Arrest represent individuals' entry into the public safety system. Increases in arrest rates can be an indication of increased crime, increased enforcement, or both. Disparities in this rate by race or ethnicity can highlight structural differences in how communities are affected and treated by the public safety system. Having been arrested can impact on a person's ability to access employment and other opportunities.

In 2017, our region had an arrest rate of 65 per 10,000 for blacks or African Americans, 31 per 10,000 for Hispanics or Latinos, and 13 per 10,000 for whites. Compared to the state, those rates were higher for African Americans, and about the same for Latinos and whites.

Monroe County's rates were similar to that of the region, though it had larger increases in the Hispanic or Latino arrest rate than for the region as a whole. The state, region, and Monroe County all had decreasing arrest rates for both blacks and whites. Rochester City had lower arrest rates than Monroe County for its black or African American and Hispanic or Latino populations, and slightly higher arrest rates than the county for whites. Rochester's black rate was 3.7 that of whites, while the county's was 6.1 that of whites.

The surrounding counties had higher arrest rates for blacks or African Americans. Of the surrounding counties, Genesee and Ontario had the largest gaps between black and white arrest rates with black rates being 8.6 and 8.8 times that of whites. Wyoming had the smallest difference in rates, with black rates at 1.7 that of whites.

Comparable national data is not available.