Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports
| Alcohol Related Arrests Lead the Way | |||||||||
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| Alcohol | Property | Drug Law | Violent | ||||||
| All Arrests | Number | % of All | Number | % of All | Number | % of All | Number | % of All | |
| 1970 | 8,117,700 | 2,690,200 | 33.1 | 1,259,600 | 15.5 | 415,600 | 5.1 | 287,550 | 3.5 |
| 1971 | 8,639,700 | 2,767,500 | 32.0 | 1,380,800 | 16.0 | 492,000 | 5.7 | 323,060 | 3.7 |
| 1972 | 8,712,400 | 2,752,900 | 31.6 | 1,370,000 | 15.7 | 527,400 | 6.1 | 350,420 | 4.0 |
| 1973 | 9,027,700 | 2,817,800 | 31.2 | 1,448,700 | 16.0 | 628,900 | 7.0 | 380,560 | 4.2 |
| 1974 | 9,055,800 | 2,486,200 | 27.5 | 1,731,000 | 19.1 | 642,100 | 7.1 | 429,360 | 4.7 |
| 1975 | 9,273,600 | 2,504,200 | 27.0 | 1,843,800 | 19.9 | 601,400 | 6.5 | 451,320 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 9,608,500 | 2,696,800 | 28.1 | 1,746,900 | 18.2 | 609,500 | 6.3 | 411,630 | 4.3 |
| 1977 | 10,189,900 | 2,989,400 | 29.3 | 1,787,500 | 17.5 | 642,700 | 6.3 | 435,730 | 4.3 |
| 1978 | 10,271,000 | 2,821,700 | 27.5 | 1,814,800 | 17.7 | 628,700 | 6.1 | 469,700 | 4.6 |
| 1979 | 10,205,800 | 2,913,700 | 28.5 | 1,859,400 | 18.2 | 558,600 | 5.5 | 467,700 | 4.6 |
| 1980 | 10,441,000 | 3,016,000 | 28.9 | 1,863,300 | 17.8 | 580,900 | 5.6 | 475,160 | 4.6 |
| 1981 | 10,840,000 | 3,170,300 | 29.2 | 1,930,300 | 17.8 | 559,900 | 5.2 | 490,460 | 4.5 |
| 1982 | 12,136,400 | 3,541,700 | 29.2 | 2,044,800 | 16.8 | 676,000 | 5.6 | 526,190 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | 11,700,500 | 3,534,600 | 30.2 | 1,930,000 | 16.5 | 661,400 | 5.7 | 499,390 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 11,564,000 | 3,437,200 | 29.7 | 1,865,500 | 16.1 | 708,400 | 6.1 | 493,960 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 11,945,200 | 3,301,800 | 27.6 | 1,945,100 | 16.3 | 811,400 | 6.8 | 497,560 | 4.2 |
| 1986 | 12,487,500 | 3,327,400 | 26.6 | 2,023,100 | 16.2 | 824,100 | 6.6 | 553,900 | 4.4 |
| 1987 | 12,711,600 | 3,172,200 | 25.0 | 2,099,900 | 16.5 | 937,400 | 7.4 | 546,250 | 4.3 |
| 1988 | 13,812,300 | 3,280,700 | 23.8 | 2,262,700 | 16.4 | 1,155,200 | 8.4 | 625,900 | 4.5 |
| 1989 | 14,340,900 | 3,216,000 | 22.4 | 2,320,400 | 16.2 | 1,361,700 | 9.5 | 685,470 | 4.8 |
| 1990 | 14,195,100 | 3,435,600 | 24.2 | 2,217,800 | 15.6 | 1,089,500 | 7.7 | 705,470 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | 14,211,900 | 3,276,600 | 23.1 | 2,252,500 | 15.8 | 1,010,000 | 7.1 | 718,890 | 5.1 |
| 1992 | 14,075,100 | 2,998,500 | 21.3 | 2,146,000 | 15.2 | 1,066,400 | 7.6 | 742,130 | 5.3 |
| 1993 | 14,036,300 | 2,769,900 | 19.7 | 2,094,300 | 14.9 | 1,126,300 | 8.0 | 754,110 | 5.4 |
| 1994 | 14,648,700 | 2,639,600 | 18.0 | 2,131,700 | 14.6 | 1,351,400 | 9.2 | 778,760 | 5.3 |
| 1995 | 15,119,800 | 2,739,000 | 18.1 | 2,128,600 | 14.1 | 1,476,100 | 9.8 | 796,230 | 5.3 |
| 1996 | 15,168,100 | 2,863,400 | 18.9 | 2,045,500 | 13.5 | 1,506,200 | 9.9 | 729,910 | 4.8 |
| 1997 | 15,284,300 | 2,848,500 | 18.6 | 1,915,600 | 12.5 | 1,583,600 | 10.4 | 717,720 | 4.7 |
| 1998 | 14,528,300 | 2,743,500 | 18.9 | 1,805,700 | 12.4 | 1,559,100 | 10.7 | 676,020 | 4.7 |
| 1999 | 14,031,070 | 2,906,500 | 20.7 | 1,676,100 | 11.9 | 1,557,100 | 11.1 | 644,770 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 13,980,297 | 2,791,967 | 20.0 | 1,620,961 | 11.6 | 1,579,566 | 11.3 | 625,243 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 13,699,254 | 2,664,111 | 19.4 | 1,618,465 | 11.8 | 1,586,902 | 11.6 | 627,132 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 13,741,438 | 2,688,300 | 19.6 | 1,613,954 | 11.7 | 1,538,813 | 11.2 | 620,510 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 13,639,479 | 2,608,843 | 19.1 | 1,605,127 | 11.8 | 1,678,192 | 12.3 | 597,026 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 14,004,327 | 2,597,241 | 18.5 | 1,649,825 | 11.8 | 1,745,712 | 12.5 | 590,258 | 4.2 |
| Grand totals: | 429,444,965 | 103,009,862 | 24.0 | 65,049,732 | 15.1 | 35,478,185 | 8.3 | 19,725,449 | 4.6 |