TABLE 3B                                                                
                                                                  ADULT FELONY ARRESTS  
                                                            BY GENDER, OFFENSE AND ARREST RATE  

                                                                  CONTRA COSTA COUNTY   
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      GENDER, OFFENSE AND RATE         1990       1991       1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1997       1998       1999  
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      ADULT FELONY ARRESTS           10,197      9,814     10,979     10,960     11,930     11,796     11,035     11,466     11,068     10,630  

        MALE                          8,303      7,982      8,932      8,806      9,573      9,371      8,716      9,016      8,617      8,261  
        FEMALE                        1,894      1,832      2,047      2,154      2,357      2,425      2,319      2,450      2,451      2,369  

        VIOLENT OFFENSES              2,203      2,010      2,122      2,064      2,227      2,341      2,277      2,727      2,551      2,317  
          HOMICIDE *                     52         69         48         52         66         39         59         47         41         33  
          FORCIBLE RAPE                  99         70         72         69         59         69         71         39         65         61  
          ROBBERY                       368        362        388        330        362        330        266        295        283        234  
          ASSAULT *                   1,631      1,474      1,581      1,579      1,693      1,869      1,847      2,317      2,123      1,970  
          KIDNAPPING                     53         35         33         34         47         34         34         29         39         19  

        PROPERTY OFFENSES             3,492      3,277      3,168      3,320      3,689      3,450      3,005      3,141      3,076      2,758  
          BURGLARY                    1,336      1,219      1,214      1,171      1,259      1,112      1,015      1,061      1,060        967  
          THEFT                       1,328      1,166      1,112      1,181      1,335      1,328      1,180      1,175      1,142        991  
          MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT           611        594        528        576        658        597        479        553        548        503  
          FORG CKS/ACC CARDS            201        291        298        368        416        391        313        338        306        277  
          ARSON                          16          7         16         24         21         22         18         14         20         20  

        DRUG OFFENSES                 2,783      2,898      3,296      3,107      3,637      3,574      3,480      3,488      3,352      3,590  
          NARCOTICS                   1,503      1,687      1,891      1,315      1,461      1,144      1,229        907      1,065      1,222  
          MARIJUANA                     219        219        264        269        239        249        309        308        288        327  
          DANGEROUS DRUGS             1,024        941      1,056      1,416      1,832      2,093      1,783      2,073      1,786      1,611  
          OTHER                          37         51         85        107        105         88        159        200        213        430  

        SEX OFFENSES                    116         94        115         87        106        101        141        122        143        146  
          LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS             74         59         76         54         74         60         92         71         76         68  
          OTHER                          42         35         39         33         32         41         49         51         67         78  

        OTHER OFFENSES                1,603      1,535      2,278      2,382      2,271      2,330      2,132      1,988      1,946      1,819  
          WEAPONS                       486        460        464        531        592        512        432        394        389        341  
          DRIVE UNDER INFL              234        222        148        166        133        112        124         87         96        107  
          HIT-AND-RUN                    33         23         21         36         31         27         27         26         25         31  
          ESCAPE                         21         10          2          7                     3          3          5          5 
          BOOKMAKING                      5          5                                                                            1 
          OTHER                         824        815      1,643      1,642      1,515      1,676      1,546      1,476      1,430      1,340  

      POP AGE 18 THRU 69
        (THOUSANDS)                   548.4      556.6      566.0      573.0      580.2      588.4      597.3      607.1      601.2      608.8  

      TOTAL: RATE PER 100,000       1,859.4    1,763.2    1,939.8    1,912.7    2,056.2    2,004.8    1,847.5    1,888.7    1,841.0    1,746.1  
        VIOLENT OFFENSES *            401.7      361.1      374.9      360.2      383.8      397.9      381.2      449.2      424.3      380.6  
        PROPERTY OFFENSES             636.8      588.8      559.7      579.4      635.8      586.3      503.1      517.4      511.6      453.0  
        DRUG OFFENSES                 507.5      520.7      582.3      542.2      626.9      607.4      582.6      574.5      557.6      589.7  
        SEX OFFENSES                   21.2       16.9       20.3       15.2       18.3       17.2       23.6       20.1       23.8       24.0  
        OTHER OFFENSES                292.3      275.8      402.5      415.7      391.4      396.0      356.9      327.5      323.7      298.8  
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