Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, sex offenses, 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, sex offenses arrests by age
Consolidated ages Detailed ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, sex offenses (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 66.9 135.1 89.9 51.4 16.8 60.0 37.2 111.3 139.9 128.2 127.2 142.0 135.4 102.3 78.6 66.5 49.3 36.1 16.8
1961 68.1 122.4 88.9 51.2 17.3 58.8 38.2 121.3 141.5 135.1 105.0 119.4 127.6 98.0 80.5 65.7 48.9 37.3 17.3
1962 69.3 111.7 85.8 49.1 16.9 56.7 40.0 106.6 146.6 132.0 104.0 110.9 113.7 94.5 77.7 62.3 47.9 35.4 16.9
1963 66.8 119.7 93.9 54.9 18.2 60.3 38.1 108.5 118.7 133.1 111.6 120.4 121.4 104.5 83.8 70.1 54.1 38.8 18.2
1964 67.6 115.0 82.2 47.8 15.6 55.7 18.6 67.8 37.5 112.9 133.4 113.4 118.4 116.6 113.9 90.5 74.1 61.9 46.7 33.8 29.2 16.9 14.4 7.1 15.6
1965 69.0 107.4 80.1 47.8 14.9 54.9 21.5 71.6 40.8 116.3 128.1 115.9 90.6 114.9 110.6 86.7 73.4 63.3 47.9 31.3 24.8 17.4 15.3 7.6 14.9
1966 63.0 94.9 72.1 42.8 14.2 49.8 19.0 63.5 36.2 102.7 119.3 114.5 96.2 82.9 97.8 79.8 64.0 55.1 42.5 30.5 22.6 16.7 15.1 7.4 14.2
1967 57.4 86.8 66.9 39.0 12.8 45.7 17.1 59.6 33.6 92.8 108.8 101.8 91.2 88.1 85.4 73.3 60.0 49.2 38.6 29.3 20.8 15.5 12.1 6.8 12.8
1968 49.4 77.7 59.0 34.9 11.3 40.5 16.4 51.5 30.1 80.0 90.4 82.9 78.4 74.5 78.2 64.4 52.9 44.6 35.7 24.8 18.5 13.5 10.6 6.2 11.3
1969 47.6 86.3 65.0 36.7 11.3 42.9 15.4 50.9 29.3 75.8 82.1 83.7 82.4 75.9 89.4 70.9 58.2 47.3 36.6 26.9 18.4 13.3 11.0 6.1 11.3
1970 42.9 81.6 60.5 33.4 10.4 39.9 13.2 45.3 25.9 69.2 75.4 74.2 78.3 77.1 83.3 67.9 51.8 42.7 33.5 24.7 17.7 13.0 9.0 5.4 10.4
1971 42.2 77.6 60.1 34.9 11.2 39.8 13.2 43.0 25.1 68.8 74.8 72.2 74.8 71.8 79.3 66.1 53.0 45.6 34.2 25.8 18.8 14.1 10.5 5.6 11.2
1972 42.8 74.0 56.9 34.4 10.6 38.7 13.4 42.3 25.0 67.6 76.8 75.6 77.0 70.6 74.1 60.7 52.2 43.6 34.7 25.7 17.9 12.7 9.7 5.6 10.6
1973 39.7 67.8 56.5 36.0 11.9 37.9 13.3 40.0 24.0 60.7 68.6 68.5 68.7 63.8 68.4 60.9 51.2 44.9 35.6 28.0 20.7 14.6 10.8 5.8 11.9
1974 47.0 75.4 57.3 33.6 10.1 39.7 13.1 46.1 26.5 72.1 82.3 87.6 86.1 75.5 73.0 61.8 51.9 44.0 32.7 24.4 17.7 12.6 9.3 4.7 10.1
1975 39.1 64.3 47.4 29.4 9.3 33.9 12.0 38.4 22.9 62.2 67.4 66.2 67.3 66.0 63.3 51.3 42.8 36.8 28.9 22.6 16.5 11.9 8.5 4.2 9.3
1976 37.3 65.3 50.3 32.1 10.4 35.1 13.3 37.4 23.3 54.4 60.4 62.2 63.8 66.5 65.3 53.7 45.9 40.6 31.9 23.6 17.7 13.6 9.8 4.9 10.4
1977 38.3 68.0 52.1 34.0 10.4 36.5 13.0 38.3 23.7 57.2 60.4 63.9 69.2 68.0 67.8 56.6 46.9 42.5 33.6 25.2 19.1 12.9 9.7 4.6 10.4
1978 40.0 69.0 53.4 35.6 10.6 37.6 13.0 41.5 25.1 57.3 61.5 67.2 71.5 67.2 68.9 56.4 49.9 43.9 35.0 26.6 19.9 13.9 9.7 4.4 10.6
1979 40.2 67.6 50.3 33.1 10.1 36.2 12.5 42.9 25.1 59.4 59.7 67.1 69.2 68.4 67.1 54.2 45.9 40.4 32.5 25.0 18.9 13.4 9.4 4.3 10.1
1980 39.5 67.9 49.8 33.1 10.3 36.1 9.6 12.5 43.3 24.9 57.2 61.0 64.4 69.0 69.4 67.4 53.5 45.7 40.0 31.9 25.5 18.5 14.9 9.7 4.3 10.3
1981 39.9 70.3 52.4 35.0 11.1 37.7 9.6 13.4 44.5 25.7 56.4 63.6 65.0 68.5 68.5 71.0 57.4 47.1 41.8 34.9 26.2 20.3 15.0 10.9 4.8 11.1
1982 45.0 76.6 58.0 39.4 12.7 41.8 9.6 15.4 47.7 28.2 67.4 69.5 77.3 77.3 75.2 76.8 62.8 52.7 46.6 39.5 29.1 23.1 17.1 13.0 5.6 12.7
1983 48.1 80.0 63.5 43.5 13.7 45.0 14.7 19.1 56.1 34.4 72.5 67.0 71.5 77.1 78.7 80.9 68.8 57.5 52.0 42.9 31.9 25.6 18.5 13.7 6.1 13.7
1984 61.8 80.7 68.3 49.0 16.0 49.8 23.9 29.4 72.9 48.1 86.7 81.9 82.0 75.5 75.5 82.7 72.8 63.4 57.8 47.7 37.5 29.3 21.2 17.1 7.5 16.0
1985 61.8 83.5 70.3 49.9 15.9 50.7 25.1 29.3 72.7 47.8 87.1 80.4 82.5 83.6 83.4 83.5 75.0 65.3 59.1 48.3 38.0 28.8 21.9 16.8 7.4 15.9
1986 59.8 84.5 71.7 47.7 15.6 50.2 20.8 26.3 71.4 44.9 82.4 80.7 81.7 84.3 81.0 85.2 77.4 65.7 55.2 46.2 37.9 27.9 21.7 16.5 7.7 15.6
1987 58.8 83.7 74.9 47.5 15.0 50.3 22.0 28.9 73.8 46.7 80.8 74.5 74.6 80.7 81.7 84.6 80.1 69.5 56.5 46.0 35.9 26.3 21.8 15.6 7.6 15.0
1988 59.7 81.4 72.9 46.8 14.6 49.2 23.8 30.5 77.4 49.0 82.3 72.2 74.0 80.9 76.8 82.4 78.6 67.1 56.3 45.8 34.1 26.6 20.5 15.5 7.0 14.6
1989 62.1 82.2 74.5 46.0 14.7 49.7 24.5 31.5 78.5 49.7 90.4 80.0 77.3 79.1 78.7 83.5 80.6 68.4 55.0 44.0 35.4 26.6 21.2 15.2 7.2 14.7
1990 63.9 83.6 78.7 48.9 16.4 52.1 21.9 31.3 82.6 51.1 93.9 82.7 80.5 78.1 81.4 85.2 84.7 72.8 59.5 46.2 36.9 30.2 23.5 17.0 8.0 16.4
1991 68.8 82.3 76.7 47.0 15.7 51.3 25.3 33.4 90.3 55.4 97.5 93.7 86.1 83.6 83.6 81.7 80.5 73.2 58.2 43.6 35.1 30.1 21.5 15.9 7.7 15.7
1992 69.6 80.5 74.0 47.1 16.8 50.8 24.1 33.1 91.5 55.6 98.9 94.5 89.7 83.9 83.7 79.3 77.3 70.9 57.6 44.3 36.2 28.2 26.4 17.1 8.4 16.8
1993 67.5 77.9 70.6 45.3 15.3 48.4 22.5 32.0 89.6 54.7 95.6 89.8 85.8 85.8 75.7 76.9 73.3 68.2 56.2 42.4 33.9 26.6 20.8 16.4 7.9 15.3
1994 60.6 73.7 68.9 45.1 15.5 46.5 21.9 30.1 78.8 49.5 83.4 78.2 78.2 76.4 75.7 72.7 70.2 67.7 56.1 42.6 33.5 26.8 21.1 16.5 8.0 15.5
1995 54.2 70.3 63.7 43.6 14.3 43.3 16.6 26.2 70.8 44.0 75.7 68.3 70.3 78.1 73.9 68.0 63.5 63.8 54.3 42.1 31.5 24.8 19.8 14.8 7.2 14.3
1996 57.1 73.7 62.2 43.0 14.4 43.6 20.9 28.9 70.5 45.6 78.7 71.6 79.4 84.1 77.6 70.7 62.6 61.8 54.6 41.5 30.5 25.8 20.2 14.7 6.8 14.4
1997 59.4 76.3 63.6 44.7 14.8 44.7 20.9 29.7 76.5 48.2 78.4 78.5 76.4 85.4 85.3 72.4 63.1 64.1 57.2 43.5 30.8 25.0 19.1 16.7 7.2 14.8
1998 51.3 74.1 58.0 42.3 13.9 41.3 16.2 26.1 64.6 41.4 68.1 65.1 69.9 83.2 82.6 70.4 56.7 59.2 52.4 41.8 30.7 23.4 18.9 14.6 6.6 13.9
1999 52.4 72.0 54.2 41.9 14.6 40.6 15.2 26.1 66.9 42.3 75.7 64.5 68.7 81.5 77.5 68.8 53.4 54.9 52.7 40.4 31.0 25.2 19.2 13.9 6.9 14.6
2000 54.1 72.0 52.7 40.9 13.4 39.8 13.7 26.3 73.0 44.6 74.8 67.0 68.7 78.8 81.9 68.4 52.4 52.9 50.9 40.8 29.7 20.6 18.5 14.2 6.7 13.4
2001 55.4 69.8 50.0 39.6 12.9 38.7 14.8 28.3 75.8 46.9 73.2 66.8 70.1 78.8 78.5 66.1 49.7 50.3 49.2 39.2 29.8 21.2 16.4 13.7 6.0 12.9
2002 58.3 75.1 48.7 38.3 13.0 39.1 14.3 28.2 78.3 48.0 80.8 72.8 74.5 88.7 86.8 70.0 50.0 47.5 47.3 38.5 28.9 20.5 16.9 13.9 6.2 13.0
2003 54.0 71.0 46.5 36.4 12.5 36.9 14.4 25.8 70.5 43.8 75.2 69.7 69.3 82.4 83.3 66.3 48.2 44.9 45.0 37.2 27.3 19.9 15.7 12.6 6.3 12.5
2004 53.4 70.3 45.2 36.5 12.8 36.5 12.3 25.2 69.9 43.6 73.1 64.2 72.2 84.2 83.4 64.9 47.6 43.0 43.0 38.1 28.6 21.2 16.3 12.3 6.0 12.8
2005 49.3 68.3 45.4 39.4 13.2 36.5 10.3 22.0 64.5 39.5 65.6 65.2 64.6 81.7 81.5 62.9 47.3 43.5 44.3 43.6 30.5 22.2 15.9 12.7 6.2 13.2
2006 47.2 67.8 43.9 35.1 12.7 34.5 9.9 20.0 60.4 36.6 65.3 63.4 62.8 78.7 78.2 63.5 46.9 40.8 40.9 36.8 28.1 21.7 14.9 11.7 6.2 12.7
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 67.7 120.8 88.2 50.9 17.0 58.3 18.6 67.8 38.2 112.1 136.0 128.4 113.3 121.9 122.4 97.9 78.9 65.3 49.4 36.3 29.2 16.9 14.4 7.1 17.0
1965-69 57.3 90.6 68.6 40.2 12.9 46.8 17.9 59.4 34.0 93.5 105.8 99.8 87.8 87.3 92.3 75.0 61.7 51.9 40.3 28.6 21.0 15.3 12.8 6.8 12.9
1970-74 42.9 75.3 58.3 34.5 10.9 39.2 13.2 43.3 25.3 67.7 75.6 75.6 77.0 71.8 75.6 63.5 52.0 44.2 34.1 25.7 18.6 13.4 9.9 5.4 10.9
1975-79 39.0 66.8 50.7 32.8 10.2 35.8 12.8 39.7 24.0 58.1 61.9 65.3 68.2 67.2 66.5 54.4 46.3 40.8 32.4 24.6 18.4 13.2 9.4 4.5 10.2
1980-84 46.9 75.1 58.4 40.0 12.8 42.1 13.5 18.0 52.9 32.2 68.1 68.6 72.0 73.5 73.4 75.7 63.1 53.3 47.7 39.4 30.0 23.3 17.3 12.9 5.6 12.8
1985-89 60.4 83.0 72.9 47.6 15.2 50.0 23.2 29.3 74.8 47.6 84.6 77.6 78.0 81.7 80.3 83.8 78.3 67.2 56.4 46.1 36.3 27.2 21.4 15.9 7.4 15.2
1990-94 66.1 79.6 73.8 46.7 15.9 49.8 23.1 32.0 86.6 53.3 93.9 87.8 84.1 81.6 80.0 79.2 77.2 70.6 57.5 43.8 35.1 28.4 22.6 16.6 8.0 15.9
1995-99 54.9 73.3 60.3 43.1 14.4 42.7 18.0 27.4 69.8 44.3 75.3 69.6 72.9 82.4 79.4 70.1 59.9 60.8 54.2 41.9 30.9 24.9 19.5 14.9 6.9 14.4
2000-04 55.0 71.6 48.6 38.3 12.9 38.2 13.9 26.7 73.5 45.4 75.4 68.1 71.0 82.6 82.8 67.2 49.6 47.7 47.0 38.7 28.9 20.7 16.8 13.4 6.2 12.9
2005-06 48.2 68.0 44.7 37.2 13.0 35.5 10.1 21.0 62.5 38.1 65.4 64.3 63.7 80.2 79.8 63.2 47.1 42.2 42.6 40.2 29.3 22.0 15.4 12.2 6.2 13.0
2005-06 vs.
1960s -23% -36% -43% -18% -13% -32% 15% -2% 5% -36% -47% -44% -20% -24% -41% -46% -40% -27% -10% -10% -12% -4% -10% -11% -13%
1970s 18% -4% -18% 11% 23% -5% 62% 51% 54% 4% -6% -10% 10% 15% -11% -20% -14% 0% 21% 16% 19% 16% 26% 25% 23%
1980s -10% -14% -32% -15% -7% -23% -45% -11% -2% -5% -14% -12% -15% 3% 4% -21% -33% -30% -18% -6% -12% -13% -21% -15% -5% -7%
1990s -20% -11% -33% -17% -14% -23% -51% -29% -20% -22% -23% -18% -19% -2% 0% -15% -31% -36% -24% -6% -11% -17% -27% -23% -17% -14%
2000-04 -12% -5% -8% -3% 0% -7% -28% -21% -15% -16% -13% -6% -10% -3% -4% -6% -5% -12% -9% 4% 1% 6% -8% -9% -1% 0%
Arrests, sex offenses (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 16,977 21,787 20,602 18,043 6,902 84,311 6,288 3,072 3,849 3,768 3,324 3,382 15,081 11,185 9,418 8,344 5,755 3,944 6,902
1961 17,749 20,814 20,172 18,131 7,238 84,104