Arrest trends by offense, age, and race

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Serving Children, Families, and Communities

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Trends in arrest rates by race for Weapons (carrying, possessing, etc.) (rates are per 100,000 in age group)
Age: Juvenile

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Charts:	All races	White	Black	American Indian	Asian

Years

All races

White

Black

American Indian

Asian

1980

85.8

73.9

158.5

73.3

43.7

1981

90.2

75.2

182.0

60.7

42.2

1982

90.1

75.6

181.2

44.9

30.2

1983

86.2

71.4

179.1

35.9

28.5

1984

93.9

78.2

192.6

38.0

33.3

1985

105.3

90.0

203.6

50.9

37.7

1986

107.7

89.1

224.9

47.1

37.8

1987

107.1

85.1

240.1

50.3

45.7

1988

133.0

99.3

331.4

49.0

57.7

1989

144.0

105.8

369.6

60.6

46.2

1990

145.7

111.8

347.0

55.8

60.4

1991

174.4

130.8

431.3

71.3

71.2

1992

189.6

142.2

469.6

95.2

68.7

1993

210.4

161.9

499.9

105.2

76.4

1994

211.8

167.0

477.4

130.6

89.3

1995

188.1

149.6

418.0

133.9

73.4

1996

170.5

139.0

361.3

125.0

67.1

1997

166.5

136.5

348.0

119.7

67.2

1998

140.3

117.6

284.1

81.3

48.0

1999

128.3

108.2

251.4

89.7

51.4

2000

111.5

93.4

222.7

65.4

42.1

2001

111.7

93.1

226.0

61.2

36.4

2002

104.6

88.5

204.3

57.1

32.8

2003

115.0

96.4

226.9

51.3

42.3

2004

118.8

98.7

238.3

65.2

36.6

2005

131.2

103.9

288.2

63.6

34.7

2006

137.0

109.3

297.2

69.2

36.7

2007

127.7

100.9

282.8

59.8

33.3

2008

117.4

92.7

263.0

50.5

27.1

2009

100.5

79.9

223.3

45.5

24.3

2010

93.3

75.9

201.3

37.6

22.0

2011

84.4

67.3

189.3

36.5

19.9

2012

74.2

58.7

167.6

31.8

23.3

2013

61.4

47.9

142.3

29.7

17.5

2014

62.6

47.5

153.9

24.0

15.3

2015

58.3

42.8

148.8

28.6

16.0

2016

57.9

41.0

154.9

34.1

14.0

2017

54.0

39.1

140.1

33.4

13.9

2018

51.3

37.9

130.0

24.8

13.3

2019

47.8

34.7

122.3

30.6

13.3

2020

33.4

21.3

99.9

18.0

6.3

Note: The juvenile arrest rate is based on the number of arrests of persons ages 0-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population.

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 race for Weapons (carrying, possessing, etc.) (rates are per 100,000 in age group). Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ucr_trend.asp?table_in=2. 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.