Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, rape, 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, rape arrests by age
Consolidated ages Detailed ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, rape (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 9.4 33.6 14.6 4.3 0.8 9.2 2.7 13.0 25.8 29.3 38.0 41.4 30.9 18.8 10.8 6.3 3.8 2.5 0.8
1961 9.7 37.1 15.4 5.1 0.9 10.2 2.4 15.3 25.2 36.0 39.5 43.2 35.2 19.9 11.2 7.4 4.8 2.7 0.9
1962 9.1 30.0 13.4 4.4 0.6 8.7 2.8 12.7 25.2 28.9 33.7 32.0 28.7 17.8 9.3 6.6 3.8 2.5 0.6
1963 8.8 34.2 15.2 4.8 0.8 9.6 2.4 11.6 20.5 32.1 38.1 42.9 31.5 19.5 11.0 7.2 4.3 2.7 0.8
1964 8.8 31.1 14.9 4.4 0.7 9.1 0.9 5.7 2.7 14.2 21.3 21.8 36.7 33.9 29.3 19.8 10.1 6.3 4.4 2.3 1.8 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.7
1965 11.0 33.1 15.6 4.8 0.8 10.1 1.4 7.4 3.7 17.8 25.7 29.1 34.8 41.1 31.0 18.9 12.1 7.2 4.6 2.4 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.8
1966 10.5 34.3 17.0 4.9 0.8 10.6 1.1 6.3 3.1 15.1 24.6 32.6 38.4 33.0 33.7 20.9 12.9 7.3 4.6 2.8 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.8
1967 11.0 34.1 17.1 5.0 0.8 10.8 1.2 6.3 3.2 16.5 25.7 34.6 42.0 36.8 31.6 20.8 13.1 7.3 4.9 2.7 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.8
1968 11.1 33.7 16.9 5.1 0.7 10.8 1.1 6.7 3.3 16.8 26.4 33.3 40.4 36.5 31.5 20.6 12.6 7.6 5.0 2.9 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.7
1969 12.6 38.3 19.0 5.5 0.8 12.3 1.0 7.8 3.7 20.4 29.7 36.5 44.3 40.6 36.5 23.2 14.2 8.8 5.0 3.1 1.6 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.8
1970 13.2 36.7 19.5 5.7 0.8 12.5 1.2 8.5 4.1 22.0 29.3 36.9 41.6 41.1 34.6 23.4 14.9 9.4 5.1 3.0 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.8
1971 13.7 37.1 20.7 6.1 0.8 13.0 1.2 8.6 4.2 21.1 32.8 37.5 44.9 38.1 35.2 25.4 15.3 10.2 5.5 2.8 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.8
1972 15.0 41.5 23.7 6.9 1.0 14.7 1.4 10.6 5.1 22.5 35.0 38.7 47.0 43.6 39.9 27.9 18.5 11.1 6.4 3.4 2.3 1.2 0.7 0.3 1.0
1973 15.3 40.3 24.1 7.9 1.1 14.9 1.9 10.3 5.3 21.9 34.2 40.4 44.1 41.2 39.2 28.4 19.1 12.9 7.1 3.9 2.2 1.3 0.9 0.5 1.1
1974 16.3 42.9 25.6 8.5 1.1 16.0 2.0 11.5 5.9 23.3 33.3 43.8 48.1 43.7 41.6 30.1 20.2 13.3 7.6 4.9 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.3 1.1
1975 13.9 38.1 23.8 8.6 1.1 14.6 1.6 9.9 5.1 21.6 27.6 35.1 41.2 39.8 37.1 28.4 18.3 13.9 7.5 4.5 2.5 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.1
1976 14.1 37.5 23.6 8.8 1.3 14.7 2.3 10.4 5.6 19.6 29.7 32.7 39.0 39.2 36.8 27.5 18.7 13.2 8.1 5.0 3.0 1.6 1.1 0.4 1.3
1977 14.6 39.0 24.2 9.8 1.5 15.4 2.3 11.4 6.1 19.4 29.3 33.3 40.3 39.1 38.8 28.1 19.7 14.6 8.9 5.6 3.3 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.5
1978 15.3 38.8 26.1 10.9 1.7 16.2 2.6 11.2 6.3 20.9 29.1 35.5 40.4 37.7 38.7 30.5 21.1 15.7 10.0 6.4 3.6 2.1 1.2 0.6 1.7
1979 16.4 42.5 25.8 10.5 1.7 16.9 2.5 11.9 6.4 23.8 31.6 37.4 45.8 42.1 41.9 30.2 20.9 14.9 9.9 5.8 3.8 2.0 1.4 0.6 1.7
1980 15.5 41.8 25.9 11.2 1.7 16.7 1.1 2.1 12.5 6.3 21.2 28.2 37.2 42.3 41.1 41.9 30.2 21.1 15.6 10.9 6.0 3.6 2.2 1.3 0.6 1.7
1981 15.7 39.4 25.8 11.8 1.8 16.6 1.6 2.6 13.7 7.0 24.2 29.8 32.9 38.5 38.8 39.8 30.5 20.8 16.0 10.8 7.3 3.9 2.4 1.4 0.6 1.8
1982 17.4 43.4 27.9 12.2 1.8 17.9 2.0 3.2 14.5 7.7 26.0 31.5 39.7 44.4 43.0 43.2 32.5 22.8 16.2 11.6 7.2 4.4 2.4 1.5 0.6 1.8
1983 17.5 40.8 27.4 12.8 2.3 17.6 2.2 3.7 15.6 8.6 27.4 32.1 35.6 40.9 38.3 41.3 31.5 22.9 17.5 11.8 7.3 5.0 3.3 2.0 0.7 2.3
1984 20.3 39.5 28.9 15.0 2.8 18.7 3.0 5.2 18.9 11.1 29.7 34.7 39.8 40.8 41.8 38.8 32.8 24.7 20.1 13.9 8.8 6.2 3.6 2.3 1.1 2.8
1985 20.1 39.3 29.7 14.8 2.7 18.6 3.0 5.2 20.0 11.5 30.2 31.6 38.2 41.1 38.3 39.2 33.8 25.3 19.0 13.9 9.5 6.0 3.8 2.4 1.0 2.7
1986 20.9 40.1 30.0 14.1 2.6 18.6 2.9 4.7 20.3 11.1 31.0 36.0 38.3 40.9 39.8 40.0 34.3 25.4 18.3 12.6 9.3 5.4 3.8 2.4 0.9 2.6
1987 21.3 39.5 29.9 13.7 2.4 18.4 3.8 5.7 21.9 12.1 31.3 34.5 38.2 39.9 38.1 39.7 34.2 25.3 18.4 12.2 8.5 5.2 3.7 2.3 0.9 2.4
1988 19.5 39.1 29.7 13.7 2.4 17.9 3.7 4.7 20.0 10.8 30.8 32.9 34.8 41.9 37.8 38.8 33.6 25.7 18.1 12.5 8.6 5.3 3.7 2.3 0.8 2.4
1989 21.5 39.1 29.4 13.9 2.7 18.2 3.2 5.9 22.9 12.5 35.0 36.2 37.5 41.7 38.7 38.7 33.0 25.9 18.9 12.4 8.5 5.8 4.0 2.5 1.0 2.7
1990 21.9 42.7 31.4 13.7 2.7 19.0 3.1 5.3 22.7 12.0 33.3 39.8 42.9 45.0 43.3 42.1 35.0 27.8 18.6 12.2 8.6 6.2 3.8 2.5 1.0 2.7
1991 22.7 43.0 30.9 13.9 2.7 18.9 2.9 6.4 23.6 13.0 34.8 38.8 46.0 47.7 46.1 41.5 34.9 27.1 19.3 12.4 8.0 6.1 3.7 2.4 0.9 2.7
1992 22.5 41.9 29.6 14.2 2.9 18.5 3.9 6.8 24.0 13.4 32.6 40.4 42.7 48.5 44.4 40.2 32.5 27.0 19.6 13.1 8.3 6.0 4.1 2.6 1.3 2.9
1993 21.9 40.1 29.0 14.3 2.9 17.9 3.1 6.6 23.9 13.4 32.0 38.8 40.3 49.0 43.1 37.9 32.1 26.2 19.6 13.0 8.7 5.7 3.9 3.4 1.1 2.9
1994 20.4 37.3 27.5 14.0 2.8 16.9 3.4 6.0 21.8 12.3 30.5 34.8 38.8 42.2 40.1 35.7 29.7 25.6 19.2 12.9 8.4 5.8 3.8 2.7 1.1 2.8
1995 18.4 36.0 25.8 13.5 2.7 15.9 2.5 5.2 19.1 10.7 26.0 32.1 37.2 44.1 40.9 33.5 27.8 24.1 18.9 12.2 8.0 5.6 3.8 2.7 1.0 2.7
1996 18.6 35.6 24.0 12.3 2.3 15.0 2.2 4.9 18.2 10.2 27.0 31.8 39.7 42.0 39.5 33.4 25.7 22.4 17.3 11.5 7.1 4.6 3.2 2.7 0.8 2.3
1997 17.6 33.5 21.9 12.0 2.3 14.1 2.8 5.4 18.6 10.6 24.7 29.3 33.6 40.1 36.9 31.4 23.1 20.9 17.0 11.5 6.6 5.1 3.2 1.9 0.8 2.3
1998 17.2 33.6 20.8 11.8 2.4 13.7 3.0 5.7 16.9 10.1 24.0 27.0 36.1 41.6 37.2 31.1 21.5 20.1 16.7 11.2 6.4 4.9 2.9 2.2 0.9 2.4
1999 15.7 30.6 19.4 11.0 2.3 12.7 1.5 5.4 16.0 9.6 23.8 25.6 28.3 35.6 34.0 28.7 20.3 18.6 15.2 10.4 6.6 4.4 3.3 2.3 0.8 2.3
2000 13.9 29.5 17.5 10.1 2.1 11.7 1.1 3.9 15.8 8.6 19.7 22.3 27.1 37.1 32.6 27.3 18.9 16.2 13.9 10.0 6.1 4.0 2.7 1.9 0.8 2.1
2001 14.0 28.2 17.2 10.2 2.0 11.4 1.2 4.1 14.9 8.4 18.5 24.1 28.2 32.2 31.8 26.7 18.8 15.8 14.1 10.3 5.9 3.7 2.7 1.9 0.7 2.0
2002 14.1 29.4 17.4 10.1 2.2 11.6 1.4 4.1 14.6 8.3 19.3 23.0 30.3 35.6 35.2 27.0 18.4 16.4 13.9 9.9 6.6 3.9 2.8 2.0 0.9 2.2
2003 12.6 27.3 16.1 9.6 2.0 10.7 1.0 3.3 13.5 7.4 17.9 19.8 26.4 32.9 31.9 25.2 17.2 15.1 13.1 9.5 6.2 3.6 2.7 1.6 0.7 2.0
2004 12.5 26.4 15.7 9.5 2.0 10.5 0.9 3.5 13.3 7.5 17.2 19.7 25.6 31.8 31.2 24.3 16.9 14.5 12.5 9.9 6.4 4.0 2.4 1.9 0.7 2.0
2005 11.7 25.4 15.7 9.5 2.0 10.2 0.4 3.3 12.0 6.9 15.3 18.8 24.4 30.5 30.3 23.4 16.8 14.7 12.3 9.9 6.5 4.1 2.3 1.7 0.7 2.0
2006 10.3 23.7 14.5 8.8 1.9 9.3 0.5 2.5 11.4 6.1 13.7 17.5 19.6 27.9 29.0 21.8 16.1 12.9 11.8 8.6 6.2 3.7 2.2 1.4 0.6 1.9
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 9.2 33.2 14.7 4.6 0.8 9.3 0.9 5.7 2.6 13.4 23.6 29.6 37.2 38.7 31.1 19.2 10.5 6.8 4.2 2.5 1.8 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.8
1965-69 11.3 34.7 17.1 5.1 0.8 10.9 1.2 6.9 3.4 17.3 26.4 33.2 40.0 37.6 32.8 20.9 13.0 7.6 4.8 2.8 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.8
1970-74 14.7 39.7 22.7 7.0 1.0 14.2 1.5 9.9 4.9 22.2 32.9 39.4 45.1 41.5 38.1 27.0 17.6 11.4 6.3 3.6 2.1 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.0
1975-79 14.8 39.2 24.7 9.7 1.5 15.6 2.3 11.0 5.9 21.1 29.5 34.8 41.3 39.6 38.6 28.9 19.7 14.5 8.9 5.5 3.2 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.5
1980-84 17.3 41.0 27.2 12.6 2.1 17.5 2.0 3.4 15.1 8.1 25.7 31.3 37.0 41.4 40.6 41.0 31.5 22.5 17.1 11.8 7.3 4.6 2.8 1.7 0.7 2.1
1985-89 20.7 39.4 29.7 14.0 2.6 18.3 3.3 5.2 21.0 11.6 31.6 34.2 37.4 41.1 38.5 39.3 33.8 25.5 18.5 12.7 8.9 5.5 3.8 2.4 0.9 2.6
1990-94 21.9 41.0 29.7 14.0 2.8 18.3 3.3 6.2 23.2 12.8 32.6 38.5 42.1 46.5 43.4 39.5 32.8 26.7 19.2 12.7 8.4 6.0 3.9 2.7 1.1 2.8
1995-99 17.5 33.9 22.4 12.1 2.4 14.3 2.4 5.3 17.7 10.3 25.1 29.2 35.0 40.7 37.7 31.6 23.7 21.2 17.0 11.4 6.9 4.9 3.3 2.3 0.9 2.4
2000-04 13.4 28.2 16.8 9.9 2.1 11.2 1.1 3.8 14.4 8.0 18.5 21.8 27.5 33.9 32.6 26.1 18.0 15.6 13.5 9.9 6.2 3.8 2.7 1.9 0.8 2.1
2005-06 11.0 24.6 15.1 9.1 1.9 9.8 0.4 2.9 11.7 6.5 14.5 18.2 22.0 29.2 29.7 22.6 16.4 13.8 12.1 9.2 6.3 3.9 2.2 1.5 0.7 1.9
2005-06 vs
1960s 8% -28% -5% 90% 151% -4% 179% 85% 117% -6% -27% -30% -24% -22% -29% -18% 18% 68% 104% 139% 132% 156% 200% 180% 151%
1970s -26% -38% -36% 9% 60% -34% 52% 12% 21% -33% -42% -41% -33% -27% -41% -41% -26% -7% 21% 39% 46% 53% 73% 67% 60%
1980s -42% -39% -47% -31% -17% -46% -84% -33% -35% -34% -50% -45% -41% -29% -25% -44% -50% -42% -32% -25% -22% -23% -32% -24% -18% -17%
1990s -44% -34% -42% -30% -26% -40% -85% -50% -43% -44% -50% -46% -43% -33% -27% -36% -42% -42% -33% -23% -18% -28% -38% -39% -31% -26%
2000-04 -18% -13% -10% -8% -6% -13% -61% -25% -19% -19% -22% -17% -20% -14% -9% -13% -9% -11% -10% -7% 1% 2% -16% -17% -12% -6%
Arrests, rape (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 2,379 5,417 3,356 1,499 330 12,981 450 359 709 861 992 987 3,439 2,058 1,298 787 442 271 330
1961 2,527 6,315 3,488 1,796 390 14,517 420 419 687 1,002 1,175 1,100 4,040 2,163 1,326 926