Last updated on: 5/14/2018 | Author: ProCon.org

US and State Prostitution Arrests

 

Top 10 States – Prostitution
Arrests per 10,000 People
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
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
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

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* 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