Draft Three, Appendix

Table 1: Estimated totals of top 7 arrest offenses, plus gambling and prostitution arrests, United States, 2009

Type of arrest Number of arrests

Total arrests 13,687,241

Drug abuse violations 1,663,582

Driving under the influence 1,440,409

Larceny/theft 1,334,933

Simple assaults 1,319,458

Disorderly conduct 655,322

Drunkenness 594,300

Liquor laws 570,333

Prostitution and commercialized vice 71,355

Gambling 10,360

Many disorderly conduct arrests are alcohol-related; assaults are another common arrest category that involve a substantial alcohol-related segment.

Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States 2009, Table 29, available at http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_29.html.