Top 10 States – Prostitution
Arrests per 10,000 People
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1. Nevada (10.83) |
2. Wyoming (3.10) |
3. Tennessee (2.25) |
4. California (1.97) |
5. Texas (1.81) |
6. Pennsylvania (1.58) |
7. Arkansas (1.49) |
8. Ohio (1.41) |
9. South Carolina (1.371) |
10. Hawaii (1.370) |
Top 10 States – Total Prostitution Arrests
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1. California (7,601) |
2. Texas (4,506) |
3. Nevada (2,892) |
4. Florida (2,397) |
5. Pennsylvania (1,792) |
6. Ohio (1,308) |
7. Tennessee (1,161) |
8. Virginia (913) |
9. New Jersey (849) |
10. New York (627) |
Federal Prostitution Arrest Data Year – Number of Arrests
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2016 – 38,306 |
2015 – 31,534 |
2014 – 37,222 |
2013 – 42,110 |
2012 – 43,395 |
2011 – 44,174 |
2010 – 48,281 |
2009 – 71,355 |
2008 – 75,004 |
2007 – 77,607 |
2006 – 79,673 |
2005 – 84,891 |
2004 – 87,872 |
2003 – 75,190 |
2002 – 79,733 |
2001 – 80,854 |
State-by-State Prostitution & Commercialized Vice* Arrests
[table “4” could not be loaded /]* Prostitution and Commercialized Vice is defined in the US Department of Justice’s Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook (2004) as:
“The unlawful promotion of or participation in sexual activities for profit. To solicit customers or transport persons for prostitution purposes; to own, manage, or operate a dwelling or other establishment for the purpose of providing a place where prostitution is performed; or to otherwise assist or promote prostitution.
Agencies must include in this classification:
- Prostitution
- Keeping a bawdy house, disorderly house, or house of ill fame
- Pandering, procuring, transporting, or detaining women for immoral purposes, etc.
- Attempts to commit any of the above.”
Sources:
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States 2016: Table 22,” ucr.fbi.gov, 2016
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States 2016: Table 18,” ucr.fbi.gov, 2016
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States 2015: Table 69,” ucr.fbi.gov, 2015
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States: Table 42,” ucr.fbi.gov, 2010-2015
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States 2014: Table 69,” ucr.fbi.gov, 2014
Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Arrest Data Analysis Tool,” bjs.usdoj.gov (accessed Aug. 23, 2012)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States,” ucr.fbi.gov, 2002-2009
Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States 2001: Section IV,” fbi.gov, 2001