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 Property Crime Index (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

2,450.1

2,123.9

4,385.3

2,671.5

1,525.7

1981

2,379.7

2,045.2

4,392.1

2,181.1

1,358.5

1982

2,383.7

2,037.7

4,453.6

2,312.4

1,281.8

1983

2,259.1

1,946.1

4,164.5

2,082.4

1,052.0

1984

2,242.5

1,950.8

4,045.9

2,284.1

914.1

1985

2,382.0

2,090.1

4,183.5

2,549.6

1,058.8

1986

2,443.8

2,145.4

4,306.5

2,480.5

1,043.8

1987

2,498.2

2,211.1

4,282.9

2,436.3

1,198.4

1988

2,643.5

2,327.9

4,549.3

2,659.6

1,409.4

1989

2,637.1

2,345.0

4,499.5

2,834.7

972.3

1990

2,582.8

2,316.7

4,265.3

2,564.5

1,215.8

1991

2,613.3

2,357.7

4,242.9

2,608.5

1,262.1

1992

2,475.5

2,215.0

4,116.5

2,392.4

1,218.7

1993

2,394.1

2,110.1

4,119.9

2,548.9

1,226.2

1994

2,525.2

2,214.4

4,421.2

2,581.7

1,257.6

1995

2,435.5

2,143.1

4,215.5

2,590.3

1,236.8

1996

2,338.8

2,095.7

3,812.6

2,697.4

1,290.0

1997

2,235.1

1,990.5

3,714.7

2,532.9

1,200.0

1998

1,872.7

1,673.6

3,115.9

1,962.1

911.7

1999

1,639.6

1,444.4

2,813.1

1,739.0

813.7

2000

1,578.0

1,392.5

2,712.5

1,579.6

712.9

2001

1,476.7

1,296.6

2,580.2

1,358.6

617.3

2002

1,416.8

1,253.8

2,407.6

1,260.8

644.1

2003

1,352.7

1,193.5

2,311.4

1,231.0

576.5

2004

1,315.2

1,163.5

2,238.0

1,134.6

539.0

2005

1,219.4

1,063.9

2,159.3

1,019.8

442.3

2006

1,174.6

1,018.8

2,121.1

848.1

433.5

2007

1,219.3

1,042.6

2,279.1

897.4

430.9

2008

1,287.1

1,089.8

2,486.7

821.5

423.2

2009

1,239.2

1,037.1

2,450.0

832.9

428.0

2010

1,091.0

914.0

2,165.0

738.3

369.6

2011

1,000.6

819.1

2,088.5

722.2

316.7

2012

888.3

710.6

1,924.9

651.2

325.2

2013

736.6

577.7

1,674.2

599.0

204.8

2014

703.8

549.4

1,628.7

539.5

171.7

2015

628.6

490.3

1,448.2

503.0

180.5

2016

553.9

427.3

1,294.4

487.9

161.4

2017

503.4

374.6

1,238.1

463.7

141.3

2018

394.1

287.6

999.7

359.1

98.0

2019

360.1

263.0

903.4

364.0

96.0

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.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Trends in arrest rates by race for Property Crime Index (rates are per 100,000 in age group). Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ucr_trend.asp?table_in=2. Released on November 16, 2020.

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 through 2019 developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice based on data published in the FBI's Crime in the United States reports. These are preliminary estimates that will be updated upon release of final estimates on the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Arrest Data Analysis Tool.