Change from the previous year
Statewide to 2024, California Department of Justice
Statewide, the California Department of Justice counts 104,057 DUI arrests in 2024, 5.6% below its count for 2021, the last year with a county table.
Driving under the influence arrests of adults (felony and misdemeanor) and juveniles (felony), as the Department of Justice counts them. Boat DUI and duplicate cases are included, which the Department of Motor Vehicles removes, so these run 0.15% to 0.63% above the county total in 2019 to 2021. It is a separate line from the county total above, not extra years of it: the county table ends in 2021, and no later county table with DUI arrests was found.
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The state’s rate divides its arrests by its residents, all ages, because the Department counts arrests of any age, juveniles included. It uses the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2021 estimate for every year, so a rate for an earlier year is only approximate.