Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, misdemeanor assault, 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, misdemeanor assault arrests by age
Consolidated ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, misdemeanor assault (adjusted for percentage of US population covered by report, with unknowns apportioned to knowns)
Year <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15 16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960 97.7 365.3 362.2 205.5 48.4 184.1 52.7 141.8 197.2 222.8 274.3 307.2 399.0 396.2 331.3 270.2 195.4 142.1 48.4
1961 99.4 357.1 362.6 203.4 47.2 182.3 54.2 146.5 201.2 243.3 267.0 306.8 391.7 397.6 330.4 265.3 197.2 139.4 47.2
1962 109.0 334.0 338.2 191.8 43.8 173.0 64.2 146.1 228.6 230.7 265.7 271.3 365.3 367.0 311.3 249.1 191.1 128.1 43.8
1963 122.7 363.4 364.3 205.7 46.4 186.7 70.5 176.4 210.8 279.9 314.5 321.3 383.3 397.3 332.8 268.3 203.3 138.8 46.4
1964 131.8 375.2 344.8 195.9 45.0 183.7 47.3 123.3 76.4 192.6 242.7 245.6 347.8 330.7 390.1 372.9 316.9 257.8 193.5 131.5 103.1 47.9 33.6 13.2 45.0
1965 156.3 386.9 358.3 205.5 46.4 195.8 58.1 155.7 95.8 225.7 280.7 293.1 314.7 376.1 409.0 385.9 330.2 269.2 203.5 140.5 97.4 54.2 37.1 15.6 46.4
1966 146.5 354.3 332.2 187.7 40.8 180.7 58.5 136.6 88.8 204.5 264.3 289.9 336.5 292.2 375.5 356.1 306.9 243.3 188.2 130.0 83.5 50.1 31.3 14.3 40.8
1967 166.2 383.3 352.7 201.9 44.0 196.4 65.9 155.3 100.6 228.6 300.0 334.7 377.2 358.2 390.5 377.4 325.8 264.7 199.1 142.4 91.7 54.4 33.4 14.6 44.0
1968 183.4 403.3 357.3 204.2 43.6 204.3 71.7 175.4 112.1 251.2 327.4 363.3 411.6 379.9 406.7 382.0 329.0 270.2 205.9 139.2 88.2 54.1 34.5 15.4 43.6
1969 199.2 439.1 385.9 219.1 47.5 222.2 77.6 194.1 123.1 282.2 349.5 377.5 436.7 406.0 446.9 412.9 354.5 289.6 219.9 152.5 98.9 58.7 36.5 15.9 47.5
1970 215.3 450.7 393.4 227.5 50.6 231.9 84.2 210.5 134.3 312.2 365.3 399.0 439.7 427.4 458.1 420.9 360.8 301.8 230.6 156.3 103.1 63.1 38.5 18.1 50.6
1971 232.7 458.8 401.7 235.6 52.1 241.0 94.9 230.3 149.1 338.9 391.6 406.6 450.5 424.2 467.8 431.3 366.8 311.4 238.5 163.4 108.0 64.3 40.7 17.5 52.1
1972 235.5 448.4 376.1 220.9 48.9 232.8 101.3 238.5 156.3 333.5 390.5 389.6 426.8 406.5 462.2 398.0 349.2 293.5 223.6 151.1 100.5 60.9 36.9 17.3 48.9
1973 215.3 428.3 337.5 198.3 43.0 214.2 87.1 209.7 136.4 299.6 360.0 382.6 410.0 402.5 438.0 363.9 306.0 263.4 196.9 138.3 88.0 54.0 32.8 15.3 43.0
1974 256.3 496.8 367.2 210.5 45.0 241.2 106.4 252.3 165.8 357.5 411.1 444.4 512.8 476.3 497.8 402.9 324.2 278.3 210.3 145.3 94.2 55.7 34.5 15.4 45.0
1975 251.7 486.5 351.2 202.6 43.3 235.0 94.2 237.3 153.2 352.4 426.2 453.1 495.5 482.5 485.4 386.0 308.7 264.7 203.0 140.9 91.1 54.3 35.1 14.1 43.3
1976 263.1 488.8 354.4 207.0 44.8 240.0 99.6 244.5 160.0 369.5 446.2 457.1 499.9 483.8 487.5 388.4 311.6 266.7 210.7 142.2 93.3 58.2 36.4 14.7 44.8
1977 261.6 501.5 348.0 198.8 43.8 239.2 96.2 236.6 155.7 352.5 434.9 478.8 516.2 494.1 500.1 391.9 296.9 253.9 201.3 137.1 96.7 56.2 32.9 13.6 43.8
1978 278.8 537.2 374.9 206.6 44.6 254.6 96.8 249.4 161.7 370.0 460.6 521.8 549.5 534.9 535.1 423.7 319.0 261.2 208.3 142.0 96.2 57.0 35.9 14.9 44.6
1979 297.7 562.2 375.8 203.3 42.7 261.0 94.5 269.7 167.4 412.5 494.2 554.1 572.3 568.3 558.9 429.6 315.2 254.1 202.4 142.4 92.9 56.3 34.2 13.8 42.7
1980 291.2 562.7 379.8 202.0 41.3 259.9 74.2 96.3 273.7 168.0 407.5 468.3 537.7 555.5 555.7 565.6 435.4 318.1 253.9 197.9 140.1 89.2 54.8 33.7 14.0 41.3
1981 280.4 546.0 383.0 205.3 40.9 257.1 69.3 95.9 270.8 164.7 406.4 449.6 511.0 525.7 529.9 553.2 440.0 321.6 258.4 200.1 141.5 89.9 55.5 33.2 13.5 40.9
1982 310.8 610.6 430.4 218.1 44.1 283.9 79.7 108.0 295.0 182.2 450.6 512.9 573.4 579.6 593.4 619.9 494.7 359.3 269.8 214.4 149.2 96.5 60.7 36.8 14.9 44.1
1983 312.5 600.1 433.1 214.0 42.5 281.0 90.1 115.5 302.7 192.5 448.2 510.3 556.1 558.9 572.0 613.2 497.0 362.3 270.7 203.6 144.7 95.3 57.7 36.4 14.3 42.5
1984 308.2 575.1 418.4 200.3 39.3 268.8 79.2 111.6 306.6 195.4 436.9 489.4 534.5 524.0 536.6 591.5 481.2 349.3 253.7 192.0 131.6 88.7 53.5 33.8 13.8 39.3
1985 347.6 681.7 518.1 244.8 47.4 321.1 90.2 126.4 335.4 215.7 484.6 549.8 618.3 618.8 634.2 701.5 595.0 434.8 314.3 227.6 160.3 107.8 65.9 41.2 16.4 47.4
1986 373.8 766.4 583.6 269.0 51.2 355.1 98.3 133.3 352.0 223.3 508.6 599.5 671.7 690.1 704.1 791.3 669.4 491.9 342.0 251.2 176.2 117.5 70.5 44.0 18.7 51.2
1987 425.1 831.7 668.7 296.5 55.0 394.5 104.2 150.2 418.1 256.7 598.7 664.2 745.3 742.6 765.9 860.4 768.4 564.9 391.2 267.4 190.2 127.0 75.6 48.6 20.2 55.0
1988 462.9 920.9 741.8 327.6 57.5 432.9 116.9 168.0 460.3 283.3 662.3 731.2 807.1 844.6 835.5 952.6 849.0 632.8 438.7 294.8 205.7 133.7 81.4 48.7 20.9 57.5
1989 514.6 970.4 793.7 343.5 59.4 459.3 127.2 190.8 528.8 322.2 755.2 828.5 900.0 907.8 893.7 999.0 905.6 682.3 469.6 305.7 208.5 135.7 86.2 51.1 21.6 59.4
1990 562.8 1,044.7 853.8 364.4 61.7 491.9 116.9 199.5 590.1 350.3 824.9 939.0 1,011.8 908.2 993.9 1,084.9 974.8 736.5 504.2 322.0 217.0 142.5 89.9 53.0 21.9 61.7
1991 585.0 1,053.3 848.7 368.3 62.3 492.4 116.1 208.3 637.0 374.0 878.7 961.8 1,029.5 961.6 1,027.5 1,076.5 959.5 744.7 509.8 324.4 220.7 143.5 89.6 53.2 22.6 62.3
1992 601.9 1,060.7 877.2 398.3 66.1 506.1 114.8 212.9 684.7 394.8 890.6 1,005.2 1,012.0 993.9 1,025.6 1,079.8 978.1 785.3 555.7 359.9 228.9 151.9 93.4 56.8 23.8 66.1
1993 643.9 1,105.4 924.7 434.1 70.6 532.7 105.4 217.4 724.3 416.9 988.8 1,072.3 1,086.3 1,071.8 1,073.2 1,117.6 1,013.5 845.7 607.6 393.7 247.3 159.6 100.7 59.4 24.6 70.6
1994 721.3 1,141.1 961.1 474.0 75.2 562.9 124.1 249.3 823.5 478.5 1,093.0 1,178.5 1,170.4 1,080.6 1,097.2 1,161.3 1,038.6 893.5 668.1 432.4 267.0 168.9 104.5 66.7 25.3 75.2
1995 717.7 1,181.2 1,001.3 517.9 80.9 584.0 132.5 252.0 795.8 469.9 1,073.5 1,171.7 1,186.2 1,170.7 1,136.2 1,192.1 1,063.2 946.9 731.8 478.1 290.8 179.2 112.1 70.5 27.6 80.9
1996 773.0 1,215.8 1,000.3 540.4 86.3 600.2 134.7 280.0 839.6 505.1 1,160.0 1,233.2 1,282.9 1,198.5 1,181.1 1,226.8 1,058.6 947.5 764.5 506.9 303.3 190.8 119.4 74.0 29.0 86.3
1997 776.8 1,257.9 1,024.8 572.4 89.4 614.8 134.2 274.3 865.3 508.7 1,126.3 1,278.8 1,259.1 1,275.2 1,224.3 1,261.3 1,080.7 972.9 800.8 543.5 325.5 192.2 122.5 75.0 29.0 89.4
1998 769.6 1,216.3 974.9 561.1 87.5 593.4 137.7 277.5 852.6 505.3 1,119.4 1,239.0 1,266.5 1,232.4 1,193.5 1,217.8 1,029.8 923.0 780.7 539.5 322.4 187.9 115.9 73.1 27.8 87.5
1999 747.3 1,161.0 923.0 551.0 87.7 570.1 130.8 280.3 859.7 510.2 1,097.4 1,183.8 1,158.8 1,140.9 1,119.8 1,174.4 974.8 873.8 759.7 538.1 322.7 183.7 113.3 70.9 29.6 87.7
2000 734.6 1,143.1 894.3 547.0 88.2 558.4 124.0 279.7 850.3 503.4 1,094.7 1,149.5 1,144.7 1,106.6 1,111.9 1,157.5 959.5 833.1 744.6 543.3 330.0 186.0 113.0 69.2 27.4 88.2
2001 730.0 1,136.9 871.3 546.1 89.7 551.7 116.1 276.2 848.7 499.9 1,099.1 1,163.7 1,114.5 1,081.5 1,106.8 1,154.6 936.4 812.0 732.9 550.0 341.8 188.4 113.0 70.4 26.8 89.7
2002 709.6 1,095.2 835.6 526.7 88.8 530.8 94.0 251.4 820.5 475.9 1,073.3 1,151.3 1,111.7 1,024.3 1,060.8 1,116.5 907.9 770.1 694.4 541.6 339.1 189.1 110.2 66.7 26.1 88.8
2003 720.8 1,035.3 787.3 498.9 86.8 507.4 97.0 256.3 830.1 487.8 1,102.6 1,151.3 1,105.2 1,003.3 983.4 1,052.1 866.4 714.5 645.5 518.4 334.8 185.5 105.5 66.5 24.9 86.8
2004 744.4 1,043.8 810.5 513.0 94.0 519.0 91.8 264.2 852.2 505.7 1,131.2 1,194.4 1,111.7 1,014.8 1,009.2 1,056.5 896.2 729.0 651.5 541.5 352.4 202.8 112.4 69.6 26.4 94.0
2005 738.1 1,042.6 825.1 521.3 99.1 521.1 77.8 238.5 839.3 485.9 1,129.5 1,195.2 1,117.3 1,002.5 1,008.9 1,057.4 915.6 735.0 650.5 547.2 375.1 213.8 117.3 72.1 27.7 99.1
2006 745.7 1,052.0 825.4 515.2 100.3 519.1 78.0 233.2 834.2 480.4 1,137.9 1,208.6 1,143.8 1,014.4 1,019.9 1,066.0 919.5 727.1 631.6 541.0 382.2 218.7 118.0 68.8 27.5 100.3
5-yr avg <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960-64 112.1 359.0 354.4 200.5 46.2 181.9 47.3 123.3 63.6 160.7 216.1 244.5 293.9 307.5 385.9 386.2 324.5 262.1 196.1 136.0 103.1 47.9 33.6 13.2 46.2
1965-69 170.3 393.4 357.3 203.7 44.5 199.9 66.4 163.4 104.1 238.4 304.4 331.7 375.3 362.5 405.7 382.8 329.3 267.4 203.3 140.9 91.9 54.3 34.6 15.2 44.5
1970-74 231.0 456.6 375.2 218.6 47.9 232.2 94.8 228.3 148.4 328.3 383.7 404.4 448.0 427.4 464.8 403.4 341.4 289.7 220.0 150.9 98.8 59.6 36.7 16.7 47.9
1975-79 270.6 515.2 360.9 203.7 43.9 246.0 96.3 247.5 159.6 371.4 452.4 493.0 526.7 512.7 513.4 403.9 310.3 260.1 205.1 140.9 94.0 56.4 34.9 14.2 43.9
1980-84 300.6 578.9 408.9 207.9 41.6 270.1 78.5 105.5 289.8 180.6 429.9 486.1 542.5 548.8 557.5 588.7 469.6 342.1 261.3 201.6 141.4 91.9 56.5 34.8 14.1 41.6
1985-89 424.8 834.2 661.2 296.3 54.1 392.6 107.3 153.7 418.9 260.2 601.9 674.6 748.5 760.8 766.7 861.0 757.5 561.3 391.1 269.3 188.2 124.4 75.9 46.7 19.6 54.1
1990-94 623.0 1,081.0 893.1 407.9 67.2 517.2 115.5 217.5 691.9 402.9 935.2 1,031.4 1,062.0 1,003.2 1,043.5 1,104.0 992.9 801.1 569.1 366.5 236.2 153.3 95.6 57.8 23.7 67.2
1995-99 756.9 1,206.5 984.9 548.6 86.3 592.5 134.0 272.8 842.6 499.8 1,115.3 1,221.3 1,230.7 1,203.5 1,171.0 1,214.5 1,041.4 932.8 767.5 521.2 312.9 186.8 116.6 72.7 28.6 86.3
2000-04 727.9 1,090.9 839.8 526.3 89.5 533.5 104.6 265.6 840.4 494.5 1,100.2 1,162.0 1,117.6 1,046.1 1,054.4 1,107.4 913.3 771.7 693.8 539.0 339.6 190.4 110.8 68.5 26.3 89.5
2005-06 741.9 1,047.3 825.2 518.3 99.7 520.1 77.9 235.8 836.7 483.2 1,133.7 1,201.9 1,130.5 1,008.5 1,014.4 1,061.7 917.6 731.1 641.1 544.1 378.6 216.3 117.6 70.5 27.6 99.7
2005-06 vs.
1960s 425% 178% 132% 156% 120% 172% 315% 484% 476% 468% 362% 292% 201% 203% 168% 139% 124% 142% 172% 173% 122% 130% 107% 94% 120%
1970s 196% 116% 124% 145% 117% 118% 147% 252% 214% 224% 188% 152% 107% 116% 117% 127% 124% 133% 156% 160% 124% 103% 97% 78% 117%
1980s 105% 48% 54% 106% 108% 57% -16% 82% 136% 119% 120% 107% 75% 54% 53% 46% 50% 62% 97% 131% 130% 100% 78% 73% 64% 108%
1990s 8% -8% -12% 8% 30% -6% -38% -4% 9% 7% 11% 7% -1% -9% -8% -8% -10% -16% -4% 23% 38% 27% 11% 8% 6% 30%
2000-04 2% -4% -2% -2% 11% -3% -25% -11% 0% -2% 3% 3% 1% -4% -4% -4% 0% -5% -8% 1% 11% 14% 6% 3% 5% 11%
Arrests, misdemeanor assault (adjusted for percentage of US population covered by report, with unknowns apportioned to knowns)
Year <18 18-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Total All <10 All <13 13-14 All <15 15 16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65+ 50+
1960 24,797 58,909 83,021 72,218 19,847 258,792 8,912 3,913 5,425 6,547 7,166 7,314