Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, motor vehicle theft, 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, motor vehicle theft arrests by age
Consolidated ages Detailed ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, motor vehicle theft (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 254.6 169.0 39.5 13.8 1.5 75.7 96.2 599.3 672.4 452.2 309.7 236.2 121.6 49.8 30.0 20.8 12.5 7.0 1.5
1961 250.3 173.3 40.6 14.2 1.8 76.7 103.7 609.6 641.4 454.8 289.6 236.8 129.0 52.1 30.0 21.0 13.6 7.0 1.8
1962 254.2 154.8 36.5 12.3 1.5 75.1 104.3 544.4 653.0 434.4 278.4 201.9 114.2 47.9 26.0 18.4 11.6 6.3 1.5
1963 290.5 173.2 42.1 14.4 2.0 87.0 114.0 640.5 651.1 521.3 327.5 234.6 125.9 52.3 32.3 21.2 13.1 8.5 2.0
1964 309.2 182.0 43.5 14.5 1.9 93.4 21.2 284.5 122.3 712.6 737.9 459.6 363.9 247.1 130.7 54.6 32.4 21.2 13.9 8.0 5.1 1.9 1.0 0.3 1.9
1965 310.9 187.5 46.2 15.9 2.1 96.0 26.0 285.9 126.3 717.0 723.4 498.8 318.6 268.9 135.0 58.2 34.0 23.4 15.3 8.6 5.4 2.5 1.2 0.4 2.1
1966 311.7 184.5 46.0 14.8 2.0 96.3 26.8 292.9 129.9 697.8 727.6 506.9 354.8 226.7 130.2 58.4 33.0 21.8 13.9 8.5 4.7 2.5 1.3 0.4 2.0
1967 320.7 192.6 49.5 15.8 2.1 101.0 27.2 304.7 134.9 696.8 744.8 539.6 369.1 259.3 136.1 62.5 35.3 22.1 16.2 9.2 5.0 2.6 1.0 0.5 2.1
1968 330.4 210.6 54.6 15.3 1.8 106.7 30.3 307.9 138.5 705.8 749.0 579.0 409.2 279.5 150.6 69.7 37.3 23.0 14.5 8.7 4.1 2.6 1.0 0.4 1.8
1969 317.2 220.9 58.9 16.9 2.2 107.5 29.3 300.9 135.5 689.7 703.6 531.9 410.5 294.6 162.6 74.0 41.2 25.5 16.1 9.8 5.7 2.7 1.0 0.4 2.2
1970 294.2 209.3 62.3 18.4 2.5 102.9 28.0 269.0 123.7 612.8 653.8 516.5 374.4 277.1 158.3 77.0 44.9 27.4 17.5 10.9 5.8 3.3 1.5 0.6 2.5
1971 278.1 210.9 70.3 21.9 3.0 102.8 25.8 243.9 113.1 586.8 615.5 494.9 370.2 265.0 165.5 86.2 51.5 33.6 19.9 13.2 6.7 3.9 2.1 0.9 3.0
1972 254.5 184.5 62.7 20.2 2.6 92.2 25.2 220.2 103.4 515.7 574.2 445.6 313.3 229.7 146.4 74.3 48.3 31.3 18.7 11.3 6.3 3.3 1.4 0.7 2.6
1973 271.2 176.5 54.5 17.6 2.5 92.2 27.6 245.3 115.1 557.5 592.2 442.2 318.4 223.7 135.2 65.7 41.1 26.4 16.5 10.4 5.8 3.0 1.4 0.8 2.5
1974 279.7 188.7 57.5 18.2 2.5 95.9 28.2 252.6 119.5 566.8 603.8 454.0 348.2 239.7 143.1 70.2 42.2 27.4 17.0 10.5 5.7 2.9 1.4 0.9 2.5
1975 235.8 155.3 48.1 17.0 2.2 80.1 24.8 209.1 100.8 469.5 492.8 398.4 279.8 197.2 119.1 59.3 34.5 25.4 15.5 9.9 5.1 2.7 1.4 0.7 2.2
1976 219.3 148.1 47.7 16.5 2.2 75.1 22.0 187.4 90.9 424.6 469.0 365.2 266.9 190.7 113.4 57.8 34.8 24.5 15.6 9.2 5.2 2.5 1.3 0.8 2.2
1977 245.4 156.3 50.5 17.7 2.5 80.9 25.7 216.3 106.4 468.7 495.0 403.6 279.5 202.4 120.8 62.4 36.6 25.2 16.8 10.5 6.4 3.2 1.1 0.7 2.5
1978 262.2 177.2 57.0 19.8 3.1 87.7 28.8 229.8 114.3 489.1 519.7 433.4 320.4 230.8 136.9 71.4 40.5 27.3 18.5 12.4 7.3 3.9 1.8 0.9 3.1
1979 249.7 174.2 53.8 18.3 2.8 83.0 26.8 222.8 108.4 454.5 491.1 421.8 311.5 228.6 135.0 66.6 39.3 25.3 16.7 11.3 6.5 3.9 2.0 0.7 2.8
1980 209.5 162.0 54.7 18.5 2.5 73.8 7.8 21.3 182.0 86.3 388.2 416.9 367.4 273.6 207.6 130.3 68.3 39.6 25.8 17.0 10.8 5.9 3.5 1.5 0.8 2.5
1981 174.9 154.8 56.5 19.9 2.8 67.4 6.9 17.6 149.8 69.7 326.8 358.9 322.4 253.1 195.5 127.6 70.9 41.1 27.2 18.6 11.8 6.5 3.6 1.9 1.0 2.8
1982 163.4 167.7 63.2 22.2 3.3 68.6 6.9 16.3 132.1 62.2 292.8 347.5 328.0 265.8 211.6 140.2 77.4 47.6 30.8 19.5 13.0 7.6 4.6 2.2 1.1 3.3
1983 145.3 152.0 59.8 20.8 2.9 61.6 5.9 14.3 115.0 55.7 267.3 306.1 294.9 241.3 189.3 128.1 73.6 44.5 28.2 18.6 12.6 6.7 4.2 2.3 0.9 2.9
1984 155.9 148.4 57.9 20.6 3.2 61.4 5.8 15.9 127.5 63.9 279.5 326.0 300.8 250.7 192.4 122.0 70.0 44.5 27.6 19.1 12.2 7.6 4.6 2.0 1.2 3.2
1985 183.2 165.2 61.7 20.3 2.9 67.5 8.8 19.5 151.5 75.9 324.6 370.2 349.3 278.5 223.9 134.7 75.8 46.6 28.3 17.8 11.4 7.2 3.9 2.2 0.9 2.9
1986 218.9 189.1 70.1 22.1 2.7 76.8 7.2 19.4 185.7 87.8 387.7 442.9 398.4 327.7 252.4 153.2 86.4 52.7 30.7 19.6 11.6 7.1 3.6 2.0 0.8 2.7
1987 254.4 211.3 79.7 24.6 2.5 86.1 8.4 23.6 222.7 102.8 467.6 503.5 456.3 356.8 284.8 170.8 96.8 61.9 36.2 20.5 12.2 7.5 3.5 1.3 0.6 2.5
1988 290.7 234.6 91.6 27.9 2.7 96.3 10.5 29.3 270.6 124.5 555.3 576.2 506.8 400.2 300.5 189.6 111.8 71.0 42.4 22.7 12.9 6.8 4.1 1.8 0.7 2.7
1989 341.3 267.6 101.2 30.6 2.9 108.8 10.5 35.8 330.5 150.4 663.9 700.6 603.4 468.5 343.8 211.2 123.4 79.1 47.1 25.3 13.5 7.6 4.3 1.9 0.8 2.9
1990 344.8 247.4 91.0 28.0 2.6 103.3 7.9 32.4 339.5 151.0 680.3 729.7 620.4 399.1 329.6 197.2 112.3 70.4 42.1 23.5 13.7 7.1 3.5 1.8 0.8 2.6
1991 337.1 247.0 88.0 27.7 2.6 100.9 9.0 32.6 336.7 150.1 672.3 713.1 615.1 432.8 332.3 193.4 107.4 69.9 42.1 22.7 13.2 6.9 3.9 1.6 0.8 2.6
1992 317.3 231.6 84.1 27.3 2.8 95.0 7.0 31.2 324.1 144.2 637.7 677.7 557.7 410.9 321.6 181.1 103.3 66.5 41.5 23.2 12.6 7.5 3.8 2.0 0.8 2.8
1993 310.3 223.7 86.5 27.7 2.6 93.2 6.7 30.0 318.8 143.7 630.3 646.5 543.8 405.1 307.6 174.3 104.6 70.4 42.5 24.1 12.0 6.7 3.3 1.6 0.8 2.6
1994 307.9 224.2 91.7 30.7 2.8 94.3 6.9 30.7 315.2 144.3 614.3 634.3 535.1 405.5 302.2 173.9 109.0 76.7 47.3 26.3 13.8 7.1 3.5 1.6 0.9 2.8
1995 275.3 218.4 92.1 32.6 2.8 89.2 7.0 26.6 268.3 123.4 545.7 565.8 494.0 400.1 292.4 168.4 108.0 78.1 50.0 28.6 14.9 6.8 4.0 2.2 0.6 2.8
1996 247.3 207.3 81.3 31.2 2.9 81.4 7.1 22.9 224.6 104.0 482.0 508.4 475.2 375.8 275.6 157.7 94.2 69.6 48.6 26.8 14.7 7.2 3.6 2.2 0.8 2.9
1997 215.0 194.9 76.5 30.0 2.6 73.9 5.0 20.6 193.5 89.2 393.7 460.0 417.0 353.4 260.6 147.4 86.9 66.9 46.5 26.3 13.9 6.9 3.1 1.4 0.6 2.6
1998 175.6 184.2 75.1 30.3 2.8 67.0 5.7 17.0 156.3 72.2 319.7 363.7 358.1 320.2 249.6 140.8 84.0 66.7 46.6 27.6 13.7 7.0 3.7 1.7 0.5 2.8
1999 163.9 175.7 71.5 30.1 2.5 63.7 4.1 15.5 144.9 66.8 306.1 340.9 335.1 295.0 238.5 136.3 79.9 63.6 46.2 27.6 14.3 6.2 3.1 1.6 0.6 2.5
2000 160.4 180.7 72.3 31.3 2.8 64.2 2.9 13.8 145.0 65.3 311.6 332.2 324.7 296.6 232.9 144.8 80.7 64.3 48.4 29.1 14.5 6.7 3.3 1.7 0.6 2.8
2001 150.2 179.2 73.7 31.7 2.9 63.0 2.4 12.8 132.6 59.6 290.8 324.0 303.1 279.3 240.6 145.8 82.7 65.5 47.7 30.9 15.4 7.5 3.4 1.5 0.5 2.9
2002 136.7 177.5 75.5 33.7 3.1 61.7 2.2 11.7 120.4 54.6 264.6 291.9 277.4 268.7 231.6 148.3 86.0 66.0 52.0 31.9 17.0 7.8 3.7 1.6 0.4 3.1
2003 130.8 174.9 79.8 34.9 3.0 61.4 2.0 10.5 113.1 51.9 249.8 279.4 268.5 259.6 227.2 147.6 91.2 69.3 53.5 33.7 17.9 7.8 3.4 1.5 0.5 3.0
2004 116.5 169.8 82.3 36.7 3.3 59.6 2.0 9.1 97.9 45.5 218.4 246.8 242.7 240.9 212.9 147.0 96.2 69.1 55.9 35.7 19.5 8.6 3.7 1.5 0.4 3.3
2005 111.8 164.9 84.3 38.3 3.7 58.9 2.7 8.6 89.9 42.1 205.3 236.2 234.3 231.7 207.8 143.0 97.9 70.7 56.4 38.2 21.6 9.6 3.9 2.1 0.5 3.7
2006 103.8 150.5 78.6 38.0 4.1 54.9 1.6 7.6 85.5 39.6 189.6 212.7 212.8 217.6 184.2 130.1 90.2 66.5 53.9 38.8 22.4 10.3 4.6 1.9 0.6 4.1
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+
1960-64 271.8 170.4 40.4 13.9 1.7 81.6 21.2 284.5 108.1 621.3 671.2 464.4 313.8 231.3 124.3 51.4 30.1 20.5 12.9 7.4 5.1 1.9 1.0 0.3 1.7
1965-69 318.2 199.2 51.0 15.7 2.0 101.5 27.9 298.5 133.0 701.4 729.7 531.2 372.4 265.8 142.9 64.6 36.2 23.2 15.2 9.0 5.0 2.6 1.1 0.4 2.0
1970-74 275.5 194.0 61.5 19.3 2.6 97.2 27.0 246.2 114.9 567.9 607.9 470.6 344.9 247.0 149.7 74.7 45.6 29.2 17.9 11.3 6.1 3.3 1.6 0.8 2.6
1975-79 242.5 162.2 51.4 17.8 2.6 81.4 25.6 213.1 104.2 461.3 493.5 404.5 291.6 209.9 125.0 63.5 37.1 25.5 16.6 10.7 6.1 3.2 1.5 0.8 2.6
1980-84 169.8 157.0 58.4 20.4 2.9 66.5 6.6 17.1 141.3 67.6 311.0 351.1 322.7 256.9 199.3 129.6 72.0 43.5 27.9 18.5 12.1 6.9 4.1 2.0 1.0 2.9
1985-89 257.7 213.6 80.9 25.1 2.7 87.1 9.1 25.5 232.2 108.3 479.8 518.7 462.8 366.3 281.1 171.9 98.9 62.2 36.9 21.2 12.3 7.2 3.9 1.9 0.8 2.7
1990-94 323.5 234.8 88.3 28.3 2.7 97.3 7.5 31.4 326.8 146.6 647.0 680.3 574.4 410.7 318.7 184.0 107.3 70.8 43.1 24.0 13.1 7.1 3.6 1.7 0.8 2.7
1995-99 215.4 196.1 79.3 30.8 2.7 75.1 5.8 20.5 197.5 91.1 409.4 447.8 415.9 348.9 263.3 150.1 90.6 69.0 47.6 27.4 14.3 6.8 3.5 1.8 0.6 2.7
2000-04 138.9 176.4 76.7 33.7 3.0 62.0 2.3 11.6 121.8 55.4 267.1 294.8 283.3 269.0 229.0 146.7 87.4 66.9 51.5 32.3 16.9 7.7 3.5 1.6 0.5 3.0
2005-06 107.8 157.7 81.4 38.2 3.9 56.9 2.1 8.1 87.7 40.9 197.4 224.4 223.5 224.7 196.0 136.5 94.1 68.6 55.2 38.5 22.0 10.0 4.2 2.0 0.6 3.9
2005-06 vs.
1960s -63% -15% 78% 158% 106% -38% -67% -70% -66% -70% -68% -55% -35% -21% 2% 62% 107% 153% 174% 169% 97% 90% 86% 69% 106%
1970s -58% -11% 44% 106% 49% -36% -69% -62% -63% -62% -59% -49% -29% -14% -1% 36% 66% 101% 123% 101% 64% 30% 30% -25% 49%
1980s -50% -15% 17% 68% 37% -26% -73% -62% -53% -54% -50% -48% -43% -28% -18% -9% 10% 30% 70% 94% 80% 41% 6% 4% -36% 37%
1990s -60% -27% -3% 29% 44% -34% -68% -69% -67% -66% -63% -60% -55% -41% -33% -18% -5% -2% 22% 50% 61% 44% 20% 12% -22% 44%
2000-04 -22% -11% 6% 13% 29% -8% -7% -30% -28% -26% -26% -24% -21% -16% -14% -7% 8% 3% 7% 19% 30% 30% 22% 27% 16% 29%
Arrests, motor vehicle theft (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 64,595 27,251 9,048 4,840 633 106,367 16,274 16,537 18,497 13,287 8,091 5,624 13,536 5,450 3,598 2,613 1,459 768 633
1961 65,273 29,464 9,210