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Trends in arrest rates by age group for Property Crime Index (rates are per 100,000 in age group)
Gender: All

Years All ages 0 to 17 18 & older 10 to 17 0 to 14 15 to 17 18 to 20 21 to 24 25 & older
1980820.01,178.4680.52,363.0538.23,827.72,684.81,541.1374.1
1981841.21,139.2727.92,295.9534.23,731.92,707.11,638.4423.0
1982882.71,124.3792.82,299.3540.63,734.02,857.91,779.8478.1
1983825.51,045.9745.02,175.8525.13,461.22,646.91,664.9462.4
1984791.11,021.1708.12,155.1529.53,321.72,525.11,578.2449.5
1985817.51,069.5727.52,293.7529.03,581.32,673.61,623.3466.2
1986842.51,080.9758.02,354.3505.73,697.12,822.61,717.1491.6
1987866.71,092.4787.32,407.9515.63,764.22,882.51,802.6520.8
1988925.41,140.7850.32,543.1557.23,975.63,027.81,933.0576.1
1989940.11,123.4876.72,540.8559.24,057.23,046.61,977.4604.6
1990888.51,097.4816.12,500.3543.04,077.42,900.01,825.6565.5
1991890.41,113.3812.82,534.4560.14,148.72,976.61,829.1565.9
1992836.61,062.6757.52,407.9537.53,927.22,765.31,675.9539.6
1993805.81,034.9725.22,336.0520.93,830.42,671.11,564.3523.9
1994810.11,097.8708.62,468.0558.33,974.82,681.91,517.6512.5
1995799.41,066.0705.32,382.8528.73,861.02,675.41,488.3514.0
1996759.31,031.1663.42,288.7490.93,781.62,712.71,434.5470.6
1997739.3990.7650.92,189.1473.53,572.82,653.81,400.4462.0
1998654.6833.1592.21,834.1392.13,027.72,392.41,280.8418.7
1999589.3733.9539.11,606.3342.72,690.32,195.51,169.4377.5
2000574.5713.7526.41,546.6330.42,623.72,166.41,179.8362.1
2001567.9674.6531.41,450.6306.22,497.12,142.81,208.2365.8
2002561.1653.4529.81,394.6292.12,421.82,112.81,219.5364.8
2003553.3627.1528.41,334.4277.92,324.22,059.91,218.1366.5
2004561.5611.1545.01,300.1267.92,257.32,014.71,238.5386.8
2005544.6567.5537.01,207.0236.42,108.11,948.61,218.5384.5
2006516.2545.8506.51,163.0219.62,036.91,872.51,132.1362.9
2007534.5563.0525.21,208.5211.42,162.72,013.91,188.4370.8
2008554.9588.9543.91,278.2207.02,351.42,201.51,265.8372.5
2009563.4563.4563.41,231.6188.22,320.32,306.61,363.4379.4
2010531.5494.6543.11,084.3169.12,036.42,106.91,322.2373.5
2011526.3452.8549.2994.4154.51,885.22,016.31,325.1387.2
2012524.5400.7562.5883.0139.61,668.81,917.61,332.2409.3
2013493.4331.8542.4732.2113.51,398.81,707.81,287.0405.0
2014488.1317.3539.4699.2107.71,340.41,586.61,241.5415.0
2015456.2282.4508.0622.494.61,190.51,420.71,131.6400.9
2016418.9250.1468.8550.383.61,051.81,233.2991.7380.9
2017384.4225.4431.0493.978.4935.81,073.4862.6359.1
2018357.1178.8408.8390.961.7748.6909.7758.5352.4
2019327.2161.0374.8351.958.8657.6779.6672.6328.7
2020264.5102.6310.4223.735.4425.7553.0531.2279.9

2020 was the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, which may have impacted policies, procedures, and data collection activities. Additionally, stay-at-home orders likely impacted the volume and type of law-violating behavior that came to the attention of law enforcement in 2020.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Trends in arrest rates by age group for Property Crime Index (rates are per 100,000 in age group). Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ucr_trend.asp?table_in=1. Released on July 08, 2022.

Data source: Arrest estimates for 1980-2014 developed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and disseminated through "Arrest Data Analysis Tool." Online. Available from the BJS website.

Arrest estimates for 2015-2020 were developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice based on the FBI’s annual Master Arrest Files of 12-month reporting departments available from the Crime Data Explorer. Arrest estimates for 2015-2019 were revised in June 2022.

 

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