| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
The juvenile arrest rate for running away declined 67% between 1994 and 2009.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Running Away, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Total
|
| 1980 |
489.6
|
| 1981 |
497.8
|
| 1982 |
461.7
|
| 1983 |
437.3
|
| 1984 |
508.3
|
| 1985 |
564.4
|
| 1986 |
584.8
|
| 1987 |
572.1
|
| 1988 |
601.7
|
| 1989 |
579.5
|
| 1990 |
628.8
|
| 1991 |
629.2
|
| 1992 |
627.3
|
| 1993 |
611.7
|
| 1994 |
825.0
|
| 1995 |
811.9
|
| 1996 |
625.8
|
| 1997 |
617.4
|
| 1998 |
512.4
|
| 1999 |
454.7
|
| 2000 |
428.6
|
| 2001 |
396.3
|
| 2002 |
369.1
|
| 2003 |
360.9
|
| 2004 |
346.7
|
| 2005 |
315.8
|
| 2006 |
330.8
|
| 2007 |
316.3
|
| 2008 |
319.8
|
| 2009 |
275.4
|
| 2010 |
n/a
|
Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population.
**As of data year 2010, the FBI no longer reports arrests for running away. |
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- In 2009, the runaway arrest rate was 275 per 100,000 youth ages 10 to 17 - 44% below the 1980 rate.
- In 1994 and 1995 the arrest rates for running away were unusually high - nearly 50% higher on average than the rates for other years between 1980 and 1993.
- More than half (55%) of juvenile arrests for running away in 2009 involved a female, and 31% involved youth under age 15.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05220.
December 17, 2012.
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