.3 880.4 157.2

24 500.5 835.7 156.5

25-29 461.1 766.8 153.2

30-34 372.2 617.4 128.5

35-39 275.9 461.8 92.0

40-44 183.2 314.9 54.5

45-49 122.0 215.1 32.3

50-54 81.4 146.0 20.3

55-59 54.5 99.7 12.8

60-64 34.5 66.3 6.4

65 and over 13.1 29.2 2.2

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 15.9 26.0 5.4

13-14 282.4 423.1 134.5

15 457.4 704.2 196.3

16 567.8 912.6 201.3

17 621.9 1,030.7 184.9

18 661.2 1,104.9 194.2

19 596.8 1,006.0 169.6

20 579.3 967.5 173.9

21 590.0 980.1 183.5

22 562.8 931.5 180.2

23 540.3 897.5 173.4

24 515.5 848.9 173.7

25-29 463.8 764.0 159.7

30-34 394.0 643.1 144.0

35-39 299.1 496.8 103.2

40-44 200.5 341.8 62.6

45-49 128.2 224.4 35.4

50-54 83.0 147.7 21.6

55-59 56.6 104.2 12.5

60-64 35.8 67.8 7.2

65 and over 13.1 29.0 2.2

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 15.7 25.3 5.7

13-14 264.4 389.7 132.6

15 439.3 664.0 201.7

16 559.8 883.7 215.2

17 616.0 1,007.2 197.7

18 648.3 1,079.2 194.2

19 597.6 984.5 193.5

20 573.9 943.1 187.3

21 597.2 983.4 193.7

22 582.5 956.2 194.2

23 552.4 899.4 194.0

24 521.5 856.6 179.2

25-29 474.0 769.3 174.6

30-34 416.3 668.5 162.8

35-39 325.8 531.4 122.0

40-44 221.9 373.3 74.0

45-49 140.0 242.2 41.4

50-54 90.5 160.3 24.2

55-59 58.8 106.5 14.5

60-64 37.9 72.1 7.4

65 and over 14.0 30.5 2.6

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 14.8 23.8 5.2

13-14 230.2 338.7 116.2

15 387.6 583.5 180.3

16 484.2 759.8 191.1

17 557.0 895.9 194.1

18 597.3 990.7 182.5

19 568.8 942.3 178.8

20 554.7 913.2 179.3

21 560.2 918.5 185.4

22 541.3 885.5 183.2

23 530.8 863.6 187.0

24 481.2 785.8 168.5

25-29 425.7 691.5 156.4

30-34 368.7 590.3 145.7

35-39 296.1 479.9 113.6

40-44 204.1 340.8 70.5

45-49 128.1 220.8 38.4

50-54 84.3 149.0 22.6

55-59 54.1 98.6 12.7

60-64 35.1 66.6 6.8

65 and over 12.9 28.7 2.1

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 15.5 25.2 5.5

13-14 235.9 342.4 124.1

15 363.5 536.4 180.7

16 487.3 757.2 200.3

17 534.6 857.9 188.6

18 601.7 977.9 204.7

19 571.4 930.5 196.5

20 546.1 878.8 197.8

21 579.8 940.3 202.5

22 547.6 876.5 204.6

23 531.5 856.8 194.6

24 511.5 825.8 188.6

25-29 435.1 694.7 171.9

30-34 391.0 616.0 164.6

35-39 316.3 505.0 128.8

40-44 224.3 368.5 83.1

45-49 142.0 241.7 45.8

50-54 83.9 148.0 22.7

55-59 56.3 102.0 13.9

60-64 37.3 70.0 7.9

65 and over 12.8 27.9 2.3
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Aggravated Assault—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 15.4 24.5 5.9

13-14 223.6 319.9 122.3

15 346.3 506.5 176.9

16 442.9 674.9 196.4

17 515.6 808.8 201.8

18 553.0 893.2 194.3

19 549.9 888.6 196.1

20 537.4 861.6 198.2

21 539.5 858.2 206.4

22 539.3 858.5 206.0

23 498.4 792.8 192.6

24 480.1 766.9 184.6

25-29 410.9 653.3 164.8

30-34 363.0 567.4 157.1

35-39 306.8 483.2 131.5

40-44 219.5 354.4 87.1

45-49 133.1 225.8 43.6

50-54 84.0 146.0 24.7

55-59 55.0 99.3 13.7

60-64 34.8 65.8 6.8

65 and over 12.4 26.8 2.4

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 15.7 25.0 5.9

13-14 220.5 316.9 119.1

15 329.5 477.9 172.4

16 395.4 605.5 172.2

17 446.8 693.9 182.6

18 504.2 805.3 186.8

19 504.1 809.3 185.7

20 506.6 806.5 192.2

21 525.9 839.1 198.0

22 502.3 796.1 195.4

23 482.7 766.1 187.4

24 446.2 711.7 171.5

25-29 382.0 607.1 152.6

30-34 335.2 520.4 148.1

35-39 287.2 450.5 124.7

40-44 208.3 335.8 83.0

45-49 131.3 219.9 45.5

50-54 80.4 139.2 24.1

55-59 51.7 93.3 12.9

60-64 33.1 61.7 7.1

65 and over 11.5 24.6 2.3

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 14.9 23.4 6.0

13-14 206.9 294.3 115.0

15 305.2 442.2 160.5

16 366.6 549.5 172.1

17 422.5 647.9 181.3

18 471.3 748.3 179.3

19 481.6 770.4 180.4

20 486.9 772.2 188.3

21 515.2 816.5 199.4

22 489.7 779.1 186.9

23 461.9 731.1 181.1

24 429.2 672.3 177.1

25-29 362.0 571.8 147.4

30-34 315.9 491.4 138.1

35-39 275.3 429.1 122.5

40-44 206.4 330.1 84.7

45-49 132.0 219.5 47.2

50-54 79.4 136.6 24.5

55-59 50.9 90.8 13.5

60-64 32.2 58.9 8.0

65 and over 11.8 25.5 2.2

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 15.4 24.7 5.8

13-14 201.3 286.4 111.9

15 302.5 436.4 161.5

16 353.6 526.9 170.5

17 391.0 603.5 165.5

18 450.5 710.1 173.5

19 466.0 738.7 178.2

20 460.4 724.6 183.9

21 496.1 792.4 185.7

22 473.8 748.3 185.6

23 464.9 742.7 174.2

24 434.7 681.5 177.2

25-29 362.6 573.9 145.2

30-34 304.2 474.0 132.0

35-39 268.7 415.8 121.9

40-44 206.3 330.1 84.5

45-49 131.3 217.6 47.7

50-54 77.7 133.7 24.0

55-59 47.3 84.1 12.8

60-64 31.0 57.1 7.3

65 and over 10.9 23.3 2.2
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Property Crime—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

In the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, property crime includes the offenses 

of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle 

theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type 

offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force 

against the victims. The property crime category includes arson because the offense involves the destruction of property; however, 

arson victims may be subjected to force. 

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 193.2 290.6 91.0

13-14 2,807.9 3,996.3 1,559.9

15 3,948.0 5,775.5 2,022.3

16 4,114.1 6,125.5 1,981.2

17 3,819.0 5,774.8 1,736.8

18 3,474.6 5,347.2 1,505.8

19 2,675.4 4,058.1 1,233.6

20 2,113.9 3,128.0 1,055.3

21 1,837.3 2,696.6 940.5

22 1,672.3 2,420.1 898.7

23 1,558.2 2,228.8 867.0

24 1,476.1 2,102.3 833.3

25-29 1,340.8 1,922.0 755.3

30-34 1,105.8 1,601.3 613.0

35-39 829.3 1,221.5 441.4

40-44 540.4 804.3 282.8

45-49 328.1 473.8 187.6

50-54 215.0 303.5 131.2

55-59 141.9 188.8 98.7

60-64 99.4 128.2 73.9

65 and over 51.7 76.2 34.9

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 199.2 297.0 96.6

13-14 2,955.4 4,168.6 1,679.9

15 4,042.8 5,804.8 2,178.8

16 4,225.0 6,198.0 2,127.4

17 3,904.2 5,791.9 1,886.9

18 3,510.0 5,305.5 1,620.0

19 2,604.7 3,899.0 1,253.3

20 2,079.0 3,006.2 1,110.5

21 1,798.4 2,575.1 988.9

22 1,603.0 2,263.1 917.9

23 1,479.2 2,098.9 842.7

24 1,377.5 1,925.0 816.2

25-29 1,254.5 1,761.8 740.7

30-34 1,071.5 1,523.1 618.2

35-39 814.9 1,181.7 451.6

40-44 548.3 812.5 290.5

45-49 325.7 468.6 187.8

50-54 200.2 275.6 128.6

55-59 131.0 176.4 88.9

60-64 91.7 120.5 66.0

65 and over 46.0 66.6 31.9

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 189.5 277.8 96.9

13-14 2,750.2 3,827.1 1,618.4

15 3,813.3 5,492.6 2,037.4

16 4,078.5 5,941.9 2,095.8

17 3,892.7 5,734.2 1,923.3

18 3,470.7 5,220.3 1,627.4

19 2,626.0 3,900.7 1,294.9

20 2,034.4 2,941.3 1,084.6

21 1,766.2 2,528.0 970.3

22 1,574.5 2,220.9 902.9

23 1,442.5 2,020.8 845.4

24 1,356.6 1,912.7 788.6

25-29 1,240.4 1,747.0 726.8

30-34 1,089.5 1,552.3 624.5

35-39 854.5 1,242.6 469.5

40-44 579.2 857.4 307.6

45-49 335.7 491.4 185.4

50-54 198.9 277.5 124.2

55-59 127.5 177.4 81.2

60-64 86.1 115.2 60.1

65 and over 40.7 60.0 27.4

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 178.5 256.9 96.3

13-14 2,574.7 3,517.5 1,583.8

15 3,759.2 5,307.7 2,121.4

16 3,999.2 5,727.9 2,161.0

17 3,920.3 5,706.2 2,007.8

18 3,570.8 5,301.2 1,746.9

19 2,656.6 3,909.7 1,348.1

20 2,091.0 3,017.8 1,120.7

21 1,732.1 2,445.7 985.7

22 1,543.5 2,151.0 911.5

23 1,398.3 1,931.2 847.8

24 1,261.6 1,725.2 785.8

25-29 1,122.1 1,549.4 689.0

30-34 988.2 1,388.1 585.9

35-39 798.4 1,140.9 458.4

40-44 548.3 798.7 303.5

45-49 326.8 478.6 180.2

50-54 195.5 271.8 122.8

55-59 122.8 169.5 79.4

60-64 81.5 110.2 55.8

65 and over 36.9 55.4 24.2

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 174.4 247.8 97.4

13-14 2,468.9 3,356.8 1,535.5

15 3,445.3 4,795.4 2,018.3

16 3,840.4 5,435.0 2,144.8

17 3,681.1 5,274.8 1,975.3

18 3,428.2 5,009.7 1,759.4

19 2,627.8 3,818.4 1,384.7

20 2,034.4 2,879.8 1,149.6

21 1,726.5 2,413.1 1,008.2

22 1,499.0 2,063.7 910.2

23 1,330.8 1,793.5 851.8

24 1,210.7 1,649.6 759.8

25-29 1,073.1 1,468.2 672.3

30-34 979.7 1,361.5 595.5

35-39 802.5 1,135.7 471.5

40-44 562.2 815.7 314.1

45-49 341.3 499.5 188.4

50-54 193.9 271.3 119.8

55-59 120.7 167.6 77.0

60-64 76.5 103.9 51.9

65 and over 32.9 50.0 21.1
16 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Property Crime—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 146.7 209.4 81.0

13-14 2,094.3 2,825.2 1,326.0

15 2,955.5 4,051.3 1,796.6

16 3,240.3 4,544.3 1,854.8

17 3,300.7 4,703.6 1,799.0

18 3,079.4 4,493.9 1,588.0

19 2,443.1 3,532.2 1,305.7

20 1,917.2 2,716.6 1,080.7

21 1,601.9 2,240.1 934.7

22 1,406.4 1,919.4 870.8

23 1,236.8 1,672.4 784.4

24 1,134.0 1,522.4 733.9

25-29 983.3 1,342.1 619.0

30-34 909.1 1,265.1 550.6

35-39 757.3 1,069.3 447.2

40-44 543.2 785.2 305.9

45-49 326.0 473.4 183.5

50-54 185.1 259.9 113.6

55-59 115.4 158.8 75.0

60-64 71.8 96.9 49.2

65 and over 28.9 43.4 18.9

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 126.5 179.6 70.8

13-14 1,791.7 2,396.0 1,156.3

15 2,605.2 3,558.3 1,597.0

16 2,872.3 3,967.7 1,708.0

17 2,899.2 4,074.7 1,641.6

18 2,812.0 4,084.7 1,470.4

19 2,221.3 3,210.9 1,188.9

20 1,763.8 2,492.3 1,000.3

21 1,472.0 2,039.3 878.1

22 1,273.8 1,749.2 777.2

23 1,122.3 1,526.5 701.2

24 1,000.7 1,329.2 660.7

25-29 865.7 1,168.2 557.5

30-34 800.8 1,098.6 499.9

35-39 684.0 958.2 411.4

40-44 502.9 718.8 290.7

45-49 312.9 451.4 178.8

50-54 174.0 240.4 110.4

55-59 105.4 144.2 69.1

60-64 64.2 83.9 46.4

65 and over 27.6 40.9 18.3

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 117.1 166.1 65.7

13-14 1,657.0 2,175.7 1,111.4

15 2,442.7 3,256.0 1,583.4

16 2,678.2 3,614.9 1,682.0

17 2,723.8 3,781.8 1,591.8

18 2,612.2 3,739.5 1,424.3

19 2,118.1 3,040.6 1,156.1

20 1,709.3 2,398.9 987.3

21 1,448.1 2,010.7 858.3

22 1,221.2 1,692.7 728.0

23 1,071.0 1,452.5 673.1

24 969.0 1,306.0 619.3

25-29 777.2 1,046.6 501.7

30-34 728.4 999.0 454.3

35-39 638.6 897.2 381.6

40-44 477.2 684.2 273.6

45-49 297.2 425.6 172.6

50-54 168.8 236.7 103.6

55-59 96.4 129.9 65.1

60-64 58.5 78.4 40.5

65 and over 23.9 36.1 15.3

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 105.1 144.7 63.6

13-14 1,511.5 1,936.6 1,065.2

15 2,277.6 2,974.3 1,544.2

16 2,556.0 3,400.7 1,664.2

17 2,591.5 3,554.4 1,569.7

18 2,560.0 3,612.4 1,436.7

19 2,117.0 3,007.3 1,177.3

20 1,695.1 2,383.8 974.3

21 1,434.5 2,010.7 830.7

22 1,246.5 1,706.4 763.6

23 1,087.4 1,481.0 675.4

24 984.1 1,322.4 631.3

25-29 788.5 1,052.9 516.5

30-34 715.4 979.4 447.7

35-39 640.8 896.4 385.8

40-44 490.5 700.2 284.2

45-49 308.6 445.1 176.1

50-54 171.8 244.4 102.2

55-59 95.8 132.0 61.8

60-64 58.2 79.2 39.1

65 and over 20.0 30.3 12.7
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Burglary—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

Burglary is defined in the Uniform 

Crime Reporting Program as the unlawful 

entry of a structure to commit a felony or 

theft. The use of force to gain entry is not 

required to classify an offense as a burglary. 

Burglary in the Program has three categories: forcible entry, unlawful entry where no 

force is used, and attempted forcible entry.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 37.3 64.9 8.4

13-14 535.9 927.2 125.0

15 785.9 1,391.5 147.7

16 839.1 1,497.8 140.6

17 813.3 1,453.1 132.2

18 795.8 1,448.4 109.7

19 599.7 1,090.6 87.9

20 460.5 827.4 77.5

21 402.6 720.6 70.7

22 353.6 630.7 66.8

23 332.9 587.6 70.3

24 306.1 538.2 68.0

25-29 271.3 482.0 59.0

30-34 208.1 370.6 46.6

35-39 139.6 248.7 31.6

40-44 74.9 134.5 16.7

45-49 37.4 67.4 8.5

50-54 18.9 34.1 4.6

55-59 9.7 17.7 2.4

60-64 4.5 8.3 1.2

65 and over 1.8 4.0 0.3

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 37.9 65.9 8.5

13-14 545.5 944.0 126.5

15 772.1 1,359.4 150.9

16 832.2 1,483.5 139.7

17 798.4 1,430.9 122.5

18 750.3 1,357.4 111.2

19 557.8 1,006.9 88.9

20 425.7 759.5 77.0

21 367.0 649.4 72.5

22 328.2 577.2 69.6

23 299.5 531.1 61.7

24 267.4 465.2 64.7

25-29 244.8 427.2 60.2

30-34 199.4 347.4 50.8

35-39 138.2 243.8 33.6

40-44 80.1 143.3 18.4

45-49 39.1 69.7 9.6

50-54 19.2 33.9 5.1

55-59 9.3 16.6 2.5

60-64 4.4 8.0 1.2

65 and over 1.6 3.5 0.4

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 33.2 57.3 8.0

13-14 483.1 836.6 111.6

15 712.8 1,256.4 137.9

16 780.2 1,387.9 133.5

17 769.8 1,366.0 132.2

18 727.7 1,310.1 114.1

19 541.9 976.0 88.6

20 408.7 724.1 78.4

21 351.6 622.2 69.0

22 307.4 538.4 67.3

23 274.7 477.9 64.7

24 259.6 450.5 64.5

25-29 233.8 404.0 61.2

30-34 201.0 348.6 52.7

35-39 144.4 252.4 37.4

40-44 83.7 147.7 21.1

45-49 40.1 71.0 10.3

50-54 19.5 34.3 5.5

55-59 8.8 15.6 2.4

60-64 4.6 8.2 1.4

65 and over 1.7 3.5 0.5

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 32.2 55.3 8.0

13-14 458.6 792.4 107.9

15 718.3 1,255.6 150.1

16 760.3 1,340.1 143.7

17 778.5 1,381.1 133.1

18 749.9 1,341.6 126.2

19 536.3 960.4 93.4

20 416.0 735.2 81.9

21 330.9 584.8 65.3

22 293.6 510.7 67.8

23 263.6 457.9 62.9

24 230.0 397.4 58.2

25-29 199.2 342.0 54.4

30-34 170.7 295.3 45.4

35-39 126.5 218.6 34.9

40-44 76.5 132.8 21.4

45-49 38.0 66.7 10.2

50-54 18.6 32.3 5.6

55-59 9.2 16.2 2.7

60-64 4.3 7.7 1.3

65 and over 1.6 3.3 0.5

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 31.0 53.3 7.6

13-14 433.5 746.1 104.8

15 646.6 1,128.2 137.5

16 718.6 1,263.8 138.8

17 715.5 1,262.8 129.7

18 713.6 1,269.9 126.6

19 538.5 953.4 105.4

20 399.2 700.1 84.4

21 329.5 580.0 67.4

22 281.2 489.2 64.4

23 240.4 415.6 59.1

24 222.4 381.1 59.4

25-29 189.0 321.8 54.3

30-34 169.9 288.0 51.1

35-39 127.5 218.4 37.3

40-44 78.3 136.7 21.2

45-49 41.0 72.6 10.5

50-54 18.6 32.5 5.3

55-59 9.7 17.4 2.6

60-64 4.1 7.2 1.4

65 and over 1.4 2.9 0.4
18 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Burglary—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 27.8 47.1 7.5

13-14 390.4 666.1 100.6

15 577.2 995.4 134.9

16 626.3 1,090.2 133.3

17 677.5 1,190.5 128.5

18 666.6 1,183.2 121.9

19 524.3 922.4 108.6

20 391.2 681.5 87.3

21 324.0 561.9 75.1

22 268.4 460.2 68.1

23 235.8 405.4 59.6

24 209.7 359.2 55.6

25-29 177.3 300.3 52.4

30-34 161.0 271.5 49.7

35-39 125.7 213.1 38.8

40-44 79.9 137.5 23.4

45-49 39.1 67.5 11.7

50-54 18.3 31.2 6.0

55-59 10.1 17.3 3.3

60-64 4.8 8.3 1.7

65 and over 1.5 3.0 0.5

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 23.5 40.1 6.1

13-14 325.7 554.5 85.0

15 480.2 830.5 109.6

16 523.6 911.0 112.0

17 551.1 963.9 109.4

18 597.0 1,056.7 112.3

19 465.5 820.7 94.8

20 364.0 636.7 78.2

21 286.3 494.0 68.8

22 241.1 411.7 62.9

23 217.2 368.7 59.4

24 186.4 313.5 54.9

25-29 156.3 263.2 47.4

30-34 138.9 232.6 44.2

35-39 113.5 192.1 35.4

40-44 75.4 129.1 22.7

45-49 38.9 66.7 11.9

50-54 18.4 30.5 6.9

55-59 8.9 15.2 3.0

60-64 4.6 7.9 1.6

65 and over 1.4 2.7 0.5

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 22.4 38.0 6.0

13-14 303.1 514.4 80.9

15 445.2 762.5 109.9

16 478.4 830.2 104.3

17 504.0 885.3 96.1

18 532.6 935.7 107.7

19 441.4 773.1 95.5

20 337.7 586.7 77.0

21 286.9 488.7 75.4

22 242.3 417.1 59.5

23 207.1 350.0 58.1

24 180.9 304.2 53.0

25-29 139.4 232.9 43.7

30-34 126.0 209.4 41.5

35-39 106.1 178.4 34.3

40-44 72.7 125.2 21.1

45-49 38.1 65.7 11.4

50-54 17.8 31.0 5.1

55-59 8.8 14.9 3.1

60-64 3.8 6.6 1.2

65 and over 1.6 3.3 0.5

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 21.0 35.5 5.7

13-14 270.0 456.1 74.7

15 405.6 697.2 98.7

16 454.6 788.9 101.7

17 483.3 843.5 101.0

18 520.9 907.8 108.0

19 432.9 752.3 95.9

20 346.2 597.6 83.1

21 289.7 497.0 72.6

22 241.2 407.5 66.6

23 213.5 358.3 61.9

24 191.0 319.3 57.1

25-29 144.4 240.1 45.8

30-34 124.5 207.4 40.4

35-39 109.5 184.7 34.5

40-44 77.6 132.2 23.8

45-49 40.3 69.3 12.2

50-54 18.4 32.2 5.1

55-59 8.6 15.4 2.3

60-64 4.3 7.3 1.5

65 and over 1.1 2.2 0.3
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 19

Larceny-theft—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

Larceny-theft is the unlawful taking, 

carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive 

possession of another. It includes crimes 

such as shoplifting, pocket-picking, pursesnatching, thefts from motor vehicles, thefts 

of motor vehicle parts and accessories, 

bicycle thefts, etc., in which no use of force, 

violence, or fraud occurs. In the Uniform 

Crime Reporting Program, this crime category does not include embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, and worthless checks. 

Motor vehicle theft is also excluded from 

this category inasmuch as it is a separate 

Part I offense.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 148.3 213.2 80.4

13-14 1,934.9 2,529.0 1,311.0

15 2,494.2 3,269.6 1,677.2

16 2,591.8 3,448.7 1,683.3

17 2,428.9 3,306.4 1,494.6

18 2,236.2 3,102.8 1,325.2

19 1,750.2 2,383.0 1,090.3

20 1,400.0 1,844.4 936.2

21 1,232.5 1,616.2 832.1

22 1,141.0 1,474.0 796.5

23 1,070.4 1,372.2 759.2

24 1,029.3 1,317.3 733.8

25-29 957.7 1,244.8 668.4

30-34 823.0 1,100.9 546.6

35-39 645.1 894.0 398.9

40-44 440.2 624.4 260.4

45-49 278.0 383.1 176.7

50-54 188.9 255.9 125.5

55-59 128.8 164.5 95.8

60-64 93.2 116.5 72.5

65 and over 49.1 70.4 34.5

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 154.3 219.5 85.8

13-14 2,091.3 2,719.1 1,431.1

15 2,648.4 3,414.3 1,838.1

16 2,751.5 3,614.5 1,834.1

17 2,565.3 3,417.5 1,654.6

18 2,326.9 3,168.1 1,441.3

19 1,742.0 2,342.9 1,114.7

20 1,419.3 1,827.9 992.6

21 1,234.2 1,573.5 880.5

22 1,102.9 1,382.4 812.7

23 1,030.1 1,303.5 749.4

24 975.8 1,225.4 719.8

25-29 899.6 1,144.9 651.1

30-34 794.7 1,043.7 544.7

35-39 629.0 854.6 405.4

40-44 441.6 621.4 266.1

45-49 272.7 373.5 175.4

50-54 173.9 228.4 122.0

55-59 118.2 153.0 86.0

60-64 85.6 109.2 64.5

65 and over 43.5 61.2 31.4

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 149.9 210.3 86.6

13-14 1,987.6 2,553.2 1,393.1

15 2,533.4 3,299.9 1,722.8

16 2,710.1 3,555.7 1,810.4

17 2,596.9 3,448.8 1,685.8

18 2,327.9 3,166.0 1,444.8

19 1,780.3 2,378.0 1,156.2

20 1,394.9 1,808.8 961.5

21 1,216.1 1,556.3 860.7

22 1,094.0 1,381.6 795.1

23 1,016.0 1,280.0 743.4

24 961.2 1,229.0 687.7

25-29 893.9 1,152.2 632.1

30-34 807.3 1,067.3 545.9

35-39 657.9 901.3 416.5

40-44 465.5 656.8 278.7

45-49 280.2 392.6 171.6

50-54 172.3 229.8 117.5

55-59 114.5 153.8 78.1

60-64 79.1 102.4 58.4

65 and over 38.4 55.3 26.8

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 141.1 193.1 86.6

13-14 1,891.9 2,375.1 1,384.2

15 2,556.8 3,263.1 1,809.7

16 2,726.8 3,526.5 1,876.3

17 2,662.7 3,497.5 1,768.8

18 2,431.9 3,271.5 1,546.8

19 1,842.1 2,449.7 1,207.5

20 1,454.9 1,890.5 999.0

21 1,227.0 1,553.3 885.7

22 1,099.9 1,381.2 807.2

23 1,001.8 1,241.7 754.0

24 913.4 1,125.0 696.2

25-29 828.1 1,047.8 605.5

30-34 747.4 975.5 517.9

35-39 623.3 840.1 408.0

40-44 444.9 619.0 274.7

45-49 274.1 385.1 166.9

50-54 169.7 226.4 115.7

55-59 109.9 146.6 75.9

60-64 75.0 98.2 54.3

65 and over 34.6 50.5 23.6

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 138.5 186.7 88.0

13-14 1,835.6 2,300.6 1,346.7

15 2,391.3 3,015.3 1,731.8

16 2,645.0 3,375.7 1,868.1

17 2,529.8 3,268.9 1,738.7

18 2,339.4 3,084.2 1,553.4

19 1,809.6 2,374.1 1,220.3

20 1,418.1 1,798.9 1,019.7

21 1,219.6 1,525.9 899.1

22 1,067.9 1,316.8 808.4

23 959.9 1,156.6 756.3

24 870.6 1066.1 669.9

25-29 790.9 990.6 588.3

30-34 738.7 956.0 520.1

35-39 625.8 835.9 417.0

40-44 456.3 631.5 284.7

45-49 285.6 400.5 174.7

50-54 168.0 225.7 113.0

55-59 107.6 143.8 73.8

60-64 70.9 94.0 50.1

65 and over 31.0 46.0 20.7
20 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Larceny-theft—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 115.0 156.1 71.9

13-14 1,547.3 1,922.5 1,152.9

15 2,056.0 2,546.0 1,537.8

16 2,245.6 2,846.4 1,607.3

17 2,260.4 2,897.9 1,578.1

18 2,089.0 2,749.0 1,393.1

19 1,661.2 2,160.8 1,139.4

20 1,330.4 1,695.1 948.8

21 1,112.1 1,393.0 818.5

22 996.4 1,217.1 766.0

23 881.8 1,064.5 692.0

24 817.2 983.8 645.6

25-29 718.4 896.6 537.5

30-34 678.2 880.1 474.8

35-39 582.5 775.7 390.5

40-44 434.7 599.0 273.5

45-49 272.4 380.4 168.1

50-54 159.5 215.6 105.8

55-59 101.5 134.3 70.9

60-64 65.4 85.4 47.3

65 and over 26.9 39.4 18.3

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 99.4 133.8 63.4

13-14 1,321.3 1,619.5 1,007.7

15 1,818.3 2,235.4 1,377.0

16 2,005.2 2,488.0 1,492.1

17 2,008.9 2,533.0 1,448.1

18 1,913.8 2,506.3 1,289.2

19 1,514.5 1,972.4 1,036.8

20 1,211.7 1,530.6 877.4

21 1,030.1 1,284.0 764.4

22 894.6 1,106.8 672.9

23 791.5 965.4 610.3

24 718.1 854.3 577.2

25-29 629.0 773.5 481.8

30-34 596.7 761.0 430.6

35-39 523.5 687.5 360.5

40-44 399.3 542.0 259.0

45-49 259.3 358.7 163.0

50-54 149.3 198.2 102.5

55-59 93.2 122.8 65.4

60-64 58.0 72.8 44.5

65 and over 25.6 37.0 17.7

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 91.6 123.1 58.6

13-14 1,214.8 1,447.8 969.7

15 1,696.9 2,005.3 1,370.9

16 1,877.5 2,252.3 1,479.0

17 1,906.1 2,371.8 1,407.9

18 1,788.7 2,301.5 1,248.3

19 1,447.4 1,872.3 1,004.3

20 1,176.8 1,478.0 861.3

21 1,000.8 1,249.3 740.4

22 843.8 1047.4 630.8

23 747.1 905.4 582.1

24 689.0 836.8 535.8

25-29 560.4 687.1 430.8

30-34 539.9 689.3 388.5

35-39 485.9 642.0 330.7

40-44 376.2 511.3 243.2

45-49 245.0 335.5 157.2

50-54 144.5 194.2 96.8

55-59 84.4 109.1 61.3

60-64 53.2 68.9 38.9

65 and over 21.7 31.6 14.8

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 81.1 104.3 56.8

13-14 1,113.1 1,283.8 933.9

15 1,589.6 1,827.9 1,338.8

16 1,787.0 2,088.7 1,468.6

17 1,813.4 2,211.4 1,390.9

18 1,764.4 2,237.3 1,259.6

19 1,449.6 1,854.0 1,022.8

20 1,166.4 1,479.4 838.8

21 982.8 1,242.4 710.8

22 869.3 1,072.0 656.5

23 755.4 925.4 577.4

24 688.7 832.1 539.2

25-29 565.0 684.2 442.3

30-34 527.5 670.2 382.8

35-39 485.0 636.3 334.0

40-44 383.1 518.2 250.1

45-49 253.3 350.1 159.3

50-54 146.1 199.3 95.1

55-59 83.8 110.4 58.9

60-64 52.4 69.0 37.4

65 and over 18.4 27.1 12.3
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 21

Motor Vehicle Theft—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 

Program defines motor vehicle theft as 

the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. This offense includes the stealing of 

automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, 

motorscooters, snowmobiles, etc. The taking of a motor vehicle for temporary use 

by persons having lawful access is excluded 

from this definition.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.5 12.5 2.3

13-14 337.1 540.1 123.9

15 667.9 1,114.4 197.3

16 683.2 1,179.1 157.4

17 576.8 1,015.2 110.1

18 442.6 796.0 70.9

19 325.5 584.5 55.4

20 253.3 456.2 41.6

21 202.3 359.8 37.8

22 177.8 315.4 35.4

23 155.0 269.0 37.5

24 140.6 246.8 31.5

25-29 111.8 195.2 27.8

30-34 74.6 129.8 19.8

35-39 44.6 78.7 10.9

40-44 25.3 45.4 5.7

45-49 12.6 23.3 2.4

50-54 7.1 13.5 1.1

55-59 3.4 6.6 0.5

60-64 1.7 3.4 0.2

65 and over 0.8 1.8 0.1

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.1 11.6 2.2

13-14 318.7 505.5 122.3

15 622.3 1,031.1 189.7

16 641.3 1,100.0 153.6

17 540.5 943.5 109.7

18 432.9 780.0 67.4

19 304.9 549.3 49.7

20 234.0 418.9 41.0

21 197.3 352.2 35.8

22 172.0 303.4 35.6

23 149.6 264.4 31.6

24 134.3 234.4 31.7

25-29 110.1 189.7 29.4

30-34 77.5 132.0 22.7

35-39 47.7 83.3 12.5

40-44 26.6 47.8 6.0

45-49 13.9 25.4 2.9

50-54 7.2 13.3 1.4

55-59 3.5 6.8 0.5

60-64 1.7 3.3 0.2

65 and over 0.8 1.9 0.1

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.3 10.1 2.3

13-14 279.5 437.3 113.6

15 567.1 936.3 176.7

16 588.3 998.4 151.9

17 526.0 919.5 105.3

18 415.2 744.2 68.6

19 303.8 546.7 50.1

20 230.7 408.5 44.6

21 198.4 349.5 40.6

22 173.2 300.8 40.5

23 151.9 262.8 37.3

24 135.9 233.2 36.4

25-29 112.7 190.8 33.6

30-34 81.3 136.3 26.0

35-39 52.1 88.9 15.7

40-44 30.0 52.8 7.7

45-49 15.5 27.8 3.6

50-54 7.1 13.4 1.2

55-59 4.2 8.0 0.7

60-64 2.3 4.7 0.3

65 and over 0.6 1.2 0.1

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.2 8.5 1.7

13-14 224.1 350.1 91.7

15 484.0 788.9 161.6

16 512.2 861.3 140.9

17 479.1 827.6 105.9

18 389.0 688.1 73.8

19 278.3 499.6 47.2

20 220.0 392.1 39.9

21 174.2 307.5 34.7

22 150.0 259.2 36.4

23 132.9 231.6 30.9

24 118.2 202.8 31.4

25-29 94.8 159.6 29.1

30-34 70.1 117.3 22.6

35-39 48.7 82.2 15.4

40-44 26.9 46.9 7.5

45-49 14.8 26.8 3.1

50-54 7.2 13.2 1.4

55-59 3.6 6.7 0.8

60-64 2.2 4.3 0.3

65 and over 0.7 1.5 0.1

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.8 7.7 1.8

13-14 199.9 310.1 84.0

15 407.4 651.9 149.1

16 476.8 795.5 137.9

17 435.8 743.1 106.8

18 375.2 655.6 79.3

19 279.7 491.0 59.0

20 217.1 380.9 45.6

21 177.4 307.1 41.8

22 149.8 257.8 37.3

23 130.5 221.2 36.5

24 117.6 202.4 30.6

25-29 93.2 155.8 29.7

30-34 71.1 117.5 24.3

35-39 49.2 81.4 17.3

40-44 27.6 47.5 8.2

45-49 14.6 26.4 3.2

50-54 7.2 13.2 1.5

55-59 3.4 6.4 0.6

60-64 1.5 2.8 0.3

65 and over 0.5 1.2 0.1
22 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Motor Vehicle Theft—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.9 6.2 1.6

13-14 156.5 236.6 72.4

15 322.3 509.8 123.9

16 368.4 607.6 114.2

17 362.7 615.2 92.4

18 323.8 561.7 72.9

19 257.6 449.0 57.7

20 195.6 340.0 44.6

21 165.9 285.1 41.2

22 141.6 242.1 36.7

23 119.2 202.5 32.7

24 107.2 179.5 32.7

25-29 87.7 145.3 29.1

30-34 69.9 113.5 26.1

35-39 49.1 80.5 17.9

40-44 28.7 48.8 9.0

45-49 14.4 25.5 3.8

50-54 7.4 13.2 1.8

55-59 3.9 7.2 0.8

60-64 1.6 3.2 0.2

65 and over 0.5 1.0 0.1

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.5 5.7 1.3

13-14 144.8 222.0 63.6

15 306.8 492.4 110.4

16 343.4 568.7 103.9

17 339.3 577.7 84.1

18 301.2 521.6 68.9

19 241.3 417.8 57.3

20 188.1 325.0 44.6

21 155.6 261.4 44.9

22 138.1 230.7 41.4

23 113.6 192.4 31.4

24 96.2 161.5 28.7

25-29 80.4 131.5 28.3

30-34 65.2 105.0 25.1

35-39 47.0 78.6 15.6

40-44 28.2 47.6 9.0

45-49 14.7 26.0 3.8

50-54 6.3 11.7 1.1

55-59 3.3 6.2 0.7

60-64 1.7 3.2 0.3

65 and over 0.6 1.2 0.1

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.1 5.1 1.1

13-14 139.1 213.5 60.8

15 300.7 488.2 102.6

16 322.2 532.4 98.7

17 313.6 524.7 87.8

18 291.0 502.3 68.3

19 229.2 395.2 56.2

20 194.8 334.2 48.9

21 160.3 272.7 42.5

22 135.1 228.2 37.7

23 116.8 197.2 32.9

24 99.1 165.1 30.6

25-29 77.4 126.6 27.1

30-34 62.5 100.2 24.2

35-39 46.6 76.8 16.5

40-44 28.3 47.7 9.2

45-49 14.1 24.5 4.0

50-54 6.6 11.6 1.7

55-59 3.2 5.9 0.7

60-64 1.6 2.9 0.4

65 and over 0.5 1.2 0.1

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.0 4.8 1.1

13-14 128.4 196.8 56.6

15 282.4 449.2 106.8

16 314.4 523.1 93.9

17 294.8 499.4 77.7

18 274.7 467.4 69.1

19 234.4 401.0 58.7

20 182.5 306.8 52.4

21 161.9 271.3 47.3

22 136.0 226.9 40.6

23 118.6 197.3 36.1

24 104.5 171.0 35.1

25-29 79.2 128.6 28.3

30-34 63.4 101.7 24.5

35-39 46.3 75.4 17.3

40-44 29.8 49.8 10.2

45-49 15.0 25.8 4.6

50-54 7.3 13.0 1.9

55-59 3.3 6.2 0.6

60-64 1.5 2.9 0.3

65 and over 0.4 0.9 0.1
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 23

Arson—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 

Program defines arson as any willful or 

malicious burning or attempt to burn, with 

or without intent to defraud, a dwelling 

house, public building, motor vehicle or 

aircraft, personal property of another, etc. 

Only fires determined through investigation 

to have been willfully or maliciously set are 

classified as arsons. Fires of suspicious or 

unknown origins are excluded.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.4 11.1 1.4

13-14 43.7 72.9 13.1

15 40.5 68.6 10.9

16 30.5 51.9 7.8

17 25.5 45.3 4.5

18 21.3 37.5 4.2

19 16.5 29.3 3.2

20 13.4 23.7 2.6

21 11.9 21.0 2.4

22 10.7 17.8 3.4

23 9.6 16.5 2.4

24 8.5 14.5 2.4

25-29 8.0 13.1 2.9

30-34 7.8 12.3 3.4

35-39 6.1 9.7 2.6

40-44 4.5 7.2 1.8

45-49 2.7 4.4 1.1

50-54 2.4 4.1 0.7

55-59 1.4 2.3 0.7

60-64 0.9 1.8 0.2

65 and over 0.4 0.8 0.1

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.0 14.0 1.7

13-14 51.2 85.2 15.5

15 42.1 71.3 11.2

16 33.7 58.1 7.8

17 27.5 46.9 6.8

18 19.5 33.8 4.5

19 17.0 30.3 3.1

20 12.0 21.1 2.4

21 10.1 17.3 2.6

22 8.9 15.0 2.6

23 8.5 14.9 1.8

24 7.8 13.1 2.3

25-29 7.5 12.1 2.9

30-34 7.0 10.9 3.2

35-39 6.1 9.6 2.6

40-44 4.2 7.0 1.6

45-49 3.1 4.9 1.3

50-54 2.3 3.7 0.9

55-59 1.1 1.9 0.5

60-64 1.0 1.9 0.2

65 and over 0.3 0.7 0.1

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.3 13.0 1.4

13-14 44.6 74.1 13.6

15 39.0 66.5 9.9

16 30.9 51.9 8.5

17 25.3 42.7 6.7

18 20.8 36.2 4.6

19 17.3 29.8 4.2

20 12.9 20.9 4.6

21 11.4 18.8 3.6

22 11.3 17.7 4.6

23 9.7 15.3 3.8

24 7.7 12.0 3.2

25-29 7.4 11.8 3.0

30-34 6.8 10.4 3.2

35-39 5.8 8.7 2.9

40-44 4.6 7.4 1.8

45-49 3.5 5.6 1.6

50-54 2.0 3.4 0.7

55-59 1.5 2.5 0.5

60-64 1.0 1.7 0.4

65 and over 0.4 0.7 0.1

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.1 12.4 1.6

13-14 42.1 72.2 10.4

15 35.3 60.3 8.9

16 28.6 50.3 5.5

17 24.3 42.1 5.2

18 20.7 36.8 3.6

19 15.3 26.9 3.1

20 13.7 23.3 3.6

21 10.7 17.2 3.9

22 11.2 17.3 4.8

23 9.2 15.0 3.2

24 8.5 13.4 3.5

25-29 6.3 10.2 2.4

30-34 6.7 10.2 3.2

35-39 5.3 8.1 2.5

40-44 4.1 6.4 1.9

45-49 2.6 4.1 1.1

50-54 2.1 3.6 0.6

55-59 1.4 2.3 0.6

60-64 1.0 1.8 0.3

65 and over 0.3 0.5 0.1

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.0 12.4 1.3

13-14 40.5 69.1 10.5

15 33.5 58.2 7.5

16 30.0 49.0 9.7

17 22.0 37.9 5.0

18 19.7 34.3 4.3

19 16.5 28.2 4.2

20 11.7 19.9 3.0

21 11.0 18.8 2.8

22 10.2 16.7 3.5

23 8.6 14.2 2.8

24 8.3 14.2 2.3

25-29 6.8 11.1 2.5

30-34 6.0 8.9 3.0

35-39 5.7 8.8 2.6

40-44 4.2 6.7 1.7

45-49 2.8 4.7 1.0

50-54 1.9 3.1 0.8

55-59 1.3 2.2 0.4

60-64 0.7 1.2 0.4

65 and over 0.3 0.6 a

a

Rate is less than 0.05
24 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Arson—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.1 10.8 1.1

13-14 36.9 63.4 9.0

15 31.9 54.2 8.4

16 24.4 41.8 6.0

17 20.3 35.1 4.5

18 19.4 34.5 3.5

19 15.2 26.1 3.8

20 10.0 17.5 2.1

21 9.9 16.8 2.7

22 8.2 13.9 2.4

23 8.4 13.2 3.4

24 7.0 11.1 2.7

25-29 5.4 8.4 2.4

30-34 5.4 8.2 2.6

35-39 5.4 8.3 2.5

40-44 4.1 6.4 1.8

45-49 2.7 4.4 1.1

50-54 1.9 2.9 1.0

55-59 1.3 2.0 0.5

60-64 0.8 1.4 0.3

65 and over 0.3 0.6 0.1

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.0 10.6 1.3

13-14 35.9 60.8 9.6

15 33.5 56.5 9.1

16 21.8 37.2 5.4

17 20.4 35.4 4.3

18 16.9 29.8 3.2

19 13.4 23.5 2.8

20 12.0 20.4 3.2

21 9.3 15.7 2.6

22 9.4 16.6 2.0

23 7.5 12.7 2.0

24 6.8 11.1 2.5

25-29 5.1 8.3 1.9

30-34 5.3 7.9 2.7

35-39 4.7 7.1 2.2

40-44 3.9 5.9 1.9

45-49 2.7 4.4 1.0

50-54 1.8 3.1 0.6

55-59 1.1 2.0 0.2

60-64 0.8 1.4 0.2

65 and over 0.3 0.6 0.1

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.6 9.8 1.3

13-14 31.7 52.7 9.6

15 29.7 51.1 7.0

16 24.0 42.0 4.9

17 20.0 35.1 3.8

18 18.1 31.8 3.6

19 15.6 27.1 3.7

20 11.6 20.2 2.5

21 11.0 18.9 2.8

22 8.5 14.2 2.6

23 7.9 12.9 2.7

24 6.8 10.5 2.9

25-29 5.3 8.5 2.0

30-34 4.6 7.1 2.1

35-39 4.5 6.7 2.2

40-44 3.7 5.4 2.0

45-49 2.6 4.1 1.1

50-54 1.8 2.8 0.8

55-59 1.2 2.0 0.4

60-64 0.8 1.3 0.3

65 and over 0.2 0.4 0.1

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.7 10.2 1.0

13-14 33.7 56.0 10.3

15 32.4 54.9 8.6

16 26.5 44.4 7.7

17 21.6 36.9 5.4

18 19.8 32.9 5.8

19 14.5 24.0 4.5

20 11.5 17.9 4.8

21 11.7 19.8 3.3

22 11.3 19.4 2.7

23 9.0 14.8 3.0

24 7.9 12.9 2.7

25-29 6.3 10.1 2.3

30-34 5.8 8.7 2.9

35-39 5.1 7.6 2.5

40-44 4.8 7.4 2.2

45-49 3.1 5.0 1.3

50-54 2.0 3.0 1.0

55-59 1.2 2.0 0.4

60-64 0.7 1.2 0.2

65 and over 0.2 0.4 0.1
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Part II Offenses

Forgery and Counterfeiting

Fraud

Embezzlement

Stolen Property

Weapons Violations

Sex Offenses

Gambling

Drug Abuse Violations

Section One—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex—Part II Offenses

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Forgery and Counterfeiting—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

By Uniform Crime Reporting Program 

definition, forgery and counterfeiting are 

the making, altering, uttering, or possessing, with intent to defraud, anything false in 

the semblance of that which is true. Attempts 

are included.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.6 0.8 0.4

13-14 13.3 16.3 10.2

15 35.3 42.6 27.5

16 59.0 76.4 40.6

17 95.6 123.8 65.6

18 140.1 184.9 93.0

19 152.0 197.8 104.2

20 151.9 203.1 98.4

21 135.1 176.0 92.3

22 132.3 163.1 100.3

23 132.9 172.2 92.3

24 123.2 153.9 91.7

25-29 106.7 135.2 77.9

30-34 82.5 104.3 60.8

35-39 60.3 80.1 40.7

40-44 35.3 47.9 23.0

45-49 19.7 27.7 11.9

50-54 10.6 16.1 5.4

55-59 5.8 9.1 2.8

60-64 3.2 5.2 1.4

65 and over 1.0 1.8 0.4

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.6 0.8 0.4

13-14 12.0 14.0 9.9

15 34.0 40.7 27.0

16 73.1 92.9 51.9

17 108.0 132.8 81.4

18 156.0 200.3 109.3

19 158.8 210.9 104.5

20 155.4 200.8 108.1

21 149.2 186.0 111.0

22 142.2 181.8 101.1

23 132.1 166.6 96.7

24 130.3 163.0 96.7

25-29 114.5 141.8 86.8

30-34 91.1 113.6 68.6

35-39 64.4 84.3 44.6

40-44 39.1 51.6 27.0

45-49 21.5 29.9 13.5

50-54 11.6 16.7 6.8

55-59 6.2 9.4 3.3

60-64 3.2 5.5 1.2

65 and over 1.1 2.1 0.4

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.4 0.5 0.3

13-14 11.2 12.5 9.9

15 32.8 40.3 24.7

16 67.5 84.3 49.6

17 109.3 142.5 73.8

18 161.3 203.9 116.5

19 169.7 214.4 123.1

20 162.4 213.2 109.2

21 152.7 203.4 99.7

22 149.1 193.3 103.2

23 136.3 172.1 99.3

24 134.8 167.8 101.1

25-29 116.1 145.5 86.3

30-34 95.4 116.7 73.9

35-39 69.4 87.1 51.8

40-44 42.1 55.4 29.1

45-49 22.3 30.9 14.0

50-54 12.0 17.2 7.1

55-59 6.7 10.1 3.6

60-64 3.2 4.9 1.6

65 and over 1.0 1.8 0.4

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.4 0.5 0.3

13-14 11.3 12.5 9.9

15 33.3 41.2 24.9

16 64.7 77.6 51.0

17 107.2 137.5 74.8

18 165.8 215.5 113.5

19 170.3 221.3 117.1

20 166.7 213.9 117.3

21 151.9 199.2 102.4

22 158.5 204.8 110.3

23 150.6 197.3 102.3

24 134.1 170.7 96.6

25-29 117.3 147.3 86.9

30-34 97.1 121.1 73.0

35-39 69.3 88.5 50.3

40-44 44.8 59.9 30.0

45-49 24.7 34.1 15.6

50-54 12.2 18.0 6.8

55-59 7.2 10.8 3.9

60-64 3.4 5.7 1.3

65 and over 1.0 1.5 0.7

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.4 0.5 0.3

13-14 10.9 12.7 8.9

15 30.3 33.3 27.3

16 66.2 77.1 54.5

17 100.6 122.9 76.7

18 156.7 202.2 108.7

19 177.6 229.4 123.6

20 173.8 218.9 126.6

21 157.9 204.5 109.3

22 145.6 180.3 109.4

23 140.6 176.5 103.4

24 135.9 163.3 107.8

25-29 119.9 146.6 92.9

30-34 97.8 118.2 77.2

35-39 71.8 90.7 53.1

40-44 45.6 61.6 29.9

45-49 25.5 34.5 16.9

50-54 13.1 19.1 7.3

55-59 6.8 10.1 3.7

60-64 4.3 6.6 2.2

65 and over 0.9 1.6 0.3
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Forgery and Counterfeiting—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.4 0.5 0.3

13-14 9.1 11.7 6.3

15 25.6 32.0 18.8

16 48.9 62.7 34.1

17 87.8 110.5 63.4

18 141.7 180.2 101.1

19 165.3 209.5 119.2

20 163.5 204.9 120.2

21 148.8 182.7 113.3

22 142.7 182.5 101.2

23 135.7 169.5 100.6

24 133.4 161.3 104.6

25-29 113.5 140.1 86.5

30-34 96.9 116.9 76.7

35-39 71.4 86.3 56.6

40-44 47.6 59.9 35.5

45-49 26.1 36.8 15.9

50-54 12.7 18.1 7.6

55-59 6.9 10.2 3.8

60-64 3.5 5.5 1.6

65 and over 1.1 1.8 0.6

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.3 0.4 0.2

13-14 8.9 11.2 6.5

15 26.3 29.9 22.6

16 49.5 61.3 36.9

17 79.2 103.0 53.7

18 133.7 165.4 100.3

19 149.5 194.6 102.5

20 157.8 194.3 119.5

21 140.3 176.4 102.5

22 130.5 163.5 96.1

23 122.3 154.1 89.2

24 116.5 142.7 89.3

25-29 103.2 127.9 78.1

30-34 87.9 106.5 69.1

35-39 67.2 83.2 51.2

40-44 44.8 56.7 33.1

45-49 26.5 37.3 15.9

50-54 13.5 19.2 8.0

55-59 7.2 11.3 3.3

60-64 3.4 5.5 1.6

65 and over 0.9 1.7 0.3

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.3 0.4 0.3

13-14 8.4 10.7 5.9

15 22.9 30.1 15.2

16 43.5 54.8 31.6

17 75.9 102.8 47.1

18 137.2 171.9 100.8

19 151.3 194.3 106.4

20 157.1 197.4 114.9

21 136.2 173.2 97.5

22 131.0 161.2 99.3

23 125.1 155.5 93.4

24 120.5 149.8 90.0

25-29 100.9 121.0 80.3

30-34 84.3 101.7 66.6

35-39 65.9 80.3 51.5

40-44 42.9 54.7 31.3

45-49 25.7 35.8 15.9

50-54 12.2 17.2 7.5

55-59 6.5 9.6 3.7

60-64 3.6 6.0 1.4

65 and over 1.0 1.7 0.5

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.3 0.4 0.2

13-14 5.9 7.5 4.2

15 18.9 24.3 13.3

16 41.4 53.5 28.7

17 71.8 90.7 51.7

18 127.5 158.8 94.1

19 156.4 196.6 113.9

20 154.0 187.2 119.2

21 146.0 179.1 111.4

22 146.0 176.3 114.1

23 130.6 159.5 100.5

24 119.9 140.7 98.1

25-29 106.8 130.0 82.9

30-34 90.2 106.3 73.9

35-39 69.5 85.1 53.9

40-44 46.4 57.8 35.2

45-49 27.8 38.6 17.4

50-54 13.2 18.3 8.4

55-59 6.4 10.0 3.1

60-64 3.2 5.0 1.7

65 and over 0.8 1.5 0.3
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Fraud—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

Fraud, according to the Uniform 

Crime Reporting Program definition, is the 

fraudulent conversion and obtaining money 

or property by false pretenses. Confidence 

games and bad checks, except forgeries and 

counterfeiting, are included.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.9 2.5 1.3

13-14 55.8 75.3 35.4

15 127.9 185.9 66.9

16 120.1 177.2 59.6

17 171.8 248.3 90.4

18 295.9 381.5 205.8

19 389.2 480.5 293.9

20 445.0 524.9 361.6

21 466.7 534.4 395.9

22 473.8 528.6 417.2

23 475.1 536.5 411.7

24 465.6 520.8 408.8

25-29 405.5 462.4 348.1

30-34 319.2 369.5 269.1

35-39 249.2 291.7 207.2

40-44 176.3 210.4 142.9

45-49 114.4 145.1 84.7

50-54 70.1 90.7 50.7

55-59 41.9 55.0 29.8

60-64 23.5 33.4 14.7

65 and over 7.2 11.2 4.5

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.0 2.5 1.4

13-14 60.5 83.2 36.7

15 140.9 198.8 79.6

16 145.9 217.9 69.3

17 210.6 307.9 106.6

18 331.9 432.7 225.9

19 416.3 524.0 303.9

20 473.8 562.3 381.4

21 485.2 566.3 400.7

22 488.1 564.5 408.9

23 475.9 537.5 412.6

24 464.7 534.2 393.5

25-29 404.6 466.8 341.7

30-34 322.3 378.0 266.4

35-39 248.1 299.6 197.1

40-44 176.6 216.4 137.7

45-49 114.6 143.0 87.1

50-54 69.0 90.8 48.2

55-59 39.6 54.4 25.8

60-64 23.7 33.7 14.8

65 and over 7.9 12.4 4.8

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.0 2.9 1.1

13-14 67.0 94.0 38.5

15 154.3 229.9 74.2

16 133.1 192.2 70.3

17 193.4 266.9 114.8

18 329.0 411.2 242.5

19 424.4 496.5 349.2

20 460.0 531.7 385.0

21 487.3 542.9 429.3

22 500.7 564.3 434.7

23 473.1 525.3 419.2

24 457.8 501.4 413.3

25-29 407.6 454.7 359.7

30-34 326.1 370.4 281.6

35-39 253.1 295.5 211.0

40-44 180.5 220.8 141.0

45-49 112.8 140.3 86.3

50-54 69.3 88.7 51.0

55-59 40.5 55.3 26.7

60-64 22.8 32.2 14.4

65 and over 8.2 12.6 5.2

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.3 3.3 1.3

13-14 75.8 106.8 43.1

15 167.1 255.5 73.5

16 117.5 170.1 61.5

17 183.4 257.3 104.2

18 337.2 415.0 255.3

19 447.4 532.0 359.2

20 496.1 566.2 422.6

21 530.0 603.6 453.1

22 542.5 590.5 492.6

23 531.9 575.1 487.3

24 497.7 545.4 448.8

25-29 434.5 466.3 402.3

30-34 347.6 390.3 304.7

35-39 275.5 311.5 239.7

40-44 191.6 226.0 157.9

45-49 122.5 151.6 94.4

50-54 74.3 92.7 56.8

55-59 43.6 57.8 30.4

60-64 24.2 33.7 15.7

65 and over 8.5 12.5 5.7

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.2 3.2 1.2

13-14 67.0 98.3 34.1

15 132.7 197.2 64.4

16 134.1 200.7 63.3

17 196.6 276.9 110.5

18 354.1 446.3 256.9

19 463.9 555.2 368.7

20 483.5 560.1 403.4

21 508.9 574.4 440.3

22 516.4 574.4 456.0

23 500.1 553.6 444.8

24 499.7 549.8 448.3

25-29 417.4 453.2 381.1

30-34 350.7 390.5 310.6

35-39 273.7 312.6 235.1

40-44 195.5 232.2 159.7

45-49 122.6 151.8 94.3

50-54 75.2 93.5 57.7

55-59 43.6 56.7 31.4

60-64 26.2 36.4 17.0

65 and over 8.5 12.8 5.5
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Fraud—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.3 3.2 1.3

13-14 63.6 88.8 37.0

15 137.4 201.5 69.5

16 120.0 177.1 59.2

17 187.0 267.5 100.8

18 326.1 416.4 230.8

19 428.7 519.4 333.9

20 466.3 542.2 386.9

21 474.0 529.5 416.0

22 478.9 531.9 423.5

23 457.9 502.5 411.6

24 451.9 496.1 406.3

25-29 398.3 424.9 371.2

30-34 342.6 372.2 312.7

35-39 273.8 315.5 232.5

40-44 191.4 228.8 154.7

45-49 123.0 150.3 96.6

50-54 75.4 95.1 56.6

55-59 44.4 57.2 32.6

60-64 27.1 37.1 18.0

65 and over 7.8 11.4 5.3

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.8 4.0 1.6

13-14 67.7 97.6 36.4

15 137.9 198.2 74.0

16 113.6 169.6 54.0

17 168.6 245.1 86.7

18 301.9 384.4 215.0

19 403.2 485.2 317.8

20 450.0 518.1 378.7

21 454.0 510.3 395.0

22 456.0 506.1 403.6

23 435.5 483.3 385.8

24 415.0 445.6 383.3

25-29 373.2 402.0 343.8

30-34 327.8 363.2 292.1

35-39 266.8 305.1 228.7

40-44 188.2 226.6 150.6

45-49 121.6 150.7 93.5

50-54 73.5 93.2 54.7

55-59 44.7 59.2 31.3

60-64 25.0 33.5 17.4

65 and over 8.2 12.6 5.2

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 2.0 2.6 1.3

13-14 58.4 79.8 36.0

15 126.5 173.7 76.6

16 93.7 138.4 46.3

17 143.5 206.2 76.4

18 264.2 334.3 190.4

19 366.5 423.9 306.7

20 398.0 461.5 331.5

21 411.5 460.1 360.5

22 400.5 439.0 360.2

23 384.9 399.8 369.4

24 369.4 396.1 341.6

25-29 328.1 344.3 311.6

30-34 286.3 308.7 263.6

35-39 232.5 260.5 204.7

40-44 168.2 199.7 137.2

45-49 107.6 131.7 84.2

50-54 68.7 85.8 52.4

55-59 40.2 51.9 29.3

60-64 24.2 32.3 16.8

65 and over 8.0 12.1 5.2

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 1.6 2.0 1.1

13-14 48.8 64.9 32.0

15 101.5 138.0 63.2

16 77.0 108.7 43.6

17 122.8 175.6 66.7

18 237.7 294.8 176.7

19 320.9 375.5 263.3

20 363.3 408.9 315.6

21 367.9 403.2 330.8

22 371.6 409.9 331.4

23 355.5 378.0 332.1

24 359.2 376.2 341.5

25-29 309.1 318.5 299.4

30-34 266.8 282.5 250.9

35-39 215.9 235.9 196.0

40-44 157.1 183.8 130.9

45-49 103.4 122.8 84.6

50-54 61.8 75.3 48.7

55-59 36.1 46.6 26.3

60-64 20.6 27.8 14.1

65 and over 6.7 9.9 4.5
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Embezzlement—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program defintion of embezzlement is the misappropriation or misapplication of money 

or property entrusted to one’s care, custody, 

or control. Attempts are included.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 0.8 1.3 0.2

15 1.9 2.1 1.6

16 5.6 6.3 4.9

17 11.5 12.4 10.6

18 17.5 19.1 15.8

19 20.0 21.2 18.6

20 19.6 21.3 17.7

21 18.2 20.1 16.3

22 18.7 21.2 16.2

23 14.8 16.1 13.5

24 14.3 17.2 11.4

25-29 12.1 14.5 9.7

30-34 9.1 11.3 7.0

35-39 6.6 8.1 5.2

40-44 5.1 6.2 4.1

45-49 3.5 4.5 2.5

50-54 2.3 2.9 1.7

55-59 1.3 1.9 0.8

60-64 1.0 1.3 0.6

65 and over 0.2 0.3 0.1

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 0.1

13-14 1.0 1.4 0.6

15 2.1 2.9 1.2

16 7.5 8.7 6.2

17 15.5 19.4 11.3

18 21.3 23.3 19.2

19 22.1 21.6 22.6

20 21.5 22.1 20.8

21 19.9 19.7 20.0

22 19.1 21.4 16.7

23 16.1 18.0 14.1

24 16.5 19.2 13.8

25-29 13.1 15.1 11.1

30-34 9.6 11.8 7.5

35-39 7.4 8.9 5.9

40-44 5.2 6.5 3.9

45-49 3.9 4.8 2.9

50-54 2.5 3.4 1.6

55-59 1.4 2.0 0.9

60-64 0.8 1.2 0.4

65 and over 0.3 0.5 0.1

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 1.2 1.7 0.7

15 1.7 2.2 1.2

16 9.7 10.2 9.1

17 19.1 20.9 17.2

18 22.3 23.4 21.2

19 24.0 26.7 21.3

20 20.9 21.9 19.9

21 21.9 21.5 22.4

22 20.3 20.3 20.3

23 19.3 18.1 20.5

24 15.9 17.7 14.1

25-29 13.0 14.8 11.2

30-34 9.9 11.7 8.1

35-39 7.2 8.7 5.8

40-44 4.9 5.8 4.1

45-49 3.3 4.0 2.7

50-54 2.7 2.6 2.8

55-59 1.2 1.7 0.8

60-64 0.6 0.8 0.4

65 and over 0.2 0.3 0.1

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a 0.1 a

13-14 0.9 1.2 0.6

15 2.1 2.7 1.4

16 11.8 12.3 11.1

17 18.9 19.7 17.9

18 28.3 28.9 27.7

19 26.0 27.2 24.7

20 25.6 26.1 25.0

21 23.1 24.5 21.6

22 21.4 22.0 20.8

23 19.0 18.6 19.4

24 16.1 17.0 15.2

25-29 13.5 14.6 12.4

30-34 10.2 11.8 8.6

35-39 7.5 8.8 6.1

40-44 5.5 6.5 4.6

45-49 3.3 3.9 2.7

50-54 2.3 2.7 1.9

55-59 1.3 1.7 1.0

60-64 0.8 1.2 0.4

65 and over 0.2 0.4 a

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a 0.1 a

13-14 0.6 0.8 0.3

15 2.4 2.9 2.0

16 9.8 11.1 8.5

17 20.4 20.4 20.3

18 29.6 29.8 29.5

19 29.7 27.4 32.1

20 27.5 27.2 27.9

21 24.8 24.0 25.6

22 21.3 22.5 20.1

23 20.7 19.7 21.8

24 19.4 19.4 19.3

25-29 14.8 15.5 14.1

30-34 11.0 12.0 10.0

35-39 8.2 9.1 7.3

40-44 6.5 7.1 5.9

45-49 3.8 4.6 3.1

50-54 2.8 3.1 2.5

55-59 1.3 1.7 0.9

60-64 0.9 1.5 0.3

65 and over 0.3 0.5 0.1

a

Rate is less than 0.05
32 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Embezzlement—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a a a

13-14 0.9 1.3 0.4

15 2.6 3.5 1.6

16 13.0 14.8 11.1

17 23.2 24.0 22.3

18 30.1 30.3 29.8

19 28.6 26.8 30.5

20 27.6 25.8 29.5

21 23.0 21.5 24.6

22 20.4 18.5 22.4

23 20.5 18.8 22.3

24 16.8 14.6 19.1

25-29 14.9 14.3 15.5

30-34 11.6 13.1 10.2

35-39 8.7 8.9 8.5

40-44 6.4 6.7 6.1

45-49 3.8 4.3 3.4

50-54 2.1 2.4 1.9

55-59 1.5 1.9 1.1

60-64 0.7 0.9 0.6

65 and over 0.1 0.2 a

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a a a

13-14 1.1 1.2 0.9

15 2.5 3.1 1.9

16 14.7 15.0 14.4

17 24.7 23.9 25.5

18 32.8 33.8 31.8

19 30.1 30.9 29.3

20 26.6 25.4 27.8

21 24.6 23.8 25.6

22 22.5 20.7 24.4

23 18.6 15.8 21.5

24 20.5 18.7 22.3

25-29 15.6 16.3 14.9

30-34 11.2 11.5 11.0

35-39 9.0 8.7 9.2

40-44 5.8 6.3 5.4

45-49 4.0 4.3 3.7

50-54 2.4 2.7 2.0

55-59 1.3 1.5 1.0

60-64 0.7 0.8 0.5

65 and over 0.2 0.3 0.1

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 1.1 1.6 0.7

15 2.4 2.5 2.2

16 16.4 16.8 15.9

17 28.3 27.4 29.2

18 37.5 38.6 36.3

19 34.8 33.3 36.3

20 29.9 27.8 32.1

21 26.3 23.5 29.4

22 22.8 21.3 24.4

23 21.4 20.1 22.8

24 17.4 14.6 20.4

25-29 14.7 14.3 15.2

30-34 11.8 11.7 12.0

35-39 8.7 8.9 8.5

40-44 6.3 6.6 6.0

45-49 4.1 5.0 3.3

50-54 2.8 3.8 1.9

55-59 1.6 1.6 1.5

60-64 0.8 1.1 0.5

65 and over 0.2 0.3 0.2

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 1.6 2.2 1.0

15 3.7 5.1 2.2

16 14.2 14.8 13.5

17 26.0 27.8 24.0

18 33.7 33.7 33.6

19 35.5 34.9 36.3

20 30.8 27.7 34.1

21 29.1 25.5 32.8

22 23.4 21.6 25.3

23 20.4 19.4 21.4

24 19.6 17.7 21.6

25-29 15.5 15.3 15.7

30-34 12.6 12.8 12.4

35-39 9.5 10.1 8.9

40-44 7.0 7.0 6.9

45-49 3.9 4.1 3.7

50-54 2.7 2.9 2.5

55-59 1.7 2.2 1.2

60-64 0.6 0.6 0.7

65 and over 0.2 0.2 0.1

a

Rate is less than 0.05
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 33

Stolen Property—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

The offense of stolen property—buying, 

receiving, possessing is, according to Uniform Crime Reporting Program definition, 

the buying, receiving, and possessing of 

stolen property. Attempts are included.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.4 9.1 1.4

13-14 137.7 231.4 39.3

15 264.9 457.2 62.2

16 313.0 547.3 64.6

17 334.8 591.0 62.1

18 352.5 628.9 61.9

19 285.4 505.7 55.6

20 236.2 414.1 50.5

21 197.8 342.9 46.3

22 171.3 294.7 43.7

23 150.2 256.4 40.7

24 140.2 237.4 40.4

25-29 110.1 185.1 34.5

30-34 79.7 133.6 26.0

35-39 55.0 91.8 18.6

40-44 33.6 58.1 9.6

45-49 20.1 35.3 5.4

50-54 11.2 20.3 2.5

55-59 6.4 12.3 0.9

60-64 3.9 7.5 0.6

65 and over 1.1 2.5 0.2

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 5.4 9.3 1.3

13-14 144.1 243.8 39.3

15 255.3 435.9 64.3

16 309.1 535.6 68.4

17 330.7 581.5 62.8

18 358.4 631.2 71.2

19 283.0 497.5 59.0

20 231.5 403.2 52.2

21 205.6 356.2 48.6

22 177.9 305.8 45.1

23 155.7 266.0 42.4

24 143.3 242.7 41.4

25-29 115.8 193.8 36.9

30-34 83.3 137.1 29.3

35-39 59.6 98.6 21.0

40-44 37.1 63.2 11.5

45-49 20.4 35.5 6.0

50-54 11.7 21.2 2.7

55-59 7.1 13.1 1.5

60-64 3.5 6.9 0.6

65 and over 1.2 2.5 0.3

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.9 8.2 1.4

13-14 124.9 208.0 37.5

15 233.0 393.3 63.6

16 300.4 518.7 68.2

17 332.3 580.4 66.8

18 351.7 616.1 73.2

19 286.1 500.1 62.7

20 225.9 391.8 52.1

21 199.9 344.0 49.4

22 177.7 301.0 49.6

23 153.3 254.7 48.5

24 142.2 237.3 45.2

25-29 116.0 191.4 39.5

30-34 88.1 143.1 32.9

35-39 62.9 104.4 21.8

40-44 39.3 67.4 11.9

45-49 20.7 36.3 5.7

50-54 11.6 20.9 2.7

55-59 7.1 13.3 1.4

60-64 3.6 6.6 0.9

65 and over 1.0 2.1 0.2

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.6 7.8 1.3

13-14 120.0 196.5 39.6

15 233.0 391.2 65.6

16 277.2 474.7 67.2

17 324.3 557.9 74.1

18 348.4 609.7 73.0

19 275.4 482.6 59.1

20 225.8 388.9 55.0

21 190.9 329.4 46.1

22 160.2 268.7 47.4

23 142.4 238.7 42.8

24 121.7 197.5 43.9

25-29 99.8 163.5 35.1

30-34 78.5 127.1 29.6

35-39 56.7 92.1 21.5

40-44 36.4 60.4 12.8

45-49 19.7 33.8 6.0

50-54 10.6 18.7 2.8

55-59 6.5 12.1 1.3

60-64 4.0 6.4 1.8

65 and over 1.1 2.2 0.3

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.4 7.4 1.2

13-14 107.7 177.6 34.2

15 198.5 333.2 56.1

16 258.5 441.1 64.3

17 292.2 501.8 67.9

18 332.2 575.4 75.6

19 274.0 472.8 66.4

20 220.7 374.5 59.7

21 184.9 310.3 53.7

22 160.6 267.0 49.7

23 143.2 239.3 43.7

24 126.4 208.8 41.8

25-29 102.4 165.2 38.6

30-34 79.7 127.6 31.4

35-39 60.4 97.6 23.4

40-44 38.7 63.5 14.4

45-49 22.0 37.4 7.1

50-54 10.5 18.6 2.8

55-59 6.5 12.0 1.3

60-64 3.7 7.0 0.8

65 and over 1.1 2.3 0.2
34 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Stolen Property—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.8 6.4 1.0

13-14 92.7 153.5 28.7

15 173.1 288.3 51.2

16 217.6 371.0 54.6

17 272.5 469.4 61.8

18 289.5 498.3 69.4

19 250.5 428.8 64.4

20 200.1 339.2 54.5

21 170.6 289.5 46.3

22 148.8 248.7 44.5

23 126.7 208.1 42.1

24 114.6 190.2 36.8

25-29 91.6 148.2 34.2

30-34 73.2 115.7 30.4

35-39 57.1 91.6 22.8

40-44 38.6 63.8 13.8

45-49 21.5 37.6 6.0

50-54 11.3 20.1 2.8

55-59 6.4 11.9 1.3

60-64 3.4 6.3 0.8

65 and over 0.9 1.9 0.3

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.0 4.9 1.0

13-14 75.8 125.6 23.3

15 137.5 229.5 40.0

16 174.2 296.9 43.8

17 216.0 370.9 50.2

18 250.3 429.5 61.3

19 210.0 361.9 51.6

20 178.6 304.2 47.0

21 148.7 250.4 42.1

22 130.2 218.5 38.0

23 110.4 181.7 36.0

24 97.3 155.0 37.6

25-29 76.6 122.9 29.4

30-34 63.2 100.6 25.4

35-39 50.0 81.4 18.7

40-44 33.6 55.3 12.3

45-49 18.6 32.0 5.7

50-54 9.8 17.3 2.6

55-59 5.7 10.2 1.5

60-64 3.4 6.4 0.6

65 and over 0.9 1.9 0.2

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.4 5.3 1.4

13-14 73.5 118.2 26.6

15 131.7 216.5 42.2

16 168.2 278.8 50.7

17 201.2 335.7 57.4

18 235.3 397.0 64.9

19 213.5 364.4 56.1

20 177.8 295.7 54.4

21 153.4 252.9 49.0

22 132.6 217.7 43.7

23 113.4 184.0 39.7

24 99.0 161.2 34.5

25-29 77.2 121.9 31.6

30-34 64.7 100.8 28.1

35-39 50.7 79.7 21.8

40-44 35.6 58.7 12.8

45-49 20.4 34.7 6.6

50-54 10.3 17.8 3.2

55-59 5.8 10.6 1.3

60-64 3.0 5.4 0.8

65 and over 1.0 2.2 0.2

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 3.0 5.0 1.0

13-14 65.4 103.1 25.8

15 126.4 203.5 45.2

16 160.7 263.4 52.2

17 194.7 325.6 55.8

18 227.3 383.6 60.3

19 201.3 337.0 58.1

20 178.1 297.3 53.3

21 154.8 251.2 53.7

22 130.2 210.9 45.5

23 118.4 191.2 42.3

24 104.9 167.6 39.6

25-29 77.5 121.1 32.7

30-34 63.5 99.2 27.3

35-39 51.7 81.1 22.5

40-44 36.0 58.9 13.5

45-49 20.9 35.2 7.1

50-54 10.5 18.0 3.3

55-59 5.2 9.4 1.3

60-64 2.8 5.4 0.4

65 and over 0.7 1.5 0.2
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Weapons Violations—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

Weapons—carrying, possessing, etc., 

is defined by the Uniform Crime Reporting 

Program as offenses involving all violations 

of regulations or statutes controlling the 

carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and 

manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 9.3 16.0 2.2

13-14 208.7 360.6 49.2

15 361.9 647.5 61.0

16 455.4 827.2 61.1

17 510.6 938.1 55.5

18 567.0 1,058.2 50.6

19 481.9 900.6 45.3

20 419.7 782.2 41.3

21 394.8 730.0 45.0

22 349.1 646.6 41.3

23 309.4 566.3 44.6

24 256.9 470.4 37.8

25-29 192.0 350.0 32.9

30-34 125.2 225.0 26.0

35-39 89.4 160.4 19.2

40-44 62.4 113.7 12.2

45-49 45.9 84.8 8.5

50-54 32.7 61.3 5.7

55-59 22.5 43.3 3.3

60-64 14.7 29.5 1.5

65 and over 5.8 13.1 0.8

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 10.2 17.7 2.3

13-14 211.0 364.5 49.6

15 344.8 611.9 62.4

16 433.7 787.9 57.1

17 472.4 867.7 50.0

18 526.8 975.7 54.2

19 439.9 821.0 42.0

20 374.1 693.2 40.7

21 375.9 697.3 41.0

22 327.4 601.7 42.7

23 280.6 515.4 39.4

24 250.6 458.0 38.1

25-29 181.1 328.8 31.5

30-34 122.9 218.1 27.4

35-39 88.4 157.3 20.1

40-44 62.7 113.4 13.3

45-49 43.2 79.0 8.6

50-54 31.4 58.6 5.6

55-59 20.2 38.7 3.1

60-64 13.2 26.1 1.7

65 and over 4.9 11.2 0.6

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 9.1 15.9 2.0

13-14 173.5 298.8 41.8

15 302.8 535.3 57.0

16 379.1 685.6 53.1

17 448.2 819.8 50.7

18 478.9 889.2 46.7

19 405.9 759.0 37.2

20 352.0 653.3 36.5

21 335.4 621.0 37.0

22 300.9 556.8 35.0

23 265.8 486.6 37.7

24 223.0 408.3 33.8

25-29 167.9 304.7 29.3

30-34 120.9 215.3 26.0

35-39 90.4 161.3 20.2

40-44 64.0 116.3 13.0

45-49 43.9 82.2 7.0

50-54 30.6 57.4 5.1

55-59 21.5 41.7 2.8

60-64 15.0 29.8 1.9

65 and over 4.8 11.0 0.6

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.8 15.4 1.9

13-14 153.6 265.5 36.0

15 276.9 485.9 55.9

16 340.9 613.7 50.8

17 394.1 720.9 44.2

18 419.5 779.0 40.7

19 358.0 668.3 34.0

20 306.6 570.3 30.5

21 286.9 531.5 31.0

22 262.6 487.3 28.9

23 231.5 428.9 27.7

24 192.8 352.2 29.1

25-29 143.0 260.9 23.6

30-34 101.7 181.1 21.8

35-39 77.5 137.6 17.9

40-44 56.9 103.5 11.3

45-49 39.1 73.0 6.3

50-54 27.3 51.1 4.6

55-59 19.9 38.6 2.5

60-64 12.6 25.3 1.3

65 and over 4.5 10.4 0.4

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 9.1 15.7 2.2

13-14 156.8 267.1 40.9

15 257.7 448.3 56.3

16 332.4 593.5 54.7

17 379.4 687.5 49.6

18 429.7 788.8 50.8

19 371.8 687.0 42.7

20 314.8 582.3 34.8

21 296.7 548.8 32.9

22 259.0 476.2 32.6

23 238.1 436.0 33.2

24 210.4 388.8 27.2

25-29 146.1 266.2 24.3

30-34 101.0 178.8 22.8

35-39 81.0 143.6 18.8

40-44 59.0 106.3 12.7

45-49 40.5 74.9 7.2

50-54 28.3 53.5 4.2

55-59 19.2 37.2 2.5

60-64 12.7 25.2 1.5

65 and over 4.6 10.6 0.5
36 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Weapons Violations—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.6 14.9 1.9

13-14 137.9 235.0 35.8

15 221.3 383.4 49.9

16 277.8 494.9 47.1

17 333.1 603.6 43.6

18 367.1 681.3 35.9

19 332.8 619.2 33.7

20 285.9 531.0 29.5

21 267.5 496.7 27.9

22 231.8 428.4 26.6

23 203.0 373.3 26.1

24 183.8 337.2 25.9

25-29 131.4 241.0 20.3

30-34 90.2 160.6 19.3

35-39 73.3 130.2 16.8

40-44 53.5 96.7 11.2

45-49 37.4 69.9 5.9

50-54 24.5 46.4 3.5

55-59 17.8 34.8 2.0

60-64 11.6 22.8 1.5

65 and over 3.8 8.9 0.3

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.9 13.6 2.0

13-14 129.7 220.5 34.2

15 205.4 356.4 45.6

16 254.4 453.5 42.7

17 294.9 531.4 41.9

18 333.2 615.9 35.2

19 300.2 558.0 31.3

20 254.5 471.8 26.7

21 246.2 453.8 28.9

22 211.3 385.5 29.4

23 183.2 334.0 26.1

24 157.2 288.0 21.8

25-29 112.8 205.9 18.1

30-34 77.0 137.8 15.5

35-39 64.0 113.7 14.6

40-44 47.2 84.9 10.1

45-49 33.1 61.7 5.5

50-54 22.1 42.2 2.8

55-59 15.7 30.4 2.0

60-64 9.7 19.3 1.1

65 and over 3.6 8.3 0.4

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.3 12.4 1.9

13-14 114.3 189.4 35.2

15 184.6 317.9 43.7

16 215.7 382.0 39.0

17 250.6 452.0 35.1

18 287.7 529.2 33.2

19 263.3 487.8 29.3

20 237.8 439.2 26.9

21 231.6 423.6 30.4

22 198.9 366.0 24.2

23 175.4 322.9 21.5

24 149.9 274.4 20.8

25-29 106.3 193.8 16.9

30-34 70.6 126.3 14.3

35-39 55.9 99.3 12.7

40-44 43.1 77.7 9.1

45-49 30.5 56.5 5.3

50-54 20.5 38.5 3.3

55-59 14.2 27.4 1.8

60-64 9.1 18.1 1.0

65 and over 3.1 7.1 0.3

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.8 13.3 2.0

13-14 112.2 185.7 35.2

15 175.7 302.0 42.7

16 208.7 366.4 42.3

17 247.8 447.0 36.5

18 284.9 520.6 33.2

19 265.8 488.5 30.7

20 234.1 432.0 26.9

21 227.7 421.6 24.5

22 204.9 374.4 26.9

23 178.2 326.8 22.7

24 159.5 292.7 20.5

25-29 110.3 200.5 17.6

30-34 72.2 129.3 14.2

35-39 56.1 99.6 12.7

40-44 44.8 80.2 9.9

45-49 30.3 55.4 5.9

50-54 21.2 39.8 3.4

55-59 14.2 27.4 1.8

60-64 8.9 17.5 1.1

65 and over 3.0 6.7 0.3
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 37

Sex Offenses—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

Sex offenses in the Uniform Crime 

Reporting Program include the offenses of 

statutory rape and offenses against chastity, 

common decency, morals, and the like. Attempts are included. This offense category 

excludes forcible rape, prostitution, and 

commercialized vice.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.6 13.2 1.7

13-14 92.5 164.3 17.2

15 99.0 177.3 16.4

16 93.1 167.5 14.3

17 88.2 159.1 12.7

18 91.6 164.8 14.5

19 78.2 138.2 15.6

20 79.5 139.6 16.8

21 79.7 136.0 20.9

22 81.0 139.8 20.3

23 79.3 136.5 20.4

24 81.3 140.9 20.2

25-29 77.8 136.0 19.1

30-34 71.7 129.4 14.3

35-39 58.5 109.1 8.4

40-44 43.6 83.1 5.2

45-49 35.1 69.0 2.3

50-54 27.6 55.4 1.3

55-59 21.4 44.1 0.5

60-64 16.7 35.2 0.4

65 and over 7.2 17.7 0.1

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.9 12.3 1.3

13-14 79.8 144.0 12.3

15 84.5 151.5 13.6

16 79.1 143.4 10.7

17 79.0 142.7 11.0

18 81.9 145.1 15.3

19 76.5 132.6 17.8

20 74.1 129.6 16.1

21 76.1 130.6 19.3

22 77.4 132.5 20.2

23 71.8 125.7 16.6

24 69.1 119.3 17.7

25-29 71.0 124.5 16.9

30-34 68.5 123.0 13.7

35-39 56.8 104.9 9.0

40-44 43.1 82.3 4.9

45-49 33.9 66.1 2.8

50-54 27.1 54.3 1.2

55-59 21.3 43.5 0.7

60-64 16.7 35.1 0.3

65 and over 7.2 17.5 0.2

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.0 10.7 1.2

13-14 72.2 130.3 11.1

15 76.9 138.9 11.2

16 69.1 126.6 8.0

17 71.7 131.1 8.1

18 79.0 140.8 13.9

19 74.9 133.0 14.1

20 73.3 129.9 14.1

21 72.9 127.9 15.4

22 72.2 126.6 15.8

23 66.2 116.0 14.6

24 64.0 112.1 14.9

25-29 65.3 115.5 14.5

30-34 65.5 117.7 13.1

35-39 55.7 103.3 8.5

40-44 43.1 81.9 5.3

45-49 32.1 62.5 2.8

50-54 25.5 51.0 1.2

55-59 20.2 41.2 0.6

60-64 15.0 31.6 0.2

65 and over 6.5 15.7 0.1

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.9 12.0 1.4

13-14 73.2 132.0 11.5

15 82.4 148.0 13.1

16 74.4 134.8 10.1

17 83.1 150.9 10.4

18 89.0 158.1 16.2

19 80.7 141.2 17.5

20 75.0 131.0 16.3

21 78.2 139.0 14.6

22 74.7 131.7 15.4

23 70.0 123.1 15.1

24 67.1 119.9 12.9

25-29 63.7 113.3 13.6

30-34 63.3 113.9 12.3

35-39 55.7 103.1 8.7

40-44 42.0 79.5 5.3

45-49 31.0 60.7 2.4

50-54 26.5 53.1 1.2

55-59 20.8 42.6 0.6

60-64 15.5 32.2 0.5

65 and over 6.2 15.0 0.1

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.3 13.0 1.3

13-14 80.4 143.3 14.2

15 82.6 146.0 15.6

16 81.2 145.3 13.0

17 79.7 143.0 11.9

18 88.2 153.3 19.5

19 88.2 154.9 18.6

20 80.4 139.8 18.1

21 80.7 141.4 17.2

22 74.7 130.5 16.5

23 71.6 123.2 18.2

24 68.6 119.7 16.1

25-29 65.6 115.6 15.0

30-34 66.6 119.1 13.8

35-39 59.4 108.0 11.2

40-44 45.5 85.4 6.4

45-49 32.6 63.2 3.0

50-54 26.3 52.2 1.5

55-59 20.4 41.6 0.7

60-64 17.4 36.2 0.5

65 and over 6.6 15.9 0.1
38 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Sex Offenses—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.4 11.4 1.1

13-14 67.8 123.3 9.4

15 70.0 126.3 10.4

16 67.9 123.1 9.3

17 72.4 131.1 9.7

18 85.5 150.3 17.3

19 85.8 151.1 17.6

20 85.2 151.2 16.3

21 75.5 133.2 15.2

22 73.2 127.3 16.8

23 68.2 121.1 13.3

24 67.6 121.3 12.3

25-29 59.8 106.1 12.8

30-34 63.1 114.4 11.4

35-39 56.1 102.7 9.9

40-44 44.7 84.0 6.2

45-49 33.2 64.7 2.7

50-54 25.3 50.3 1.3

55-59 20.7 42.4 0.5

60-64 15.8 33.1 0.2

65 and over 6.2 15.0 0.1

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.5 11.6 1.1

13-14 67.4 122.2 9.8

15 74.8 134.8 11.2

16 67.1 120.9 9.8

17 68.9 125.1 8.7

18 82.1 149.4 11.2

19 79.7 144.7 12.0

20 79.0 143.9 11.0

21 76.9 137.5 13.4

22 67.7 120.4 12.7

23 63.9 113.7 12.0

24 60.3 109.4 9.4

25-29 54.7 98.9 9.6

30-34 56.4 103.1 9.1

35-39 53.8 100.0 7.9

40-44 41.6 78.7 5.2

45-49 32.1 62.6 2.5

50-54 24.3 48.4 1.2

55-59 19.9 40.2 1.0

60-64 14.5 30.2 0.3

65 and over 6.2 15.0 0.1

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.5 11.7 1.1

13-14 72.7 132.9 9.3

15 73.4 132.0 11.5

16 66.9 120.5 10.0

17 68.7 125.9 7.4

18 80.6 147.3 10.4

19 83.3 150.4 13.4

20 79.2 142.9 12.5

21 77.9 140.1 12.6

22 65.7 115.7 13.5

23 64.5 114.9 11.8

24 61.6 110.9 10.5

25-29 53.8 97.2 9.5

30-34 54.4 98.4 9.9

35-39 52.3 96.5 8.3

40-44 42.1 79.0 5.8

45-49 30.5 59.0 2.8

50-54 21.8 43.5 1.0

55-59 19.2 39.0 0.7

60-64 14.9 31.2 0.2

65 and over 5.9 14.0 0.2

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.5 13.4 1.2

13-14 77.3 140.7 10.7

15 73.3 130.9 12.7

16 67.4 121.8 10.0

17 70.2 127.0 10.1

18 79.5 142.6 12.1

19 78.6 140.5 13.3

20 74.5 132.1 14.3

21 71.2 127.4 12.4

22 66.9 119.2 12.0

23 61.0 107.4 12.4

24 58.4 103.6 11.2

25-29 50.0 89.3 9.6

30-34 50.5 91.6 8.8

35-39 49.3 89.4 9.2

40-44 39.8 74.6 5.5

45-49 29.8 56.9 3.5

50-54 21.5 42.8 1.1

55-59 16.6 33.7 0.5

60-64 14.0 29.1 0.3

65 and over 5.1 12.3 0.1
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 39

Gambling—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

The offense of gambling, by Uniform 

Crime Reporting definition, is the promoting, permitting, or engaging in illegal 

gambling. This includes bookmaking (both 

horse and sport book), numbers and lottery, 

and all other illegal gambling.

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.2 a

13-14 5.3 9.7 0.6

15 15.1 28.8 0.6

16 21.6 40.7 1.2

17 25.6 47.9 1.9

18 27.8 51.6 2.8

19 21.9 41.1 2.0

20 20.1 37.6 1.9

21 18.5 33.4 2.9

22 15.1 27.3 2.5

23 14.4 25.5 3.0

24 12.3 21.2 3.1

25-29 11.7 19.6 3.7

30-34 9.6 15.8 3.3

35-39 9.9 16.5 3.5

40-44 9.8 16.3 3.4

45-49 10.0 17.1 3.3

50-54 10.6 18.1 3.6

55-59 9.2 16.6 2.4

60-64 7.4 14.1 1.4

65 and over 2.7 5.9 0.4

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 3.6 6.7 0.3

15 10.3 19.1 1.1

16 15.0 27.5 1.8

17 18.6 34.6 1.5

18 19.6 36.1 2.3

19 18.9 34.8 2.3

20 19.1 35.3 2.2

21 16.6 29.5 3.2

22 13.4 24.1 2.3

23 13.9 23.8 3.9

24 12.4 21.1 3.4

25-29 11.3 18.8 3.8

30-34 10.5 17.0 4.0

35-39 10.2 16.1 4.3

40-44 10.0 16.2 4.0

45-49 9.0 14.9 3.3

50-54 9.2 15.5 3.2

55-59 8.3 14.7 2.4

60-64 7.5 14.0 1.7

65 and over 2.3 5.0 0.4

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.2 a

13-14 4.8 9.0 0.4

15 13.6 25.8 0.6

16 21.9 41.1 1.4

17 28.2 53.3 1.2

18 28.8 53.5 2.7

19 28.3 52.9 2.6

20 28.0 50.4 4.6

21 21.2 38.6 2.9

22 21.6 38.6 3.9

23 18.7 32.0 4.9

24 15.9 27.8 3.7

25-29 13.7 22.7 4.6

30-34 11.7 18.5 4.8

35-39 11.2 17.8 4.6

40-44 9.7 15.7 3.9

45-49 10.1 16.7 3.6

50-54 8.1 13.8 2.6

55-59 8.8 15.4 2.7

60-64 6.2 11.9 1.2

65 and over 2.0 4.5 0.3

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.2 a

13-14 4.5 8.5 0.4

15 15.0 28.2 1.1

16 24.1 45.8 1.2

17 32.1 60.3 1.9

18 32.5 60.4 3.2

19 31.1 57.7 3.3

20 27.0 49.0 4.1

21 24.4 44.3 3.5

22 21.0 37.4 4.0

23 16.9 30.0 3.3

24 17.8 31.9 3.3

25-29 13.2 21.6 4.7

30-34 11.4 18.2 4.5

35-39 9.9 15.4 4.5

40-44 9.1 14.5 3.8

45-49 8.4 14.0 3.1

50-54 8.6 14.5 3.1

55-59 7.7 13.5 2.3

60-64 6.7 12.3 1.6

65 and over 2.2 4.7 0.4

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.2 a

13-14 4.3 7.9 0.4

15 13.0 24.4 0.9

16 22.0 41.5 1.3

17 31.5 58.7 2.4

18 37.0 70.2 1.9

19 34.6 64.9 2.9

20 31.4 57.6 4.0

21 26.6 48.7 3.5

22 26.5 48.0 4.0

23 22.4 40.9 3.2

24 20.7 37.3 3.7

25-29 15.6 27.0 4.0

30-34 11.8 19.8 3.9

35-39 10.2 16.1 4.4

40-44 10.4 16.3 4.5

45-49 10.5 16.8 4.4

50-54 9.6 16.2 3.2

55-59 9.4 16.5 2.8

60-64 7.8 14.6 1.6

65 and over 2.1 4.7 0.4

a

Rate is less than 0.05
40 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Gambling—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 3.1 5.8 0.2

15 8.9 16.8 0.6

16 14.3 27.2 0.6

17 20.8 39.1 1.1

18 26.8 50.9 1.5

19 24.5 46.3 1.8

20 25.5 46.9 3.1

21 21.5 39.7 2.4

22 22.5 42.0 2.1

23 19.5 36.0 2.5

24 19.2 35.1 2.8

25-29 12.7 21.8 3.4

30-34 9.3 15.7 2.7

35-39 9.2 14.8 3.6

40-44 7.9 12.9 3.0

45-49 9.7 15.4 4.1

50-54 7.8 13.1 2.8

55-59 7.3 12.5 2.4

60-64 6.6 12.1 1.7

65 and over 2.0 4.3 0.5

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 0.1 0.1 a

13-14 2.0 3.6 0.2

15 7.7 14.0 1.0

16 12.0 22.5 0.8

17 20.1 37.6 1.3

18 24.3 45.4 2.0

19 23.6 44.4 1.9

20 21.8 40.0 2.7

21 21.4 39.6 2.3

22 19.1 35.3 2.1

23 16.1 29.8 1.9

24 16.4 31.1 1.3

25-29 10.1 17.9 2.2

30-34 8.0 12.9 2.9

35-39 6.9 11.1 2.7

40-44 6.8 10.9 2.7

45-49 8.6 12.9 4.4

50-54 6.3 10.6 2.1

55-59 6.3 10.4 2.5

60-64 5.3 9.8 1.1

65 and over 2.1 4.4 0.5

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a 0.1 a

13-14 3.2 5.9 0.4

15 7.4 14.0 0.5

16 14.4 27.2 0.8

17 16.4 30.1 1.7

18 19.5 36.5 1.5

19 22.0 40.9 2.2

20 21.5 39.6 2.6

21 20.1 36.5 2.9

22 17.7 33.2 1.5

23 16.1 29.7 2.1

24 16.4 30.1 2.3

25-29 10.3 18.5 1.9

30-34 7.5 12.6 2.4

35-39 6.4 10.3 2.4

40-44 6.1 9.4 2.8

45-49 6.3 10.4 2.3

50-54 7.2 11.9 2.7

55-59 6.1 10.6 1.9

60-64 6.0 10.9 1.6

65 and over 2.0 4.4 0.4

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under a 0.1 b

13-14 2.4 4.1 0.5

15 7.4 14.0 0.4

16 11.6 22.0 0.5

17 18.3 34.6 1.0

18 20.3 37.9 1.6

19 20.6 37.6 2.5

20 20.9 38.4 2.5

21 20.7 38.2 2.3

22 19.2 35.5 2.2

23 20.1 36.3 3.0

24 17.1 31.8 1.7

25-29 10.4 18.7 1.8

30-34 8.3 14.2 2.2

35-39 6.9 11.4 2.3

40-44 6.8 10.7 3.0

45-49 5.6 9.0 2.3

50-54 6.5 11.6 1.7

55-59 4.7 8.2 1.4

60-64 4.8 8.5 1.5

65 and over 1.7 3.6 0.3

a

Rate is less than 0.05

b

Zero reported arrests
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 41

Drug Abuse Violations—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States

Drug abuse violations, defined by the 

Uniform Crime Reporting Program, are violations of state and/or local offenses relating 

to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs. 

The following drug categories are specified: opium or cocaine and their derivatives 

(morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; 

synthetic narcotics—manufactured narcotics that can cause true addiction (demerol, 

methadone); and dangerous nonnarcotic 

drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine).

1993

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 4.3 6.8 1.7

13-14 237.2 391.5 75.1

15 633.0 1,094.7 146.6

16 1,015.6 1,786.1 198.6

17 1,331.4 2,347.5 249.5

18 1,788.1 3,155.4 350.6

19 1,683.4 2,960.4 351.7

20 1,598.6 2,787.8 357.2

21 1,478.0 2,537.1 372.6

22 1,420.6 2,427.2 379.1

23 1,377.2 2,318.7 406.7

24 1,271.7 2,108.5 412.9

25-29 1,144.7 1,858.2 425.9

30-34 915.8 1,457.5 377.1

35-39 652.8 1,045.9 264.0

40-44 395.2 656.7 140.0

45-49 201.3 345.3 62.4

50-54 107.4 190.6 28.7

55-59 53.2 97.3 12.5

60-64 26.1 48.7 6.2

65 and over 6.4 13.7 1.4

1994

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 6.4 10.0 2.7

13-14 322.3 519.1 115.3

15 833.9 1,415.1 219.1

16 1,304.7 2,266.0 282.7

17 1,713.5 3,001.6 337.0

18 2,227.7 3,920.0 446.2

19 2,023.7 3,566.1 413.1

20 1,846.2 3,216.3 415.2

21 1,721.9 2,968.9 422.0

22 1,572.8 2,683.9 419.4

23 1,467.5 2,471.3 436.4

24 1,396.6 2,308.8 461.6

25-29 1,221.9 1,961.5 472.8

30-34 1,029.8 1,609.9 447.4

35-39 762.0 1,209.9 318.3

40-44 472.3 780.7 171.5

45-49 244.4 418.6 76.3

50-54 121.0 214.1 32.5

55-59 59.5 109.8 12.9

60-64 28.3 52.9 6.4

65 and over 7.0 15.2 1.4

1995

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.9 12.1 3.5

13-14 396.9 635.4 146.2

15 1,023.5 1,727.2 279.4

16 1,591.7 2,756.2 352.5

17 2,088.9 3,642.7 427.3

18 2,564.9 4,492.3 534.2

19 2,331.1 4,089.2 495.4

20 2,051.7 3,581.4 449.8

21 1,891.6 3,276.0 445.3

22 1,769.0 3,028.2 460.7

23 1,588.6 2,683.7 457.7

24 1,474.1 2,458.2 469.0

25-29 1,288.7 2,078.4 488.1

30-34 1,101.7 1,705.3 495.1

35-39 860.0 1,349.7 374.3

40-44 544.5 888.0 209.2

45-49 291.1 496.9 92.3

50-54 140.0 248.8 36.4

55-59 69.2 126.7 15.9

60-64 33.5 63.7 6.5

65 and over 7.7 16.5 1.6

1996

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.9 13.7 3.8

13-14 419.2 663.4 162.6

15 1,055.0 1,776.2 292.1

16 1,606.5 2,749.0 391.5

17 2,214.7 3,836.3 478.1

18 2,717.0 4,738.2 586.5

19 2,429.0 4,250.7 526.8

20 2,138.3 3,721.0 481.4

21 1,890.3 3,270.9 446.4

22 1,729.5 2,964.8 444.6

23 1,595.0 2,706.3 447.0

24 1,434.6 2,411.8 431.8

25-29 1,209.2 1,959.5 448.8

30-34 1,039.0 1,599.0 475.5

35-39 843.5 1,309.2 381.2

40-44 559.9 896.7 230.7

45-49 304.3 517.1 98.8

50-54 146.6 258.6 39.9

55-59 74.7 136.3 17.4

60-64 35.0 66.3 7.1

65 and over 7.9 17.1 1.5

1997

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 9.3 14.2 4.1

13-14 423.9 674.4 160.6

15 1,042.9 1,741.8 304.1

16 1,691.7 2,893.5 413.9

17 2,272.2 3,901.0 528.7

18 2,914.5 5,027.1 685.2

19 2,667.0 4,627.3 620.5

20 2,358.2 4,076.4 559.8

21 2,122.5 3,654.0 520.3

22 1,869.8 3,186.9 496.6

23 1,726.5 2,932.7 477.7

24 1,569.6 2,636.8 473.2

25-29 1,295.5 2,098.2 481.3

30-34 1,118.9 1,718.3 515.7

35-39 929.1 1,427.5 433.9

40-44 632.3 1,007.7 264.9

45-49 350.0 587.7 120.5

50-54 164.1 289.0 44.8

55-59 81.8 149.5 18.9

60-64 38.8 72.8 8.3

65 and over 8.1 17.4 1.6
42 SECTION I—AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES

Drug Abuse Violations—Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

1998

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.2 12.6 3.5

13-14 379.7 603.8 144.1

15 995.4 1,658.3 294.3

16 1,613.4 2,737.8 418.7

17 2,266.5 3,885.5 533.5

18 2,884.4 4,965.3 690.3

19 2,744.0 4,750.5 648.3

20 2,469.9 4,245.7 611.7

21 2,169.8 3,722.1 546.8

22 1,942.0 3,323.7 499.5

23 1,710.0 2,911.9 461.8

24 1,577.9 2,655.2 468.2

25-29 1,275.4 2,075.4 463.3

30-34 1,115.8 1,714.6 512.7

35-39 964.1 1,470.5 461.0

40-44 681.9 1,076.6 294.8

45-49 392.5 654.5 139.3

50-54 184.9 321.6 54.2

55-59 88.1 159.6 21.5

60-64 41.4 78.8 7.6

65 and over 8.7 19.0 1.6

1999

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.0 12.4 3.4

13-14 356.5 561.8 140.6

15 933.0 1,545.1 285.4

16 1,508.7 2,546.5 405.8

17 2,103.3 3,574.2 529.7

18 2,834.4 4,868.4 690.0

19 2,669.9 4,612.4 643.2

20 2,428.3 4,171.1 601.6

21 2,196.8 3,758.9 561.3

22 1,940.2 3,307.6 511.8

23 1,722.4 2,916.3 478.6

24 1,533.0 2,585.7 443.8

25-29 1,210.5 1,977.6 428.8

30-34 1,039.5 1,596.8 476.5

35-39 915.3 1,387.2 446.0

40-44 670.6 1,046.5 301.4

45-49 394.7 649.3 148.2

50-54 191.4 331.2 57.5

55-59 89.7 161.1 23.1

60-64 41.8 77.9 9.0

65 and over 10.0 21.5 2.0

2000

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 7.8 12.0 3.4

13-14 370.8 580.2 150.6

15 928.3 1,527.8 294.9

16 1,476.4 2,485.6 403.2

17 2,113.6 3,591.4 532.4

18 2,804.3 4,774.6 728.0

19 2,748.3 4,714.1 698.4

20 2,501.2 4,272.3 646.8

21 2,247.4 3,836.6 581.7

22 1,997.1 3,387.4 542.9

23 1,770.2 3,000.5 487.1

24 1,565.6 2,641.4 449.6

25-29 1,182.3 1,940.7 406.8

30-34 981.3 1,515.4 440.2

35-39 875.7 1,327.2 427.1

40-44 665.8 1034.4 303.1

45-49 402.6 663.9 149.3

50-54 198.9 343.6 60.2

55-59 94.1 168.8 24.3

60-64 45.0 85.0 8.8

65 and over 11.5 24.4 2.5

2001

Age Group Total Male Female

12 and under 8.9 13.4 4.2

13-14 368.1 566.1 160.2

15 910.0 1,489.3 300.3

16 1,439.6 2,415.1 409.5

17 1,965.3 3,334.8 512.2

18 2,676.3 4,521.8 706.2

19 2,618.2 4,430.5 705.3

20 2,394.7 4,067.4 644.0

21 2,146.5 3,632.4 589.7

22 1,922.3 3,246.9 531.6

23 1,713.5 2,879.9 492.8

24 1,567.5 2,636.5 452.6

25-29 1,137.4 1,874.4 379.1

30-34 903.4 1,402.3 397.6

35-39 813.7 1,230.8 397.6

40-44 635.1 980.0 295.7

45-49 383.7 622.6 151.9

50-54 194.1 336.1 58.1

55-59 88.0 157.1 23.3

60-64 41.7 77.8 9.0

65 and over 8.6 18.5 1.5
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 43

Crime Index

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 1,279.5 1,934.3 591.7 1,098.9 1,774.5 476.1

1994 1,343.4 2,005.7 647.1 1,069.8 1,704.9 482.9

1995 1,303.8 1,932.2 642.9 1,076.6 1,712.0 488.4

1996 1,259.4 1,836.8 652.1 1,004.8 1,580.9 470.8

1997 1,204.2 1,738.7 642.0 998.0 1,555.5 480.3

1998 1,044.7 1,497.3 568.6 932.1 1,446.7 453.5

1999 918.9 1,306.9 510.8 848.2 1,309.5 418.1

2000 853.9 1,195.7 494.3 797.6 1,230.0 393.7

2001 802.3 1,105.5 483.9 789.2 1,213.2 392.0

Violent Crime

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 220.1 372.0 60.5 338.8 614.4 84.8

1994 231.0 387.3 66.7 338.7 606.5 91.3

1995 228.5 379.8 69.4 346.3 612.8 99.6

1996 204.9 339.1 63.7 314.2 554.5 91.4

1997 197.8 325.2 63.8 321.7 560.3 100.1

1998 179.0 290.2 62.0 302.9 523.3 98.0

1999 162.3 261.9 57.4 280.7 483.0 92.1

2000 149.0 238.6 54.8 267.8 459.1 89.2

2001 143.1 229.0 52.9 261.3 447.1 87.2

Murder

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 6.2 11.5 0.7 11.2 21.0 2.2

1994 5.7 10.5 0.7 10.0 18.6 2.1

1995 5.2 9.6 0.6 10.0 18.7 1.9

1996 4.3 7.8 0.6 8.6 16.0 1.8

1997 3.7 6.8 0.5 8.5 15.9 1.8

1998 3.2 5.7 0.5 8.1 15.0 1.8

1999 2.2 4.0 0.4 7.3 13.4 1.6

2000 2.0 3.4 0.5 6.8 12.5 1.4

2001 2.0 3.4 0.4 6.4 11.6 1.5

Section One—Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States
44 SECTION I—JUVENILE VS. ADULT, AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

Forcible Rape

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 9.9 18.9 0.3 17.5 36.0 0.4

1994 9.0 17.2 0.4 16.3 33.6 0.3

1995 8.5 16.2 0.4 15.4 31.7 0.3

1996 8.3 15.9 0.3 14.3 29.4 0.3

1997 8.1 15.6 0.3 14.0 28.8 0.3

1998 7.9 15.2 0.3 13.5 27.6 0.3

1999 7.0 13.5 0.3 12.4 25.4 0.3

2000 6.5 12.5 0.2 11.6 23.7 0.3

2001 6.4 12.3 0.2 11.0 22.4 0.2

Robbery

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 80.2 142.6 14.6 71.1 135.4 11.8

1994 86.9 154.0 16.3 65.1 122.9 11.6

1995 87.6 155.0 16.7 64.3 121.2 11.6

1996 78.0 137.5 15.4 58.4 109.5 11.0

1997 71.8 126.9 14.0 57.8 108.1 11.1

1998 59.5 105.0 11.7 52.8 98.1 10.6

1999 51.9 91.6 10.1 47.6 88.5 9.6

2000 46.0 81.4 8.7 44.7 83.2 8.8

2001 42.7 75.8 7.9 44.5 82.6 8.9

Aggravated 

Assault

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 123.8 199.0 44.8 239.1 422.0 70.4

1994 129.4 205.6 49.3 247.4 431.4 77.3

1995 127.2 199.0 51.7 256.5 441.1 85.7

1996 114.3 177.9 47.5 232.8 399.5 78.3

1997 114.1 175.9 49.0 241.3 407.6 87.0

1998 108.4 164.4 49.6 228.6 382.6 85.4

1999 101.1 152.8 46.7 213.4 355.7 80.7

2000 94.6 141.3 45.5 204.8 339.7 78.7

2001 92.1 137.5 44.4 199.4 330.5 76.6
 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 45

Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

Property Crime

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 1,059.4 1,562.3 531.2 760.1 1,160.1 391.3

1994 1,112.4 1,618.4 580.4 731.1 1,098.5 391.6

1995 1,075.3 1,552.5 573.5 730.4 1,099.2 388.9

1996 1,054.5 1,497.7 588.4 690.6 1,026.4 379.4

1997 1,006.4 1,413.6 578.3 676.3 995.2 380.2

1998 865.7 1,207.1 506.6 629.2 923.4 355.5

1999 756.7 1,045.0 453.4 567.5 826.6 326.0

2000 704.9 957.1 439.5 529.7 770.9 304.5

2001 659.2 876.5 430.9 527.9 766.1 304.8

Burglary

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 211.3 373.1 41.3 142.6 267.7 27.3

1994 214.3 378.4 41.8 133.3 247.1 28.1

1995 199.1 350.7 39.8 130.1 239.4 28.9

1996 197.8 346.7 41.1 118.3 216.7 27.2

1997 185.6 324.6 39.5 115.5 209.7 28.0

1998 167.8 290.8 38.5 111.1 200.0 28.4

1999 139.7 242.0 32.2 99.6 178.5 26.0

2000 129.2 223.1 30.5 92.8 165.6 24.8

2001 120.3 207.0 29.3 93.6 166.5 25.3

Larceny-theft

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 706.6 950.1 450.8 555.7 777.2 351.4

1994 762.9 1,013.2 499.7 537.2 739.2 350.6

1995 750.3 991.9 496.2 538.8 747.7 345.4

1996 747.4 969.6 513.6 517.8 710.6 339.1

1997 722.0 927.0 506.5 506.9 688.7 338.0

1998 619.1 788.7 440.7 467.2 633.2 312.8

1999 543.3 682.6 396.7 420.2 563.9 286.2

2000 505.9 620.3 385.5 390.2 523.0 266.1

2001 472.6 561.7 379.0 387.7 518.3 265.2
46 SECTION I—JUVENILE VS. ADULT, AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES BY SEX, UNITED STATES 

Motor Vehicle 

Theft

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 141.5 239.1 39.0 61.8 115.2 12.6

1994 135.3 226.9 38.9 60.6 112.2 12.9

1995 125.9 209.9 37.6 61.5 112.1 14.6

1996 109.4 181.4 33.7 54.5 99.1 13.1

1997 98.8 162.0 32.3 53.9 96.8 14.2

1998 78.8 127.6 27.4 50.8 90.2 14.3

1999 73.7 120.5 24.5 47.7 84.2 13.7

2000 69.8 113.7 23.6 46.8 82.3 13.6

2001 66.3 107.8 22.6 46.7 81.3 14.3

Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

Arson

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 14.4 24.7 3.6 5.2 9.0 1.7

1994 16.9 28.9 4.3 4.9 8.3 1.6

1995 15.4 26.4 3.9 5.0 8.3 1.9

1996 14.7 25.4 3.4 4.6 7.7 1.7

1997 14.3 24.7 3.3 4.5 7.7 1.6

1998 12.7 22.1 2.8 4.1 6.9 1.5

1999 12.5 21.6 3.0 3.9 6.6 1.4

2000 11.7 20.1 2.9 3.9 6.5 1.4

2001 12.4 21.2 3.1 4.4 7.3 1.7

Forgery and 

Counterfeiting

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 11.6 14.9 8.3 52.6 71.6 35.0

1994 13.0 16.1 9.7 56.1 75.2 38.5

1995 12.7 16.1 9.1 57.9 77.1 40.2

1996 12.7 15.8 9.5 58.8 79.2 40.0

1997 12.4 14.8 9.9 59.0 77.9 41.5

1998 10.3 13.2 7.3 57.1 74.3 41.0

1999 9.9 12.5 7.2 52.7 69.2 37.3

2000 9.1 12.0 6.0 51.5 67.0 37.0

2001 8.2 10.5 5.8 53.6 69.0 39.2
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Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

Fraud

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 29.1 41.6 15.9 202.2 247.6 160.5

1994 34.3 49.3 18.4 203.4 253.4 157.3

1995 34.7 49.7 18.9 203.1 245.6 163.7

1996 35.6 51.7 18.7 216.3 256.1 179.4

1997 34.7 50.8 17.8 212.6 253.5 174.6

1998 33.4 48.3 17.7 203.7 241.6 168.4

1999 32.9 48.0 17.0 194.1 231.6 159.2

2000 28.1 39.7 15.9 171.1 200.3 143.9

2001 23.4 32.3 14.0 157.7 181.6 135.3

Embezzlement

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 1.1 1.3 0.9 6.5 8.1 5.1

1994 1.5 1.9 1.1 7.0 8.6 5.6

1995 1.8 2.0 1.5 7.0 8.2 5.9

1996 1.9 2.1 1.7 7.4 8.5 6.4

1997 1.9 2.1 1.7 8.1 9.0 7.3

1998 2.3 2.5 2.0 8.0 8.5 7.7

1999 2.5 2.5 2.4 8.2 8.7 7.8

2000 2.8 2.8 2.7 8.5 8.9 8.2

2001 2.7 3.0 2.3 8.8 9.1 8.5

Stolen Property

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 65.9 114.3 15.0 62.5 112.7 16.1

1994 66.9 115.8 15.5 64.3 114.9 17.5

1995 63.7 109.3 15.8 64.5 114.3 18.5

1996 62.3 105.7 16.6 58.9 103.5 17.4

1997 56.6 96.1 15.0 59.4 103.3 18.6

1998 49.9 84.8 13.1 54.6 94.7 17.2

1999 40.0 67.8 10.7 46.9 81.4 14.8

2000 38.5 63.4 12.3 47.5 81.0 16.2

2001 36.3 59.4 12.1 47.0 79.7 16.4
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Weapons

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 97.8 175.6 16.1 112.7 217.1 16.5

1994 96.5 173.0 16.0 105.7 202.3 16.4

1995 86.3 154.4 14.7 99.8 191.3 15.1

1996 78.7 140.6 13.6 85.8 164.6 12.7

1997 77.6 137.2 14.9 87.6 167.2 13.6

1998 67.7 119.6 13.1 78.1 149.8 11.4

1999 62.2 109.4 12.4 68.9 131.8 10.2

2000 54.2 94.4 11.8 62.9 120.2 9.4

2001 53.4 92.7 12.2 63.6 121.2 9.6

Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

Sex Offenses

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 30.1 53.6 5.3 46.5 88.6 7.6

1994 26.6 48.0 4.2 44.0 83.8 7.3

1995 24.1 43.6 3.5 41.8 79.9 6.5

1996 26.2 47.2 4.1 41.6 79.7 6.3

1997 27.6 49.4 4.8 43.3 82.2 7.3

1998 23.8 43.1 3.5 41.4 79.2 6.3

1999 23.9 43.3 3.5 38.7 74.8 5.0

2000 24.4 44.4 3.4 37.8 72.8 5.2

2001 25.8 46.7 3.9 35.5 67.9 5.2

Gambling

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 3.9 7.3 0.3 9.8 17.7 2.6

1994 2.8 5.1 0.3 9.3 16.4 2.8

1995 4.0 7.6 0.3 10.6 18.7 3.1

1996 4.5 8.5 0.3 10.3 18.2 3.0

1997 4.2 8.0 0.3 11.7 20.9 3.1

1998 2.8 5.4 0.2 9.6 17.3 2.5

1999 2.5 4.6 0.2 8.2 14.7 2.2

2000 2.5 4.7 0.2 7.8 14.0 1.9

2001 2.4 4.5 0.2 7.7 14.1 1.8
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Drug Abuse 

Violations

Year

Age and Sex

Under 18 18 and over

Total Male Female Total Male Female

1993 182.0 317.4 39.8 571.0 991.8 183.1

1994 242.4 417.4 58.5 643.3 1,110.5 211.5

1995 300.6 515.0 75.0 703.0 1,210.7 233.0

1996 318.7 542.0 83.8 689.3 1,184.9 229.9

1997 331.3 561.2 89.4 748.7 1,280.6 254.8

1998 319.0 539.2 87.3 764.0 1,304.5 261.2

1999 298.8 501.4 85.7 738.1 1,258.2 253.2

2000 298.1 498.6 87.2 730.6 1,246.5 248.8

2001 287.9 477.5 88.8 690.3 1175.0 236.2

Juvenile vs. Adult, Age-specific Arrest Rates by Sex, United States—Continued

Defintions of Part I and selected Part II offenses: 

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter—the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, and accidental deaths are excluded. The Program classifies justifiable homicides separately 

and limits the definition to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; or (2) the killing of a felon, during the 

commission of a felony, by a private citizen. 

Forcible rape—The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape regardless of the age of the victim are included. Statutory offenses (no force used—victim under age of consent) are excluded. 

Robbery—The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat 

of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. 

Aggravated assault—An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. 

This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults 

are excluded. 

Burglary (breaking or entering)—The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included. 

Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft)—The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or 

constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of bicycles or automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any 

property or article which is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, 

forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded. 

Motor vehicle theft—The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on the surface and not 

on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment are specifically excluded from this category. 

Arson—Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor 

vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. 

Forgery and counterfeiting—Making, altering, uttering, or possessing, with intent to defraud, anything false in the semblance of that 

which is true. Attempts are included. 

Fraud—Fraudulent conversion and obtaining money or property by false pretenses. Confidence games and bad checks, except forgeries 

and counterfeiting, are included. 

Embezzlement—Misappropriation or misapplication of money or property entrusted to one’s care, custody, or control. 

Stolen property–buying, receiving, possessing—Buying, receiving, and possessing stolen property, including attempts. 

Weapons–carrying, possessing, etc.—All violations of regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, 

and manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included. 

Sex offenses (except forcible rape, prostitution, and commercialized vice)—Statutory rape and offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like. Attempts are included. 

Gambling—Promoting, permitting, or engaging in illegal gambling. 

Drug abuse violations—State and/or local offenses relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs. The following drug categories are specified: opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics—manufactured narcotics that can cause true addiction (demerol, methadone); and dangerous nonnarcotic drugs (barbiturates, 

benzedrine). 

 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 51

Average Age of Arrestees, United States—Part I & Part II Offenses

Year Crime Index Violent Crime Murder Forcible Rape Robbery

1993 26.29 28.02 26.66 28.69 24.26

1994 26.13 28.13 26.55 28.93 23.89

1995 26.44 28.52 26.78 29.09 23.95

1996 26.31 28.60 26.93 28.68 24.01

1997 26.58 28.93 27.02 28.92 24.21

1998 26.95 29.18 27.28 28.90 24.70

1999 27.18 29.35 27.59 29.09 24.88

2000 27.25 29.56 27.81 29.06 25.00

2001 27.51 29.64 27.90 29.01 25.31

Year

Aggravated

 Assault Property Crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor Vehicle Theft

1993 29.25 25.65 24.00 26.58 21.99

1994 29.43 25.38 23.97 26.14 22.26

1995 29.88 25.63 24.36 26.31 22.74

1996 29.97 25.47 23.94 26.13 22.87

1997 30.26 25.68 24.20 26.30 23.18

1998 30.36 26.07 24.49 26.68 23.92

1999 30.46 26.29 24.83 26.89 23.98

2000 30.66 26.28 24.91 26.87 24.05

2001 30.70 26.61 25.30 27.19 24.36

Year Arson

Forgery and 

Counterfeiting Fraud Embezzlement Stolen Property

1993 22.72 29.24 31.33 29.09 25.09

1994 21.81 29.38 31.21 29.03 25.30

1995 22.37 29.59 31.35 28.54 25.63

1996 22.06 29.75 31.49 28.41 25.41

1997 22.21 29.92 31.70 28.84 25.89

1998 22.49 30.29 31.95 28.58 26.22

1999 22.26 30.43 32.12 28.36 26.44

2000 22.39 30.34 32.25 28.41 26.72

2001 22.96 30.59 32.34 28.61 26.88

Year Weapons Violations Sex Offenses Gambling

Drug Abuse

 Violations

1993 26.17 31.00 34.21 28.82

1994 26.18 31.53 34.72 28.74

1995 26.73 31.77 32.97 28.72

1996 26.68 31.48 32.53 28.69

1997 26.80 31.61 33.01 28.88

1998 26.90 32.04 33.45 29.20

1999 26.76 32.01 33.39 29.29

2000 26.84 31.79 33.44 29.25

2001 26.95 31.41 32.74 29.15

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Section Two—Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States—Part I and II Offenses

Offenses Included:

Part I Offenses

Crime Index

Violent Crime

Murder

Forcible Rape

Robbery

Aggravated Asssault

Property Crime

Burglary

Larceny-theft

Motor Vehicle Theft

Arson

Part II Offenses

Forgery and Counterfeiting

Fraud

Embezzlement

Stolen Property

Weapons Violations

Sex Offenses

Gambling

Drug Abuse Violations

 AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001 55

Crime Index

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 1,144.5 827.8 2,721.0

1994 1,140.1 841.3 2,610.8

1995 1,134.5 832.3 2,606.1

1996 1,069.5 801.6 2,360.2

1997 1,050.0 780.2 2,335.8

1998 956.9 722.1 2,064.1

1999 864.8 655.2 1,844.0

2000 809.0 616.7 1,698.6

2001 791.3 615.1 1,534.9

Violent Crime

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 307.5 192.1 881.8

1994 310.3 199.3 856.7

1995 315.3 203.6 858.7

1996 285.4 188.4 752.7

1997 289.0 191.6 753.2

1998 270.0 183.4 678.8

1999 249.8 172.4 611.3

2000 236.7 164.4 570.9

2001 230.9 164.7 510.2

Murder

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 9.9 4.7 35.5

1994 8.9 4.5 30.7

1995 8.7 4.5 29.4

1996 7.5 3.9 24.9

1997 7.3 3.7 24.6

1998 6.8 3.7 21.7

1999 6.0 3.2 19.0

2000 5.5 2.9 17.5

2001 5.2 3.0 14.8

Race-specific Arrest Rates—Part I and II Offenses

Forcible Rape

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 15.5 10.4 40.5

1994 14.4 9.7 37.3

1995 13.6 9.0 35.8

1996 12.7 8.6 32.5

1997 12.5 8.5 31.3

1998 11.9 8.5 27.9

1999 11.0 8.0 24.9

2000 10.2 7.5 22.7

2001 9.8 7.3 20.3

Robbery

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 73.3 31.8 280.1

1994 70.7 31.9 261.7

1995 70.4 32.4 255.5

1996 63.5 30.4 222.6

1997 61.4 29.2 214.9

1998 54.4 27.3 182.6

1999 48.7 24.4 162.3

2000 44.9 22.7 147.9

2001 44.0 23.0 132.8

Aggravated Assault

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 208.8 145.1 525.8

1994 216.4 153.3 526.9

1995 222.6 157.8 538.0

1996 201.7 145.4 472.8

1997 207.9 150.2 482.4

1998 196.9 143.9 446.6

1999 184.2 136.9 405.1

2000 176.0 131.3 382.8

2001 171.8 131.5 342.3

Property Crime

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 837.0 635.7 1,770.7

1994 829.8 642.0 1,754.1

1995 819.3 628.6 1,747.3

1996 784.1 613.2 1,607.4

1997 761.0 588.5 1,582.6

1998 686.9 538.8 1,385.4

1999 615.0 482.8 1,232.7

2000 572.3 452.3 1,127.7

2001 560.4 450.4 1,024.7

Burglary

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 160.3 128.0 320.8

1994 154.2 125.1 297.9

1995 147.9 118.7 290.1

1996 138.8 114.2 257.4

1997 133.5 108.6 252.6

1998 125.4 102.9 231.5

1999 109.8 89.7 203.7

2000 101.8 84.1 183.4

2001 100.3 84.7 165.9

Larceny-theft

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 594.3 452.8 1,298.4

1994 595.5 461.8 1,253.9

1995 593.1 456.4 1,258.8

1996 576.5 452.1 1,175.6

1997 561.9 435.1 1,165.9

1998 503.5 395.3 1,014.2

1999 451.0 357.6 887.0

2000 418.1 333.2 810.9

2001 408.5 329.6 741.4
56 SECTION II—RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES, UNITED STATES 

Motor Vehicle Theft

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 82.5 54.9 219.9

1994 80.0 55.2 202.3

1995 78.2 53.5 198.4

1996 68.8 46.8 174.4

1997 65.5 44.9 164.0

1998 57.9 40.6 139.7

1999 54.3 35.5 142.1

2000 52.5 35.0 133.4

2001 51.6 36.0 117.4

Race-specific Arrest Rates—Part I and II Offenses—Continued

Arson

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 7.6 6.7 11.7

1994 8.0 7.2 11.8

1995 7.7 6.8 11.8

1996 7.2 6.4 10.9

1997 7.1 6.3 10.8

1998 6.3 5.6 9.7

1999 6.1 5.5 9.0

2000 5.8 5.3 8.5

2001 6.4 6.0 8.1

Forgery and Counterfeiting

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 41.9 31.7 92.7

1994 44.8 34.3 96.5

1995 46.0 36.1 94.6

1996 46.7 36.2 97.0

1997 46.9 36.5 96.2

1998 44.8 35.4 89.5

1999 41.5 32.5 83.8

2000 40.3 31.9 78.8

2001 42.0 33.8 76.6

Fraud

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 156.9 117.3 354.5

1994 159.1 119.1 356.2

1995 158.8 123.0 333.5

1996 168.9 130.6 353.3

1997 166.1 129.1 342.1

1998 159.1 123.0 329.8

1999 152.2 114.5 328.5

2000 133.4 103.1 273.7

2001 123.0 99.7 221.3

Embezzlement

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 5.1 4.2 10.0

1994 5.6 4.4 11.4

1995 5.7 4.4 11.7

1996 6.0 4.6 12.6

1997 6.5 4.9 13.9

1998 6.5 5.0 13.9

1999 6.7 5.1 14.2

2000 7.0 5.3 14.8

2001 7.2 5.8 13.2

Stolen Property

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 63.2 42.6 166.1

1994 64.9 45.0 162.5

1995 64.2 45.2 156.8

1996 59.6 41.8 145.5

1997 58.5 40.1 146.4

1998 53.2 36.9 130.1

1999 45.0 30.3 113.8

2000 45.0 30.2 113.6

2001 44.2 30.8 101.1

Weapons Violations

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 108.6 70.6 298.2

1994 103.1 70.9 261.5

1995 96.2 67.2 237.1

1996 83.9 58.8 204.5

1997 84.9 58.9 209.0

1998 75.2 53.0 179.8

1999 67.0 47.6 157.7

2000 60.5 42.9 141.5

2001 60.9 43.9 133.0

Sex Offenses

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 42.1 38.3 61.2

1994 39.4 36.2 55.5

1995 37.1 33.1 56.6

1996 37.6 33.7 56.2

1997 39.2 34.5 61.8

1998 36.8 32.7 56.3

1999 34.8 31.4 50.6

2000 34.3 30.1 53.3

2001 33.0 29.1 49.5

Gambling

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 8.3 4.3 27.8

1994 7.6 4.5 22.8

1995 8.9 5.1 27.2

1996 8.8 4.8 27.8

1997 9.7 5.3 31.1

1998 7.9 4.0 25.9

1999 6.7 3.6 21.6

2000 6.3 3.4 20.2

2001 6.4 3.1 20.0
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Drug Abuse Violations

Year All races White

All other 

races

1993 469.5 328.1 1,173.3

1994 538.4 392.5 1,256.4

1995 597.5 431.5 1,405.9

1996 592.0 432.2 1,362.0

1997 639.4 466.6 1,463.1

1998 647.0 469.6 1,484.3

1999 624.0 462.9 1,376.5

2000 617.5 462.9 1,333.2

2001 587.2 450.2 1,165.6

Race-specific Arrest Rates—Part I and II Offenses—Continued

Defintions of Part I and selected Part II offenses: 

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter—the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one 

human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, 

suicides, and accidental deaths are excluded. The Program classifies justifiable homicides 

separately and limits the definition to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer 

in the line of duty; or (2) the killing of a felon, during the commission of a felony, by a private 

citizen. 

Forcible rape—The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Rapes 

by force and attempts or assaults to rape regardless of the age of the victim are included. 

Statutory offenses (no force used—victim under age of consent) are excluded. 

Robbery—The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, 

or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting 

the victim in fear. 

Aggravated assault—An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose 

of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied 

by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple 

assaults are excluded. 

Burglary (breaking or entering)—The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony 

or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included. 

Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft)—The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, 

or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of bicycles or automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the 

stealing of any property or article which is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, 

etc., are excluded. 

Motor vehicle theft—The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle 

is self-propelled and runs on the surface and not on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment are specifically excluded from this category. 

Arson—Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to 

defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of 

another, etc. 

Forgery and counterfeiting—Making, altering, uttering, or possessing, with intent to 

defraud, anything false in the semblance of that which is true. Attempts are included. 

Fraud—Fraudulent conversion and obtaining money or property by false pretenses. 

Confidence games and bad checks, except forgeries and counterfeiting, are included. 

Embezzlement—Misappropriation or misapplication of money or property entrusted 

to one’s care, custody, or control. 

Stolen property–buying, receiving, possessing—Buying, receiving, and possessing 

stolen property, including attempts. 

Weapons–carrying, possessing, etc.—All violations of regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and manufacturing of deadly weapons or 

silencers. Attempts are included. 

Sex offenses (except forcible rape, prostitution, and commercialized vice)—Statutory rape and offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like. Attempts are 

included. 

Gambling—Promoting, permitting, or engaging in illegal gambling. 

Drug abuse violations—State and/or local offenses relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs. The following drug categories 

are specified: opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics—manufactured narcotics that can cause true addiction (demerol, 

methadone); and dangerous nonnarcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine). 

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Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Total, White, and All other Races

Crime Index

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 1,277.7 1,045.9 2,177.2 1,097.6 755.7 2,975.6

1994 1,341.6 1,100.2 2,273.0 1,069.0 755.4 2,768.3

1995 1,302.1 1,063.9 2,215.4 1,075.4 755.3 2,787.2

1996 1,257.8 1,061.0 2,008.0 1,003.2 715.5 2,522.0

1997 1,202.9 1,004.0 1,957.6 996.3 706.0 2,507.8

1998 1,039.8 874.9 1,662.4 927.9 671.8 2,244.3

1999 918.6 760.9 1,510.8 846.2 620.5 1,991.6

2000 853.9 706.9 1,403.0 793.5 587.3 1,827.8

2001 800.7 675.3 1,213.6 788.1 595.9 1,678.8

Violent Crime

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 219.8 130.2 567.6 338.4 212.6 1,028.9

1994 230.6 138.6 585.8 338.4 219.5 983.0

1995 228.3 136.8 579.0 346.0 225.8 988.4

1996 204.7 130.2 489.0 313.8 207.7 874.0

1997 197.7 126.2 468.8 321.1 213.3 882.5

1998 178.6 118.4 405.8 301.9 204.8 801.2

1999 162.3 108.5 364.4 280.1 193.3 720.7

2000 149.2 99.1 336.5 266.7 185.7 673.3

2001 142.9 97.4 292.5 260.9 186.1 607.7

Murder

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 6.2 2.8 19.7 11.2 5.4 42.8

1994 5.7 2.8 17.1 10.0 5.0 37.1

1995 5.2 2.5 15.4 10.0 5.1 35.9

1996 4.3 2.1 12.5 8.6 4.5 30.6

1997 3.7 1.9 10.6 8.5 4.2 31.0

1998 3.2 1.8 8.2 8.1 4.3 27.7

1999 2.2 1.2 6.1 7.3 3.8 24.7

2000 1.9 1.1 5.2 6.8 3.5 22.8

2001 1.9 1.1 4.9 6.4 3.6 19.2

Forcible Rape

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 9.8 6.7 22.3 17.5 11.7 49.1

1994 9.0 6.2 19.5 16.3 10.8 45.6

1995 8.4 5.6 19.4 15.4 10.1 43.4

1996 8.3 5.8 17.7 14.3 9.6 39.2

1997 8.1 5.6 17.6 14.0 9.5 37.5

1998 7.8 5.7 15.5 13.3 9.4 33.4

1999 7.0 5.5 13.0 12.4 8.8 30.3

2000 6.5 5.0 12.1 11.5 8.4 27.4

2001 6.4 4.9 11.4 11.0 8.1 24.3
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Robbery

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 80.0 36.1 250.4 71.0 30.4 294.0

1994 86.7 39.8 267.6 65.0 29.2 258.9

1995 87.6 40.8 267.0 64.3 29.6 250.1

1996 78.0 38.8 227.4 58.3 27.7 220.3

1997 71.8 35.2 210.6 57.7 27.2 216.9

1998 59.5 29.8 171.6 52.7 26.4 187.5

1999 51.9 25.2 152.1 47.6 24.1 166.8

2000 46.1 22.2 135.0 44.6 22.8 153.5

2001 42.7 20.5 115.7 44.5 23.8 140.4

Aggravated Assault Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 123.7 84.6 275.3 238.8 165.2 643.0

1994 129.2 89.7 281.5 247.1 174.4 641.3

1995 127.0 87.9 277.1 256.3 181.0 659.0

1996 114.2 83.5 231.4 232.6 166.0 583.8

1997 114.0 83.4 229.9 240.8 172.4 597.2

1998 108.1 81.1 210.4 227.8 164.7 552.6

1999 101.1 76.6 193.2 212.9 156.6 498.9

2000 94.7 70.8 184.2 203.9 150.9 469.6

2001 91.9 71.0 160.6 199.2 150.7 423.8

Property Crime

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 1,057.9 915.7 1,609.6 759.3 543.1 1,946.6

1994 1,110.9 961.6 1,687.3 730.5 535.9 1,785.3

1995 1,073.8 927.0 1,636.4 729.4 529.5 1,798.8

1996 1,053.0 930.8 1,519.0 689.3 507.7 1,648.1

1997 1,005.2 877.7 1,488.8 675.2 492.7 1,625.2

1998 861.2 756.5 1,256.6 626.0 467.0 1,443.1

1999 756.3 652.4 1,146.4 566.1 427.2 1,270.9

2000 704.7 607.9 1,066.5 526.8 401.6 1,154.5

2001 657.8 577.9 921.1 527.1 409.8 1,071.1

Burglary

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 210.9 195.1 272.4 142.4 105.8 343.5

1994 214.0 198.0 275.8 133.1 100.8 308.2

1995 198.8 181.8 264.2 130.0 97.8 302.1

1996 197.5 184.4 247.6 118.2 90.9 261.9

1997 185.5 170.0 244.2 115.3 88.2 256.5

1998 167.3 154.0 217.6 110.8 86.1 237.8

1999 139.7 126.5 189.3 99.4 77.6 210.1

2000 129.3 117.7 172.7 92.3 73.2 188.1

2001 120.1 112.1 146.4 93.5 76.0 174.6

Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Total, White, and All other Races—Continued
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Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Total, White, and All other Races—Continued

Larceny-theft

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 705.6 623.7 1,023.3 555.1 396.3 1,427.2

1994 761.8 668.1 1,123.4 536.8 393.3 1,314.8

1995 749.2 656.2 1,105.5 538.0 390.0 1,329.9

1996 746.1 666.7 1,049.0 516.7 380.9 1,233.8

1997 721.0 635.6 1,045.1 506.0 368.7 1,220.8

1998 615.3 542.2 891.7 464.5 346.9 1,069.1

1999 542.9 474.1 801.4 419.1 319.4 924.9

2000 505.6 441.7 744.2 387.9 297.8 840.0

2001 471.5 418.2 647.1 387.0 301.4 783.7

Motor Vehicle 

Theft

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 141.4 96.9 313.9 61.8 41.0 175.9

1994 135.2 95.5 288.1 60.5 41.8 162.3

1995 125.8 89.0 266.7 61.4 41.7 166.8

1996 109.4 79.7 222.4 54.5 35.9 152.3

1997 98.7 72.2 199.4 53.9 35.8 148.0

1998 78.5 60.3 147.3 50.7 34.1 136.2

1999 73.7 51.8 155.7 47.6 30.2 136.0

2000 69.8 48.5 149.6 46.5 30.6 126.4

2001 66.1 47.5 127.6 46.6 32.4 112.8

Arson

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 14.4 14.4 14.4 5.2 4.2 10.5

1994 16.9 17.0 16.5 4.8 4.0 9.6

1995 15.4 15.2 16.0 5.0 4.0 9.9

1996 14.6 14.8 14.2 4.6 3.7 9.4

1997 14.2 14.1 14.8 4.5 3.7 9.0

1998 12.6 12.7 12.5 4.1 3.3 8.4

1999 12.5 12.5 12.4 3.9 3.2 7.5

2000 11.7 11.6 11.9 3.8 3.2 7.1

2001 12.4 13.1 10.1 4.4 3.8 7.2

Forgery and 

Counterfeiting

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 11.6 11.7 11.2 52.5 38.2 130.8

1994 13.0 13.0 12.9 56.1 41.4 135.4

1995 12.7 12.6 12.9 57.8 43.9 132.4

1996 12.7 12.5 13.4 58.6 44.1 135.4

1997 12.4 12.0 14.1 58.9 44.6 133.5

1998 10.3 9.9 11.6 56.9 43.8 124.4

1999 9.9 9.6 10.9 52.5 40.0 116.1

2000 9.0 8.6 10.7 51.0 39.5 108.6

2001 8.2 8.0 9.1 53.5 42.0 106.8
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Fraud

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 29.1 19.9 64.6 202.0 149.5 490.1

1994 34.3 22.9 78.2 203.2 151.1 485.7

1995 34.7 24.3 74.4 202.7 155.7 453.6

1996 35.6 24.1 79.5 215.8 166.0 479.1

1997 34.7 23.9 75.7 212.2 164.0 463.2

1998 33.3 22.0 75.8 203.1 156.2 443.7

1999 32.9 21.1 77.5 193.6 145.1 439.6

2000 28.2 18.8 63.4 169.6 130.6 365.6

2001 23.4 16.2 47.1 157.0 126.4 299.3

Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Total, White, and All other Races—Continued

Embezzlement

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 1.1 1.0 1.4 6.5 5.2 14.0

1994 1.5 1.3 2.3 7.0 5.5 15.7

1995 1.8 1.4 3.1 7.0 5.4 15.7

1996 1.9 1.5 3.4 7.4 5.6 16.8

1997 1.9 1.5 3.4 8.1 6.1 18.6

1998 2.3 1.8 4.2 8.0 6.0 18.2

1999 2.5 1.9 4.6 8.2 6.2 18.4

2000 2.8 2.1 5.3 8.5 6.4 19.0

2001 2.7 2.4 3.4 8.8 6.9 17.6

Stolen Property

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 65.8 47.3 137.8 62.3 41.0 179.4

1994 66.8 49.3 134.6 64.2 43.6 175.6

1995 63.6 47.9 123.8 64.4 44.3 172.0

1996 62.2 47.8 117.2 58.7 39.8 158.5

1997 56.5 42.6 109.1 59.3 39.3 163.4

1998 49.8 37.6 95.9 54.4 36.7 145.4

1999 39.9 29.7 78.5 46.8 30.5 129.4

2000 38.5 28.3 76.7 47.2 30.8 129.7

2001 36.2 26.6 68.0 47.0 32.1 115.9

Weapons 

Violations

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 97.8 73.7 191.0 112.5 69.5 348.4

1994 96.4 75.0 179.2 105.5 69.6 299.9

1995 86.2 66.8 160.7 99.7 67.4 272.5

1996 78.7 62.9 138.8 85.7 57.5 234.6

1997 77.6 61.8 137.6 87.5 57.9 241.5

1998 67.5 55.1 114.4 77.8 52.3 209.1

1999 62.2 51.1 103.9 68.7 46.5 181.6

2000 54.2 44.1 91.8 62.6 42.6 163.2

2001 53.4 44.2 83.7 63.5 43.7 155.0
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Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Total, White, and All other Races—Continued

Sex Offenses

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 29.9 26.5 43.3 46.4 42.2 69.5

1994 26.5 23.6 37.7 44.0 40.3 63.8

1995 24.0 20.9 36.0 41.7 37.1 66.1

1996 26.2 23.3 37.5 41.6 37.2 64.8

1997 27.6 24.1 41.0 43.3 37.9 71.2

1998 23.8 20.8 35.3 41.4 36.7 65.7

1999 23.9 21.2 34.0 38.6 34.8 58.0

2000 24.4 21.2 36.3 37.7 33.1 60.8

2001 25.8 22.6 36.3 35.5 31.2 55.4

Gambling

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 3.9 0.7 16.2 9.8 5.5 33.2

1994 2.8 0.8 10.2 9.3 5.8 28.6

1995 4.0 0.7 16.8 10.6 6.6 32.0

1996 4.5 0.8 18.4 10.3 6.2 32.2

1997 4.2 0.8 17.3 11.7 6.7 37.4

1998 2.8 0.6 11.2 9.6 5.2 32.4

1999 2.5 0.7 9.3 8.2 4.5 27.0

2000 2.5 0.5 9.9 7.7 4.3 24.7

2001 2.4 0.5 8.4 7.7 4.0 25.2

Drug Abuse 

Violations

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Total White All other races Total White All other races

1993 181.8 120.8 418.6 570.7 396.6 1,526.6

1994 242.2 183.4 469.0 642.9 461.9 1,623.6

1995 300.3 228.1 576.9 702.4 499.0 1,790.1

1996 318.3 250.5 576.8 688.5 492.5 1,723.1

1997 331.0 265.5 579.4 747.8 533.2 1,864.9

1998 318.0 257.9 545.0 761.9 539.3 1,905.6

1999 298.8 250.4 480.8 736.7 532.5 1,773.2

2000 298.2 257.0 452.3 727.4 529.8 1,718.2

2001 287.4 260.4 376.4 689.6 510.6 1,519.2

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Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Black and Other Minority Races

Crime Index

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 2,628.0 766.7 3,842.2 510.4

1994 2,748.4 799.5 3,567.6 522.7

1995 2,684.2 796.5 3,605.0 531.5

1996 2,402.3 845.1 3,246.0 560.5

1997 2,364.3 786.2 3,244.8 545.5

1998 2,031.7 622.7 2,908.8 500.8

1999 1,854.5 561.3 2,587.7 451.1

2000 1,739.9 489.4 2,379.4 421.0

2001 1,656.2 316.5 2,379.2 311.1

Violent Crime

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 721.9 84.7 1,341.2 140.8

1994 743.2 97.8 1,279.1 151.0

1995 738.1 97.1 1,290.0 156.7

1996 621.5 98.3 1,138.0 158.5

1997 599.2 93.0 1,155.3 156.4

1998 521.6 79.7 1,051.2 145.3

1999 470.1 72.3 946.4 137.4

2000 436.3 65.8 883.8 136.4

2001 415.6 43.1 868.6 98.3

Murder

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 25.3 2.1 56.3 4.7

1994 21.9 2.4 48.7 4.6

1995 19.7 2.6 47.2 4.8

1996 15.8 2.8 40.1 5.0

1997 13.7 1.9 41.2 3.7

1998 10.2 2.8 37.0 3.3

1999 7.7 1.5 32.8 3.6

2000 6.7 1.2 30.5 3.1

2001 6.3 1.9 28.0 2.2

Forcible Rape

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 28.6 2.5 63.5 8.1

1994 24.6 3.9 58.7 8.9

1995 25.1 2.4 56.4 7.7

1996 22.8 2.7 50.8 8.0

1997 22.9 2.5 48.8 7.4

1998 20.1 2.8 43.3 7.6

1999 16.5 3.0 39.5 6.2

2000 15.9 1.8 35.9 5.6

2001 16.2 1.5 34.2 4.9
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Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Black and Other Minority Races—Continued

Robbery

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 320.8 30.1 389.6 22.2

1994 342.7 34.8 342.2 24.8

1995 343.5 35.5 332.4 23.3

1996 291.5 38.3 292.9 23.6

1997 272.3 32.8 290.1 21.8

1998 224.0 24.1 251.3 19.9

1999 199.4 21.5 224.7 17.2

2000 177.3 20.5 207.1 16.8

2001 166.7 12.3 206.2 12.0

Aggravated Assault

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 347.3 50.0 831.9 105.8

1994 354.0 56.9 829.5 112.8

1995 349.9 56.7 854.1 120.9

1996 291.4 54.4 754.2 122.0

1997 290.3 55.9 775.2 123.5

1998 267.4 50.1 719.6 114.4

1999 246.4 46.2 649.3 110.3

2000 236.5 42.3 610.3 110.8

2001 226.3 27.4 600.2 79.3

Property Crime

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 1,906.0 681.9 2,501.0 369.6

1994 2,005.2 701.6 2,288.5 371.7

1995 1,946.0 699.3 2,315.0 374.8

1996 1,780.9 746.9 2,108.0 401.9

1997 1,765.1 693.2 2,089.5 389.1

1998 1,510.1 543.0 1,857.6 355.5

1999 1,384.4 489.0 1,641.3 313.7

2000 1,303.6 423.5 1,495.5 284.7

2001 1,240.6 273.5 1,510.6 212.9

Burglary

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 323.3 113.3 445.5 53.2

1994 329.9 108.1 399.1 52.9

1995 317.5 102.9 393.1 51.0

1996 294.4 109.9 338.2 55.2

1997 293.6 102.1 333.1 52.5

1998 264.9 84.5 309.9 48.7

1999 232.2 70.9 275.3 41.4

2000 215.0 58.0 246.5 39.3

2001 199.4 38.9 248.5 30.2
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Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Black and Other Minority Races—Continued

Larceny-theft

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 1,196.4 481.4 1,828.6 285.6

1994 1,320.7 511.9 1,681.5 284.5

1995 1,302.8 508.3 1,708.1 286.7

1996 1,217.4 552.1 1,573.5 313.5

1997 1,227.8 519.0 1,564.9 304.7

1998 1,062.9 409.4 1,370.0 279.6

1999 958.0 368.5 1,186.6 248.3

2000 899.0 324.4 1,084.1 217.5

2001 862.9 209.7 1,102.0 162.0

Motor Vehicle Theft

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 386.3 87.2 226.9 30.7

1994 354.7 81.6 207.9 34.3

1995 325.7 88.1 213.8 37.1

1996 269.1 84.9 196.3 33.2

1997 243.6 72.1 191.5 32.0

1998 182.3 49.0 177.8 27.3

1999 194.2 49.6 179.3 24.0

2000 189.5 41.1 165.0 27.9

2001 178.3 24.8 160.0 20.6

Arson

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 16.9 6.4 13.5 1.9

1994 19.5 7.0 12.3 2.0

1995 19.1 6.7 12.7 2.0

1996 16.9 6.1 12.2 1.7

1997 18.0 5.5 11.6 2.0

1998 15.1 5.3 10.9 1.9

1999 15.2 4.5 9.9 1.5

2000 14.7 4.4 9.2 1.5

2001 13.4 3.4 9.9 2.0

Forgery and 

Counterfeiting

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 13.1 5.5 169.7 20.2

1994 15.0 6.2 174.3 26.3

1995 15.1 6.4 170.9 26.3

1996 16.1 5.7 172.9 33.8

1997 16.7 6.5 173.1 28.2

1998 13.9 5.1 161.8 26.2

1999 13.3 4.5 152.1 22.9

2000 13.0 4.5 141.6 24.4

2001 12.1 3.1 149.7 23.3
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Fraud

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 80.5 15.1 643.3 54.5

1994 96.8 20.6 637.4 59.7

1995 91.8 21.7 597.9 55.5

1996 98.5 23.6 635.3 55.8

1997 94.6 21.1 614.1 61.5

1998 95.2 21.0 589.1 62.2

1999 98.2 20.5 590.3 50.1

2000 79.8 19.0 489.8 48.8

2001 64.9 10.8 433.8 36.7

Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Black and Other Minority Races—Continued

Embezzlement

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 1.8 0.3 17.9 2.7

1994 2.9 0.4 20.2 2.9

1995 3.8 1.0 20.2 3.2

1996 4.4 0.5 21.7 3.6

1997 4.3 0.9 24.2 3.7

1998 5.3 1.1 23.9 3.4

1999 5.9 1.1 24.3 3.2

2000 6.7 1.5 24.7 4.2

2001 4.7 0.7 25.0 3.1

Stolen Property

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 171.5 32.4 234.8 21.6

1994 166.7 34.9 229.9 23.0

1995 153.2 34.8 225.4 24.8

1996 145.9 32.5 208.0 24.3

1997 136.2 31.0 216.0 23.5

1998 121.6 23.4 192.9 21.0

1999 99.1 21.4 172.7 17.4

2000 98.6 17.5 173.8 17.0

2001 96.3 10.7 168.4 13.4

Weapons Violations

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 239.9 37.9 456.4 41.5

1994 222.5 45.0 392.1 40.6

1995 200.6 40.0 357.5 38.1

1996 173.4 37.0 308.6 34.2

1997 172.6 36.9 320.1 32.3

1998 145.4 27.1 278.3 27.6

1999 130.9 29.1 242.4 24.6

2000 117.1 23.0 217.3 25.2

2001 117.5 15.1 225.4 17.7
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Sex Offenses

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 53.6 11.3 85.2 24.8

1994 46.4 10.9 77.9 24.2

1995 44.9 9.3 81.6 23.3

1996 47.0 9.2 79.8 24.2

1997 52.0 9.4 88.3 25.9

1998 45.1 7.6 81.3 24.7

1999 43.7 7.3 71.9 22.0

2000 46.4 9.0 76.6 20.4

2001 51.0 6.5 75.6 16.0

Juvenile vs. Adult, Race-specific Arrest Rates, United States, Black and Other Minority Races—Continued

Gambling

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 21.3 0.5 40.6 12.3

1994 13.2 1.2 34.7 11.4

1995 22.0 0.9 38.9 13.1

1996 24.4 0.5 40.0 10.8

1997 23.0 1.0 47.8 9.6

1998 15.0 0.6 41.2 9.5

1999 12.3 0.8 35.0 6.3

2000 13.2 0.9 32.1 5.8

2001 12.4 0.3 35.8 4.4

Drug Abuse Violations

Age and Race

Under 18 18 and over

Year Black Other Minority Races Black Other Minority Races

1993 538.9 42.1 2,018.6 127.0

1994 600.4 61.7 2,149.7 145.3

1995 739.9 83.5 2,381.4 159.4

1996 739.7 96.3 2,297.3 167.2

1997 745.5 101.1 2,493.6 191.0

1998 703.6 98.4 2,563.7 178.9

1999 620.9 93.8 2,390.5 177.8

2000 586.1 89.2 2,321.3 180.4

2001 528.4 68.4 2,228.0 135.1

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Technical note A Technical Note A

Methodological Issues

The arrest data presented in this report were obtained from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and 

cover the 9-year period, 1993-2001. The number of agencies represented in this report and their respective populations 

are listed below:

Number of UCR Contributors and Population Coverage 

Used to Compute Age-specific Arrest Rates 

Year Number of UCR 

Contributors Used

UCR Contributor 

Population

Total

United States 

Population

United States 

Population Covered 

1993 10,277 213,705,457 257,907,937 83%

1994 10,699 208,080,875 263,125,821 79%

1995 10,039 206,782,546 266,278,393 78%

1996 10,032 195,852,942 269,394,284 73%

1997 9,472 194,925,139 272,646,925 71%

1998 9,589 194,612,735 275,854,104 71%

1999 9,502 195,324,374 279,040,168 70%

2000 9,904 204,964,817 281,421,906 73%

2001 10,281 215,380,356 285,317,559 75%

Number of UCR Contributors and Population Coverage 

Used to Compute Race-specific Arrest Rates 

Year Number of UCR 

Contributors Used

UCR Contributor 

Population

Total 

United States

Population

United States 

Population Covered 

1993 10,273 213,651,060 257,907,937 83%

1994 10,694 208,034,970 260,327,021 80%

1995 10,037 206,762,449 262,803,276 79%

1996 10,026 195,804,943 265,228,572 74%

1997 9,471 194,924,512 267,783,607 73%

1998 9,585 194,546,802 270,248,003 72%

1999 9,502 195,324,374 272,690,813 72%

2000 9,904 204,964,817 275,129,687 74%

2001 10,280 215,368,564 285,317,559 75%
72 TECHNICAL NOTES 

The size of the population pertaining to a prescribed age group was computed for each year by distributing the UCR 

contributors’ population through the use of age distributions derived from U.S. Census publications. A similar procedure 

was used for race classifications—distributing the UCR contributors’ population through the use of race distributions. 

Race classifications were divided into white and nonwhite. The nonwhite category includes all races other than white. 

The sources of population data used are listed below:

Population for (1994 to 2000) Age-specific Arrest Rates

U.S. Census Bureau, “Intercensal Estimates of the United States Resident Population by Age and Sex: 1994,” National 

Intercensal Estimates (1990-2000), September 13, 2002, <http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/

US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-1994.csv> (February 16, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-1995.csv>

(February 16, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-1996.csv>

(February 16, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-1997.csv>

(February 16, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-1998.csv>

(February 16, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-1999.csv>

(February 16, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/intercensal/US-EST90INT-07/US-EST90INT-07-2000.csv>

(February 16, 2003).

Population for (1994 to 2000) Race-specific Arrest Rates

U.S. Census Bureau, “Monthly Population Estimates, 1990 to 2000,” National Estimates, December 26, 2001, 

<http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e9494rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e9595rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e9696rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e9797rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e9898rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e9999rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

http://eire.census.gov/popest/archives/national/nat_90s_detail/nat_90s_1/e0000rmp.txt> (July 3, 2003).

Population for 2001 Age and Race

U.S. Census Bureau, “Monthly Population Estimates, 2001,” National Estimates, June 17, 2003,

<http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/national/tables/asro/2002RESIDENT2001MONTHS07_12.txt> (August 3, 2003).
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Technical Note B Technical Note B

A Method for Computing the Average Age of Arrestees from UCR Data

UCR arrest data can be broken down into age groups; some are single-age categories

(e.g. 20-year-old category) while others are multiple-age categories (e.g. 20- to 24-year-old

category). This type of classification scheme is not a convenient basis for computing the average

age of arrestees. A simple method of overcoming this difficulty is suggested below.

Let [x', x") denote the age interval {x , x'#x<x"). For example, the UCR age group "25

through 29" is expressed as [25,30). Let [x0, x1), [x1, x2), [x2, x3) be consecutive age intervals and

f(x) be a quadratic function of the form f(x) = 3ax2

+2bx+c. It is required that the function f(x)

satisfies the following conditions:

(1) f x dx D and

x

x

( ) , � �

0

1

f x dx E

x

x

( ) , � �

1

2

f x dx F

x

x

( ) , � �

2

3

where D, E, and F represent the number of UCR arrests for the consecutive age intervals [x0,x1),

[x1,x2), and [x2,x3).

The system of equations (1) can be solved for the unknowns a, b, and c. Using the

notation

G ' and

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

x

3

1 &x

3

0 x

2

1 &x

2

0 x

1

1 &x

0

0

x

3

2 &x

3

1 x

2

2 &x

2

1 x2&x1

x

3

3 &x

3

2 x

2

3 &x

2

2 x3&x2

H '

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

D x 2

1 &x

2

0 x

1

1 &x

0

0

E x 2

2 &x

2

1 x2&x1

F x 2

3 &x

2

2 x3&x2

I '

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

x

3

1 &x

3

0 D x 11 &x

0

0

x

3

2 &x

3

1 E x2&x1

x

3

3 &x

3

2 F x3&x2

J '

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

/

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

x

3

1 &x

3

0 x

2

1 &x

2

0 D

x

3

2 &x

3

1 x2&x1 E

x

3

3 &x

3

2 x

2

3 &x

2

2 F

the solution for (1) is expressed by Cramer's Rule as

(2) a = H / G, b = I / G, and c = J / G.

The distribution f(x)/E, x1#x<x2, is then applied to obtain the average age of the arrestees

on a certain interval [x1,x2):
74 TECHNICAL NOTES

(3). = 1

1

2

E x f x dx

x

x

( ) 9(x

4

2 &x

4

1 )H % 8(x

3

2 &x

3

1 )I % 6(x

2

2 &x

2

1 )J

12EG

@

Therefore, the average age is represented by the weighted sum over all age intervals. The

result of this model is presented on page 51.