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A Look at Arrest Rates

In the U.S. alone, more than one million people are arrested each year. Our attorney in Raleigh NC sees this problem quite often. Below, you'll find arrest rates from 2008. During that time, almost 15 million Americans were arrested for the following reasons.

Arrest Rates in the US | Lawyer in Raleigh NC

  • Aggravated assault: 429,969
  • All other offenses: 3,835,083
  • Arson: 14,125
  • Burglary: 308,479
  • Curfew and loitering law violations: 133,063
  • Disorderly conduct: 685,985
  • Driving under the influence: 1,483,396
  • Drug abuse violations: 1,702,537
  • Drunkenness: 611,069
  • Embezzlement: 21,402
  • Forcible rape: 22,584
  • Forgery and counterfeiting: 90,127
  • Fraud: 234,199
  • Gambling: 9,811
  • Larceny-theft: 1,266,706
  • Liquor laws: 625,939
  • Motor vehicle theft: 98,035
  • Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: 12,955
  • Offenses against the family and children: 118,419
  • Other assaults: 1,298,342
  • Property crime2: 1,687,345
  • Prostitution and commercialized vice: 75,004
  • Robbery: 129,403
  • Runaways: 109,225
  • Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution): 79,914
  • Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing: 111,319
  • Suspicion: 1,650
  • Vagrancy: 33,852
  • Vandalism: 285,012
  • Violent crime2: 594,911
  • Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.: 179,661

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