Other offenses · FBI arrest data · 2024
Prostitution & commercialized vice Arrests
11,831 arrests for prostitution & commercialized vice were reported across the U.S. in 2024 — 0.2% of all reported arrests.
Who was arrested for prostitution & commercialized vice
By sex & age
Shares of all prostitution & commercialized vice arrests.
By race & ethnicity
Agencies report race and ethnicity separately from the age/sex counts, so shares below are of the 11,517 race entries reported (10,029 ethnicity entries) — a different universe than the total above, which it can undershoot or occasionally exceed.
| White | 5,890 | 51.1% |
| Black or African American | 4,242 | 36.8% |
| American Indian / Alaska Native | 46 | 0.4% |
| Asian / Pacific Islander | 1,339 | 11.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2,590 | 25.8% |
States with the most prostitution & commercialized vice arrests
Reported arrests, 2024 — reporting coverage varies by state.
| State | Arrests | Share of state's arrests |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2,215 | 2.1% |
| Texas | 1,910 | 0.3% |
| California | 1,404 | 0.2% |
| Arizona | 644 | 0.3% |
| Florida | 577 | 0.3% |
| Michigan | 440 | 0.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 425 | 0.2% |
| New York | 390 | 0.1% |
| New Jersey | 369 | 0.2% |
| Oklahoma | 327 | 0.4% |
| Colorado | 324 | 0.2% |
| Illinois | 311 | 0.2% |
| Georgia | 227 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | 209 | 0.1% |
| Massachusetts | 202 | 0.2% |
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About this data
- Counts are arrests, not people. One person arrested twice counts twice; an arrest with several charges counts once, under the most serious charge.
- Reported agencies only. Figures cover the ~14,500 agencies in the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Reporting arrest (ASR) file — about 94–95% of the FBI's official national total, which additionally counts agencies that report only through NIBRS. Nothing here is estimated for non-reporting agencies, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the arresting agency's headquarters, not where the arrest happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies (state police, sheriffs, transit police) concentrate in one county — county figures are approximate, and about 3% of arrests come from agencies that can't be placed in any county.
- Race and ethnicity are reported separately from the age/sex counts, and not for every arrest — race is reported for ≈95% of arrests, ethnicity for ≈81%. Shares here use those reported subtotals as denominators.
- No per-capita rates. Because reporting coverage varies by area, population-adjusted rates would mislead; we show counts only. Arrests measure enforcement activity, not crime rates.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 Arrest (ASR) master file. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Prostitution & commercialized vice arrests — FAQ
How many prostitution & commercialized vice arrests were there in the U.S. in 2024?+
11,831 arrests for prostitution & commercialized vice were reported to the FBI in 2024 — 0.2% of all reported arrests. The true number is somewhat higher because not every agency reports.
Which state had the most prostitution & commercialized vice arrests?+
Nevada reported the most (2,215), followed by Texas (1,910) and California (1,404). Reporting coverage varies by state.
Who gets arrested for prostitution & commercialized vice?+
In 2024, 56.5% of prostitution & commercialized vice arrests were of women and 0.4% were of juveniles under 18 (of 11,831 total).