Juvenile arrest rates by State, 2017

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Q:	How do juvenile arrest rates vary by State?
A:	State variations in juvenile arrest rates may reflect differences in juvenile law-violating behavior, police behavior, and/or community standards; therefore, comparisons should be made with caution.

Juvenile arrest rates by State, 2017

State	Reporting Coverage	Aggravated assault	Robbery	Larceny theft	Drug abuse	Weapons
United States	84%	86	60	364	283	54
Alabama	77%	51	30	224	51	27
Alaska	100%	149	26	328	230	27
Arizona	91%	102	66	495	455	38
Arkansas	92%	101	34	369	299	43
California	100%	94	73	113	93	76
Colorado	91%	89	44	599	501	62
Connecticut	99%	59	55	342	164	51
Delaware	100%	195	90	497	361	88
District of Columbia	0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Florida	100%	103	81	475	288	45
Georgia	79%	79	43	405	233	45
Hawaii	100%	48	43	382	338	10
Idaho	89%	64	10	536	532	52
Illinois	22%	65	203	364	284	233
Indiana	64%	121	47	456	302	45
Iowa	85%	109	33	679	320	46
Kansas	65%	66	13	235	336	26
Kentucky	97%	30	48	205	120	21
Louisiana	80%	192	68	741	347	101
Maine	100%	26	10	497	292	5
Maryland	91%	155	205	515	354	109
Massachusetts	95%	97	29	128	35	28
Michigan	98%	66	28	317	213	29
Minnesota	96%	80	68	722	337	77
Mississippi	46%	33	49	393	187	55
Missouri	92%	85	46	512	392	48
Montana	99%	86	15	770	382	17
Nebraska	12%	98	0	226	341	16
Nevada	89%	199	116	253	269	62
New Hampshire	96%	41	14	248	420	4
New Jersey	95%	63	59	241	408	65
New Mexico	39%	168	24	175	112	16
New York	51%	72	66	374	354	35
North Carolina	63%	65	70	424	228	82
North Dakota	99%	68	11	734	663	40
Ohio	80%	45	36	330	205	34
Oklahoma	96%	73	34	373	311	35
Oregon	90%	59	30	416	504	30
Pennsylvania	98%	143	89	362	293	71
Rhode Island	89%	63	44	290	129	122
South Carolina	78%	81	55	556	532	111
South Dakota	84%	140	17	759	1,258	95
Tennessee	97%	144	64	455	391	62
Texas	92%	60	49	302	331	28
Utah	85%	49	19	592	482	38
Vermont	96%	68	2	177	92	19
Virginia	92%	39	41	369	286	41
Washington	90%	71	51	304	187	34
West Virginia	63%	39	6	97	112	13
Wisconsin	98%	89	55	834	550	89
Wyoming	94%	46	5	665	881	54

NA = Crime in the United States 2017 reported no arrest counts for the District of Columbia.

Note: In this table the arrest rate is defined as the number of arrests of persons under age 18 for every 100,000 persons ages 10-17. Juvenile arrests (arrests of youth under age 18) reported at the State level in Crime in the United States cannot be disaggregated into more detailed age categories so that the arrests of persons under age 10 can be excluded in the rate calculation.

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Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05103.asp?qaDate=2017. Released on October 22, 2018.

Data Source: Adapted from the FBI's 2017 Crime in the United States Report [Tables 5 and 69].