United States Arrests for Criminal Offenses (2003 – 2007)

2007		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Rank		Arrests	Arrests	Arrests	Arrests	Arrests	Rate	Pct.
1	All other offenses	3,665,543	3,815,435	3,863,785	4,022,068	3,931,965	1,303.61	27.67%
2	Driving under the influence	1,448,148	1,433,382	1,371,919	1,460,498	1,427,494	473.27	10.04%
3	Other assaults	1,246,698	1,284,858	1,301,392	1,305,757	1,305,693	432.89	9.19%
4	Larceny-theft	1,145,074	1,185,619	1,146,696	1,081,157	1,172,762	388.82	8.25%
5	Drug Offenses (Except Marijuana)	922,992	974,970	1,059,801	1,060,180	968,462	321.09	6.81%
6	Marijuana Offenses	755,200	771,600	786,550	829,630	872,720	289.34	6.14%
7	Disorderly conduct	639,371	657,637	678,231	703,504	709,105	235.10	4.99%
8	Liquor laws	612,079	612,528	597,838	645,734	633,654	210.08	4.46%
9	Drunkenness	548,616	552,671	556,167	553,188	589,402	195.41	4.15%
10	Aggravated assault	449,933	438,033	449,297	447,948	433,945	143.87	3.05%
11	Burglary	290,956	294,645	298,835	304,801	303,853	100.74	2.14%
12	Vandalism	273,431	272,522	279,562	300,679	291,575	96.67	2.05%
13	Fraud	299,138	282,938	321,521	280,693	252,873	83.84	1.78%
14	Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	167,972	175,776	193,469	200,782	188,891	62.63	1.33%
15	Curfew and loitering law violations	136,461	137,398	140,835	152,907	143,002	47.41	1.01%
16	Robbery	107,553	108,992	114,616	125,605	126,715	42.01	0.89%
17	Offenses against the family and children	136,034	124,936	129,128	131,491	122,812	40.72	0.86%
18	Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	126,775	128,529	133,856	122,722	122,061	40.47	0.86%
19	Motor vehicle theft	152,934	148,429	147,459	137,757	118,231	39.20	0.83%
20	Runaways	123,581	119,342	108,954	114,179	108,879	36.10	0.77%
21	Forgery and counterfeiting	111,823	119,518	118,455	108,823	103,448	34.30	0.73%
22	Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution)	91,546	90,913	91,625	87,252	83,979	27.84	0.59%
23	Prostitution and commercialized vice	75,190	87,872	84,891	79,673	77,607	25.73	0.55%
24	Vagrancy	28,948	36,404	33,227	36,471	33,666	11.16	0.24%
25	Forcible rape	26,350	26,066	25,528	24,535	23,307	7.73	0.16%
26	Embezzlement	16,826	17,332	18,970	20,012	22,381	7.42	0.16%
27	Arson	16,163	15,504	16,337	16,582	15,242	5.05	0.11%
28	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	13,190	13,467	14,062	13,435	13,480	4.47	0.09%
29	Gambling	10,954	10,755	11,180	12,307	12,161	4.03	0.09%
30	Suspicion	7,163	3,554	3,764	2,482	2,176	0.72	0.02%
	Grand Total	13,646,642	13,941,625	14,097,950	14,382,852	14,211,541	4,711.72	100.00%

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Notes:

Arrest rates are per 100,000 population are calculated with reference to a total US population of 301,621,000.

Source: Crime in the United States

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