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

1,000.5

819.0

2,088.2

722.2

316.7

2012

888.1

710.5

1,924.4

651.1

325.2

2013

736.4

577.6

1,673.6

598.8

204.8

2014

703.6

549.2

1,628.0

539.3

171.6

2015

625.8

482.6

1,466.6

502.9

180.5

2016

553.4

425.2

1,300.5

505.1

156.3

2017

496.8

373.5

1,203.7

459.3

140.5

2018

392.9

302.7

925.3

311.8

105.0

2019

353.4

254.9

903.1

335.1

93.7

2020

224.4

167.1

545.4

251.6

55.0

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.

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 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 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.