How many people are arrested in the US each year?

The FBI estimated 7,522,824 total arrests in the US in 2024.

What is the most common arrest?

The most common specific arrest category is "other assaults" (simple assaults), followed by property crime and drug abuse violations.

How many DUI arrests are there per year?

There were 804,926 DUI arrests in the US in 2024.

US Arrest Statistics 2024

FBI estimated arrest data for the United States. Who gets arrested, for what, and where.

7.5M

Total Arrests

804,926

DUI Arrests

822,488

Drug Arrests

419,423

Violent Crime Arrests

Arrests by Offense Type

Offense	Arrests	% of Total
All other offenses	2,531,936	33.7%
Other assaults	1,018,216	13.5%
Property crime	910,654	12.1%
Drug abuse violations	822,488	10.9%
Driving under the influence	804,926	10.7%
Larceny-theft	725,109	9.6%
Violent crime	419,423	5.6%
Aggravated assault	325,313	4.3%
Disorderly conduct	271,642	3.6%
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	163,091	2.2%
Vandalism	162,380	2.2%
Burglary	110,925	1.5%
Liquor laws	96,890	1.3%
Fraud	85,643	1.1%
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing	70,427	0.9%
Motor vehicle theft	66,191	0.9%
Robbery	64,804	0.9%
Offenses against the family and children	47,175	0.6%
Forgery and counterfeiting	36,445	0.5%
Vagrancy	24,471	0.3%

Arrests by Age Group

Arrests by Race

Based on 6.5M arrests from 14,000 reporting agencies. Proportions reflect arrest rates, not offending rates — significant disparities exist in policing patterns.

Arrests by State (Top 20)

#	State	Total	Violent	Property	DUI	Drugs
1	California	590,730	44,098	57,008	1,874	7,121
2	Texas	571,126	32,610	65,725	2,680	6,605
3	New York	351,441	45,326	86,762	10,598	797
4	Florida6,7	315,030	14,634	33,148	770	3,881
5	Tennessee	249,904	13,105	24,886	1,308	3,320
6	Pennsylvania	240,435	13,658	37,935	1,201	6,062
7	North Carolina	211,218	8,799	22,849	496	2,306
8	Arizona	208,650	11,574	24,620	501	1,747
9	Virginia	206,152	7,903	26,657	1,126	5,433
10	Illinois	190,762	7,504	22,430	457	3,240
11	Wisconsin	182,053	7,045	19,415	353	1,482
12	Kentucky	180,954	3,094	8,824	501	726
13	Colorado	175,929	9,171	23,578	326	1,121
14	Georgia	172,924	8,151	18,845	969	5,003
15	Michigan	169,097	12,965	17,176	446	2,393
16	Ohio	165,980	8,857	23,219	201	1,246
17	South Carolina	152,320	7,325	18,627	669	2,485
18	Washington	152,270	8,875	24,234	273	730
19	New Jersey	148,755	9,077	21,519	1,020	1,487
20	Alabama	135,054	4,101	11,730	386	837

10-Year Arrest Trends

Offense	2015	2024	Change
TOTAL1	7,945,621	5,471,994	-31.1%
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	8,400	8,001	-4.8%
Rape	17,167	14,124	-17.7%
Robbery	70,700	42,529	-39.8%
Aggravated assault	278,062	232,262	-16.5%
Burglary	160,151	81,215	-49.3%
Larceny-theft	886,433	531,458	-40.0%
Motor vehicle theft	55,819	48,969	-12.3%
Arson	6,586	6,478	-1.6%
Violent crime	374,329	296,916	-20.7%
Property crime	1,108,989	668,120	-39.8%
Other assaults	818,560	736,680	-10.0%
Forgery and counterfeiting	40,941	20,262	-50.5%
Fraud	100,879	65,321	-35.2%
Embezzlement	12,499	6,426	-48.6%

Arrests by Sex

Men account for the vast majority of arrests across nearly all offense categories. The gender gap is most extreme for violent crime and sex offenses, and smallest for larceny-theft and fraud.

Offense	Total	Male %	Female %
TOTAL	6,624,317	72.5%	27.5%
All other offenses (except traffic)	2,218,571	73.7%	26.3%
Other assaults	903,769	68.4%	31.6%
Property crime	811,116	65.6%	34.4%
Drug abuse violations	722,703	73.9%	26.1%
Driving under the influence	696,327	74.2%	25.8%
Larceny-theft	646,022	61.7%	38.3%
Violent crime	374,422	78.7%	21.3%
Aggravated assault	289,999	76.1%	23.9%
Disorderly conduct	239,561	71.1%	28.9%
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.	145,223	90.2%	9.8%
Vandalism	144,415	76.3%	23.7%
Burglary	98,570	81%	19%
Liquor laws	84,206	69.9%	30.1%
Fraud	75,287	66.4%	33.6%

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Source: FBI Persons Arrested tables, 2024. Based on data from ~14,000 reporting agencies.