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Overview
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Arrests
by Race and Ethnicity, 2018
Arrests, by Race and Ethnicity, 2018
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- Nationwide, law enforcement made an estimated 10,310,960 arrests in 2018. Of these arrests, 521,103 were for violent crimes, and 1,167,296 were for property crimes. (Note: the UCR Program does not collect data on citations for traffic violations.) (See Table 29.)
- The highest number of arrests were for drug abuse violations (estimated at 1,654,282 arrests), driving under the influence (estimated at 1,001,329), and larceny-theft (estimated at 887,622). (See Table 29.)
- The estimated arrest rate for the United States in 2018 was 3,152.6 arrests per 100,000 inhabitants. The arrest rate for violent crime (including murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) was 159.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the arrest rate for property crime (burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson) was 361.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. (See Table 30.)
- Two-year arrest trends show violent crime arrests increased 0.2 percent in 2018 when compared with 2017 arrests, and property crime arrests decreased 7.1 percent when compared with 2017 arrests. (See Table 36.)
- Arrests of juveniles for all offenses decreased 11.0 percent in 2018 when compared with the 2017 number; arrests of adults decreased 2.1 percent. (See Table 36.)
- Nearly 73 percent (72.8) of the persons arrested in the nation during 2018 were males. They accounted for 79.1 percent of persons arrested for violent crime and 63.1 percent of persons arrested for property crime. (See Table 42.)
- In 2018, 69.0 percent of all persons arrested were White, 27.4 percent were Black or African American, and the remaining 3.6 percent were of other races. (See Table 43.)
Table 43
Arrests
by Race and Ethnicity, 2018
Arrests, by Race and Ethnicity, 2018
- In 2018, 69.0 percent of all individuals arrested were White, 27.4 percent were Black or African American, and 3.6 percent were of other races.
- Of arrestees for whom ethnicity was reported, 18.8 percent were Hispanic or Latino.
- Of all juveniles (persons under the age of 18) arrested in 2018, 61.9 percent were White, 34.9 percent were Black or African American, and 3.2 percent were of other races.
- Of juvenile arrestees for whom ethnicity was reported, 22.7 percent were Hispanic or Latino.
- Of all adults arrested in 2018, 69.5 percent were White, 26.9 percent were Black or African American, and 3.6 percent were of other races.
- Of adult arrestees for whom ethnicity was reported, 18.5 percent were Hispanic or Latino.
- White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race and accounted for 58.7 percent of those arrests.
- Of adults arrested for murder, 53.0 percent were Black or African American, 44.4 percent were White, and 2.6 percent were of other races.
- White juveniles comprised 48.8 percent of all juveniles arrested for violent crimes, and Black or African American juveniles accounted for 48.4 percent of juveniles arrested for violent crimes. White juveniles comprised 55.0 percent of all juveniles arrested for property crimes.
- Of juveniles arrested for drug abuse violations, 73.5 percent were White.
- White juveniles comprised 55.5 percent of juveniles arrested for aggravated assault and 56.3 percent of juveniles arrested for larceny-theft.
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