Arrests by offense, age, and race

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Serving Children, Families, and Communities

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Arrest rates by offense and race, 2019 (rates are per 100,000 in age group)
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Offenses	All races	White	Black	American Indian	Asian
All offenses	3,683.2	3,265.3	7,246.8	6,357.1	881.4
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	4.0	2.3	15.5	4.1	0.9
Rape	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Robbery	23.0	13.5	87.3	21.4	4.8
Aggravated assault	140.4	110.3	349.1	263.6	49.8
Burglary	59.1	52.3	121.8	57.5	13.2
Larceny-theft	286.6	245.7	624.0	413.0	61.2
Motor vehicle theft	26.3	24.1	47.5	38.6	7.4
Arson	2.9	2.6	5.1	3.8	1.2
Simple assault	353.2	293.4	807.4	593.1	93.3
Forgery and counterfeiting	17.4	14.8	39.2	12.9	4.3
Fraud	42.7	36.1	96.2	53.5	10.5
Embezzlement	5.1	4.0	13.5	4.4	1.5
Stolen property (buying, receiving, possessing)	31.1	25.2	76.0	39.2	8.4
Vandalism	58.4	50.4	121.7	109.7	14.4
Weapons (carrying, possessing, etc.)	53.8	37.7	169.8	39.7	11.9
Prostitution and commercialized vice	10.4	6.7	32.2	2.8	10.2
Sex offenses (except rape & prostitution)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Drug abuse violations	579.4	520.6	1,156.5	533.8	116.0
Gambling	0.9	0.7	1.8	0.4	2.0
Offenses against the family and children	32.4	26.9	71.3	98.6	4.8
Driving under the influence	399.2	412.5	430.2	553.3	150.3
Liquor laws	58.5	56.6	74.5	227.2	15.3
Drunkenness	122.5	118.3	138.8	699.6	23.4
Disorderly conduct	100.4	82.8	219.0	357.5	16.9
Vagrancy	8.4	7.1	18.4	18.1	1.7
All other offenses (except traffic)	1,245.7	1,100.9	2,492.0	2,181.7	250.0
Curfew and loitering	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Violent Crime Index	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Property Crime Index	374.8	324.7	798.5	512.9	83.0
Violent crimes*	167.4	126.1	451.8	289.0	55.5

Violent Crime Index includes murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property Crime Index includes, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

NA: Beginning in 2013, the FBI broadened the definition of rape, removing the phrase "forcible" from the offense name and description. The new definition of rape is: Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim. The new definition includes the NIBRS offenses of rape, sodomy, and sexual assault with an object.

Law enforcement agencies may submit data on rape arrests based on either the new or legacy definition of rape. Due to differences in agency reporting practices, national estimates for the offenses of "rape" and "sex offenses" are not available after 2012. Additionally, estimates for the Violent Crime Index (which included "forcible rape") are not shown after 2012 as this category is no longer compatible with prior years.

* The "violent crimes" category includes the offenses of murder, robbery, and aggravated assault and is presented as an alternative to the Violent Crime Index, which is not available as a result of the change to the definition of rape in 2013. In any given year prior to the change in the rape definition, these three offenses accounted for more than 95% of arrests for Violent Crime Index offenses.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Arrest rates by offense and race, 2019 (rates are per 100,000 in age group). Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ucr.asp?table_in=2. Released on July 08, 2022.

Data source: Arrest estimates for 1980-2014 developed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and disseminated through "Arrest Data Analysis Tool." Online. Available from the BJS website.

Arrest estimates for 2015-2020 were developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice based on the FBI’s annual Master Arrest Files of 12-month reporting departments available from the Crime Data Explorer. Arrest estimates for 2015-2019 were revised in June 2022.