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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Figure 4.8 Arrest rates (per 100,000 inhabitants) for all offenses, by extent of urbanization, 1972-81f\OTE: See f\OTES, Tables 4.1 and 4.2. Suburban arrest rates for 1978 and 1979 represent countylaw enforcement agencies only. For definitions of city and suburban areas, and rural counties, seeAppendix 2.(Rate per 100,000 inhabitants)IiIi~II ,ICharacteristics and Distribution of Persons ArrestedFigure 4.9 Arrest rates (per 100,000 Inhabitants) for violent crimes, by offense charged and region, 1981f\OTE: See f\OTE, Table 4.1. For a list of States In regions and definitions of offenses, see Appendix 2.180160163.5SuburbanRuralCitiesl3'164.5~7 __ oof\'1IL A1 2,757.9 r::2,369.51973IIII,IIII~1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981Source: u.'. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the Lhited States, 1976, p. 171; 1977, p. 170; 1978, p. 186,Table 25; 1979, lJ. 188, Table 25; 1980, p. 192; 1981, p. 163 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office):-F'igure constructed by5O...RCEBOO< staff. ----Table 4.14 Arrest rates (per 100,000 inhabitants) for violent crimes, by offense charged and region, 1970-81f\OTE: See NOTE, Table 4.1. The number of agencies reporting and the populations representedvary from year to year. For a list of States in regions and definitions of offenses, see Appendix 2.(Rate per 100,000 inhabitants)Offense charged and region 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981Murder and nonnegligentmanslaughter:Northeast 5.9 7.1 6.8 7.9 6.5 6.9 6.3 5.9 7.4 5.6 6.3 6.3North Central 8.7 8.8 7.8 7.0 10.2 6.9 6.4 7.8 7.3 9.1 7.5 7.5South 12.1 12.7 13.3 12.8 14.3 13.1 11.7 11.7 11.5 11.9 II .1 11.3West 7.0 8.6 10.1 9.1 11.1 9.2 4.5 9.5 9.2 10.3 10.4 12.6Forcible rape:Northeast 7.8 8.5 10.0 12.1 12.3 11.9 12.0 13.2 15.1 12.8 12.9 13.1North Central 10.3 9.6 10.1 9.4 II. I 9.2 9.8 11.6 10.9 11.9 12.1 12.4South 11.3 12.2 13.7 13.5 15.2 14.0 13.7 14.5 14.2 15.2 14.8 14.6West 12.0 13.1 16.4 15.5 15.8 14.4 13.8 14.8 14.8 17.8 17.1 16.1Robbery:Northeast 60.3 83.4 82.2 84.8 87.2 91.2 84.6 83.7 110.7 79.4 91.9 98.6North Central 55.3 55.3 54.0 41.3 69.0 53.2 44.6 52.3 46.7 46.6 48.1 48.7South 51.0 54.4 58.6 59.3 75.5 69.3 56.9 53.2 52.5 56.6 54.4 55.7West 67.2 73.0 84.7 85.9 %.9 81.8 67.7 76.8 75.3 82.8 85.1 84.2Aggravated assault:Northeast 72.2 81.Z 83.7 %.5 108.6 109.1 106.3 117.3 149.2 114.3 118.1 115.2North Central 58.0 59.0 63.1 58.8 74.7 64.1 62.5 59.5 57.9 67.7 64.5 69.7South 112.6 119.5 125.0 120.2 134.1 139.2 135.6 137.1 144.7 151.9 147.0 148.5West 97.3 111.3 134.4 134.7 164.7 145.2 136.9 154.7 152.1 174.4 170.5 163.5Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the Lhited States, 1970, p. 36; 1971, p. 35;1972, p. 35; 1973, p. 34; 1974, p. 45; 1975, p. 41; 1976, p. 172; 1977, p. 171; 1978, p. 185; 1979, p. 187; 1980, p. 190; 1981, p. 161(Woshington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office). Table adapted by Sa...RCEBClO< st~140124.5.l!lc 120 ,'II.l!!I',':0 III'ctI.c,'I'I'll.S100,I,'0 III'0ciI','0 1'1','I'"-,I,'Q)c. 801'1'2III'~ I','.... ' IVl"'I' ',I. ~~ 60"- 55.7 ,','/~II:"46.7III, "," Illi40 III, 1,'1III, 'I',I,ll ','I'I', ',II·. ','II,llI,ll III,146.5II1III,',III,',II',','I''1'1.. ,20· . '1'1 II',','IIII,'III III,· .IiI, I,',,',I,, , III, ,0o UnitedMurder Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assaultStates total ~ Northeast ~:::) North Central [Ill] South ITJJ WestGo Source: p.U.~. Deportment of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the Lhited States 1981 (Washington, D.C.'. U.S.vernment nntlng Office, 1982), p. 161. Figure constructed by Sa...RCEBClO< staff. . ,448449