Arrests and arrest rates per 100,000 population, all violent crime, 1960-present
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, all violent crime arrests by age
Consolidated ages Detailed ages
Arrest rates per 100,000 population, all violent crime (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 115.0 330.5 218.0 108.5 28.6 129.7 56.6 171.9 242.9 277.9 338.8 350.7 324.2 249.1 189.6 146.0 101.6 72.9 28.6
1961 113.2 344.3 222.3 109.4 28.9 132.4 53.7 178.3 249.4 297.8 334.4 356.4 344.2 258.1 189.4 142.9 103.7 77.2 28.9
1962 115.4 303.7 203.6 96.9 23.6 120.5 60.1 158.2 257.4 275.2 303.9 296.5 305.4 235.6 173.7 128.7 93.6 64.7 23.6
1963 116.2 313.9 216.1 104.3 26.2 126.5 57.0 172.3 225.1 288.6 312.2 326.0 311.6 249.8 183.8 139.1 99.7 70.9 26.2
1964 123.7 324.5 224.8 108.3 27.7 132.0 31.4 110.2 61.6 193.2 253.4 245.3 348.0 333.1 317.9 255.4 194.4 144.8 106.0 71.1 59.8 29.2 23.1 9.5 27.7
1965 145.9 337.7 236.2 113.3 28.8 142.6 44.0 131.2 77.7 231.5 289.2 289.3 321.1 366.6 336.5 268.7 203.0 153.3 109.0 75.7 56.4 34.8 23.8 11.1 28.8
1966 160.8 355.2 250.3 120.6 29.3 152.8 50.0 143.5 86.2 241.2 314.8 338.9 376.6 332.2 356.1 284.1 214.7 161.5 118.2 81.4 54.2 36.4 25.5 12.0 29.3
1967 179.3 383.7 259.4 123.6 30.9 163.8 55.7 158.3 95.5 264.2 348.6 390.8 435.7 408.6 365.8 292.9 222.8 164.8 121.5 84.7 58.0 38.4 27.3 12.3 30.9
1968 192.6 418.7 264.0 121.7 28.9 171.9 55.8 170.3 100.4 282.7 370.6 431.3 504.8 447.9 392.9 301.9 220.7 165.1 118.9 82.8 55.1 36.9 24.3 11.0 28.9
1969 211.0 469.1 276.0 127.3 31.0 187.6 56.1 186.3 107.0 321.5 410.4 464.3 538.8 498.0 447.4 315.7 229.7 171.8 126.7 86.5 58.3 39.6 26.4 12.3 31.0
1970 225.9 479.4 291.9 134.7 32.6 197.9 55.6 197.2 111.8 347.9 439.9 497.0 544.4 522.2 455.8 332.3 244.0 186.2 132.1 90.1 61.2 42.0 26.9 13.0 32.6
1971 250.9 517.7 316.1 145.6 34.0 216.6 61.9 215.7 123.5 385.3 493.7 544.8 572.8 545.9 500.0 360.2 264.1 202.2 141.4 97.9 67.5 42.0 28.0 12.7 34.0
1972 264.6 544.4 329.9 155.4 36.6 228.7 68.2 230.7 133.4 400.4 516.7 552.4 593.2 552.5 531.9 368.2 282.8 215.3 151.0 104.1 70.8 44.9 30.4 14.6 36.6
1973 268.9 536.3 322.4 155.7 37.7 228.4 65.2 231.2 131.9 400.5 522.6 572.5 610.4 548.6 517.4 362.4 274.4 213.6 152.0 104.9 70.6 45.6 32.8 16.4 37.7
1974 315.3 645.2 368.3 170.5 38.6 265.6 68.2 255.1 144.3 473.4 627.4 685.2 767.0 687.2 609.6 423.5 301.7 233.2 166.6 113.7 74.8 46.5 33.5 15.6 38.6
1975 308.5 584.8 335.8 163.5 37.3 248.8 66.8 247.5 141.3 473.9 607.7 652.8 697.3 630.1 550.5 385.8 274.8 221.5 161.0 108.5 72.7 45.1 32.8 15.1 37.3
1976 282.2 528.8 317.0 158.3 37.4 231.6 62.9 220.9 128.8 416.9 562.1 587.2 620.6 576.2 498.8 359.1 263.9 208.5 156.8 108.3 72.8 48.6 30.9 14.7 37.4
1977 279.7 537.5 319.9 158.2 36.9 233.2 60.2 213.7 125.2 391.6 541.4 607.8 624.5 575.3 511.3 372.1 259.3 207.9 155.5 107.5 73.8 46.7 30.5 14.7 36.9
1978 323.2 583.1 346.3 169.9 38.5 255.3 66.3 256.4 147.1 469.0 603.8 673.3 707.8 618.3 550.3 402.4 281.9 220.8 166.9 114.2 79.3 48.3 32.2 14.8 38.5
1979 308.6 593.1 339.4 162.8 37.2 251.3 57.0 243.4 134.6 442.5 576.4 665.2 701.5 636.6 562.0 396.6 274.9 207.6 158.9 112.3 75.4 49.2 31.1 14.3 37.2
1980 307.2 604.0 347.1 165.2 36.0 253.9 30.8 52.7 235.8 126.8 453.8 580.9 677.3 697.7 648.1 576.2 404.7 283.1 212.8 159.6 110.5 74.2 47.3 30.2 13.8 36.0
1981 303.7 597.2 357.5 173.2 37.0 256.3 32.6 57.5 239.9 129.3 459.8 590.7 651.8 688.2 633.5 572.2 423.1 286.8 221.5 165.2 118.8 76.1 49.3 31.9 14.3 37.0
1982 318.7 659.1 404.4 187.1 40.1 280.0 35.9 62.0 247.4 135.6 466.5 623.6 723.5 752.5 692.7 634.6 469.3 332.6 236.3 179.7 125.8 84.3 53.6 34.9 15.3 40.1
1983 297.4 601.9 378.6 176.9 37.3 258.9 38.1 64.1 235.3 134.5 443.6 575.5 654.0 685.4 633.7 580.2 437.3 313.6 226.0 166.9 118.1 79.5 50.8 33.8 13.6 37.3
1984 296.5 582.5 371.2 172.0 36.0 251.6 39.0 65.8 241.1 141.2 434.2 555.2 638.5 671.5 615.2 560.6 426.9 309.8 218.3 162.3 115.3 79.1 47.8 32.7 13.4 36.0
1985 302.4 580.5 376.0 172.4 36.1 251.8 41.4 68.9 244.9 144.1 436.9 555.0 647.4 644.7 621.5 561.8 435.3 311.8 220.7 160.5 113.7 77.0 51.0 32.1 14.1 36.1
1986 312.0 644.6 435.8 193.4 38.8 278.3 39.6 64.1 249.2 140.3 440.6 582.5 665.1 705.3 660.3 631.1 505.2 361.5 249.6 176.3 126.0 85.7 53.3 36.1 14.5 38.8
1987 316.3 636.4 445.6 194.3 36.6 277.7 46.5 72.3 264.4 148.7 449.4 569.0 656.9 675.3 646.8 627.3 510.9 377.6 258.7 173.7 122.9 82.2 51.5 31.8 14.0 36.6
1988 326.0 662.8 473.1 206.0 37.8 289.9 43.2 70.2 277.8 152.1 497.8 599.2 665.1 719.9 664.1 651.5 541.5 403.5 277.4 185.5 127.0 86.0 54.3 32.9 13.9 37.8
1989 386.9 743.6 515.7 220.3 39.4 319.6 47.7 85.0 339.2 183.9 602.4 745.4 803.0 840.3 774.6 717.6 591.6 440.2 303.3 193.6 133.5 87.5 57.2 35.6 14.8 39.4
1990 431.7 825.5 551.2 230.0 41.4 345.2 44.2 84.5 362.9 192.0 665.8 876.2 978.4 892.9 887.0 797.9 632.8 472.0 319.3 202.3 136.8 94.3 58.9 37.5 14.9 41.4
1991 456.4 852.0 545.2 229.7 40.4 347.4 49.8 93.1 394.8 209.7 714.9 919.4 1,037.4 985.8 949.9 806.2 628.6 466.9 318.1 201.2 138.6 92.8 56.9 35.2 14.9 40.4
1992 470.5 869.7 558.1 244.7 43.6 355.6 47.7 98.1 425.2 224.2 738.5 960.0 1,024.7 1,038.0 978.3 817.9 638.3 485.0 343.4 218.2 141.5 96.7 61.7 37.4 17.1 43.6
1993 493.1 865.3 561.2 253.0 43.9 357.8 42.6 97.5 444.2 234.0 793.1 991.8 1,085.5 1,084.6 985.7 802.2 636.9 494.0 354.8 227.6 145.4 94.8 61.9 39.9 16.6 43.9
1994 525.6 868.9 568.0 268.5 45.4 366.0 46.4 105.5 485.5 257.2 842.0 1,039.9 1,110.5 1,079.6 981.3 806.2 630.1 513.7 377.3 245.2 152.4 96.8 64.6 40.9 16.7 45.4
1995 508.7 879.0 581.2 288.5 48.7 370.7 48.4 103.8 452.4 243.5 792.3 1,003.6 1,105.2 1,139.7 985.0 807.2 633.4 535.2 405.5 266.9 163.8 104.4 67.4 43.0 18.0 48.7
1996 461.1 828.3 521.8 264.5 45.5 338.1 47.7 95.6 399.8 218.0 713.3 887.9 1,017.2 1,021.6 941.3 764.1 569.8 478.4 371.3 248.5 151.6 97.7 61.9 40.5 16.5 45.5
1997 401.7 781.5 500.3 269.3 44.7 319.4 43.3 90.4 357.5 196.4 588.9 777.5 861.5 957.6 871.6 725.2 537.0 466.3 371.9 256.0 158.7 92.6 61.0 39.7 15.8 44.7
1998 365.9 744.9 472.5 260.2 44.3 301.4 42.7 88.2 320.2 180.1 532.2 681.3 811.2 893.0 837.7 693.0 508.0 438.9 360.8 252.1 148.8 92.5 58.7 37.5 15.4 44.3
1999 334.7 700.6 444.8 250.5 43.7 283.6 38.4 87.9 308.9 175.6 496.9 611.0 698.4 807.6 764.7 663.5 480.7 410.7 343.7 243.4 150.1 90.7 57.4 35.8 14.6 43.7
2000 312.6 673.2 419.6 244.0 43.1 270.4 35.3 81.0 296.2 165.4 464.3 560.5 667.0 753.7 742.1 641.3 454.3 387.0 331.4 241.5 149.0 87.7 55.1 34.6 15.0 43.1
2001 299.8 665.0 419.2 244.5 42.3 266.8 35.1 78.8 278.1 156.7 449.4 557.7 631.8 723.3 727.6 639.9 462.2 379.9 329.5 245.7 152.3 87.5 52.7 33.4 13.7 42.3
2002 279.3 637.9 407.9 241.2 42.9 257.5 27.6 69.2 255.7 142.8 414.4 520.0 608.3 687.7 688.5 617.7 454.4 365.7 318.8 245.9 156.8 88.6 54.1 33.8 13.2 42.9
2003 274.5 599.2 379.8 226.5 41.1 242.4 24.1 66.6 256.3 143.1 413.1 507.3 578.2 659.2 645.7 577.9 428.8 334.8 296.3 233.5 150.7 87.6 49.8 30.7 12.3 41.1
2004 271.8 580.8 374.7 222.2 41.9 237.1 22.6 61.7 247.8 138.1 412.1 509.5 570.6 636.7 634.0 558.9 426.6 325.4 284.5 231.4 153.6 89.0 50.1 32.6 12.2 41.9
2005 284.9 598.0 384.2 225.0 43.8 242.4 21.8 59.8 257.3 141.2 432.9 536.2 588.8 675.8 664.4 569.2 437.5 331.2 284.7 233.7 160.6 94.1 51.9 31.7 12.5 43.8
2006 303.2 607.7 382.1 222.2 45.2 244.0 17.8 52.4 265.6 143.5 460.6 570.4 634.5 705.2 678.4 573.8 438.0 323.8 273.7 233.7 163.3 98.5 51.9 31.8 12.8 45.2
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+
1960-64 116.7 323.4 217.0 105.5 27.0 128.2 31.4 110.2 57.8 174.8 245.7 277.0 327.5 332.5 320.7 249.6 186.2 140.3 100.9 71.4 59.8 29.2 23.1 9.5 27.0
1965-69 177.9 392.9 257.2 121.3 29.8 163.7 52.3 157.9 93.3 268.2 346.7 382.9 435.4 410.7 379.7 292.7 218.2 163.3 118.9 82.2 56.4 37.2 25.4 11.8 29.8
1970-74 265.1 544.6 325.7 152.4 35.9 227.4 63.8 226.0 129.0 401.5 520.0 570.4 617.6 571.3 523.0 369.3 273.4 210.1 148.6 102.1 69.0 44.2 30.3 14.5 35.9
1975-79 300.4 565.5 331.7 162.5 37.5 244.0 62.6 236.4 135.4 438.8 578.3 637.3 670.3 607.3 534.6 383.2 271.0 213.3 159.8 110.2 74.8 47.6 31.5 14.7 37.5
1980-84 304.7 608.9 371.8 174.9 37.3 260.1 35.3 60.4 239.9 133.5 451.6 585.2 669.0 699.0 644.7 584.8 432.3 305.2 223.0 166.7 117.7 78.6 49.7 32.7 14.1 37.3
1985-89 328.7 653.6 449.2 197.3 37.7 283.4 43.7 72.1 275.1 153.8 485.4 610.2 687.5 717.1 673.5 637.9 516.9 378.9 262.0 177.9 124.6 83.7 53.5 33.7 14.2 37.7
1990-94 475.5 856.3 556.7 245.2 42.9 354.4 46.1 95.7 422.5 223.4 750.9 957.5 1,047.3 1,016.2 956.4 806.1 633.3 486.3 342.6 218.9 142.9 95.1 60.8 38.2 16.0 42.9
1995-99 414.4 786.9 504.1 266.6 45.4 322.6 44.1 93.2 367.8 202.7 624.7 792.2 898.7 963.9 880.1 730.6 545.8 465.9 370.6 253.4 154.6 95.6 61.3 39.3 16.1 45.4
2000-04 287.6 631.2 400.3 235.7 42.3 254.8 29.0 71.5 266.8 149.2 430.7 531.0 611.2 692.1 687.6 607.2 445.3 358.6 312.1 239.6 152.5 88.1 52.4 33.0 13.3 42.3
2005-06 294.1 602.9 383.2 223.6 44.5 243.2 19.8 56.1 261.5 142.4 446.8 553.3 611.6 690.5 671.4 571.5 437.7 327.5 279.2 233.7 162.0 96.3 51.9 31.8 12.7 44.5
2005-06 vs.
1960s 100% 68% 62% 97% 57% 67% 34% 95% 88% 102% 87% 85% 81% 81% 63% 61% 62% 84% 113% 111% 66% 56% 31% 19% 57%
1970s 4% 9% 17% 42% 21% 3% -11% 13% 8% 6% 1% 1% 7% 14% 8% 16% 20% 32% 52% 53% 34% 13% 3% -13% 21%
1980s -7% -4% -7% 20% 19% -11% -50% -15% 2% -1% -5% -7% -10% -2% 2% -7% -8% -4% 15% 36% 34% 19% 1% -4% -11% 19%
1990s -34% -27% -28% -13% 1% -28% -56% -41% -34% -33% -35% -37% -37% -30% -27% -26% -26% -31% -22% -1% 9% 1% -15% -18% -21% 1%
2000-04 2% -4% -4% -5% 5% -5% -32% -22% -2% -5% 4% 4% 0% 0% -2% -6% -2% -9% -11% -2% 6% 9% -1% -4% -5% 5%
Arrests, all violent crime (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 29,172 53,295 49,969 38,135 11,715 182,285 9,579 4,743 6,682 8,166