| Q: |
How many arrests are made of persons under age 18? |
| A: |
The 2.2 million arrests of juveniles in 2004 was 22% fewer than the number of arrests in 1995. |
Estimated number of juvenile arrests, 2004
| Most serious offense |
Number of
juvenile arrests |
Percent of total
juvenile arrests |
|
| Female |
Under
age 15 |
Percent change |
|
1995-04
|
2000-04
|
2003-04
|
|
| Total |
2,202,000 |
|
30 |
% |
32 |
% |
-22 |
% |
-9 |
% |
-2 |
% |
| Violent Crime Index |
91,100 |
|
19 |
|
32 |
|
-31 |
|
-5 |
|
-1 |
|
| |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
1,110 |
|
9 |
|
12 |
|
-63 |
|
-8 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Forcible rape |
4,210 |
|
3 |
|
38 |
|
-22 |
|
-10 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Robbery |
25,340 |
|
10 |
|
24 |
|
-44 |
|
-5 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Aggravated assault |
60,450 |
|
24 |
|
35 |
|
-23 |
|
-6 |
|
-2 |
|
| Property Crime Index |
452,300 |
|
34 |
|
36 |
|
-40 |
|
-15 |
|
-3 |
|
| |
Burglary |
81,600 |
|
12 |
|
35 |
|
-39 |
|
-15 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Larceny-theft |
323,500 |
|
42 |
|
37 |
|
-38 |
|
-14 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Motor vehicle theft |
39,300 |
|
17 |
|
25 |
|
-53 |
|
-21 |
|
-9 |
|
| |
Arson |
7,800 |
|
14 |
|
61 |
|
-34 |
|
-10 |
|
-3 |
|
| Nonindex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Other assaults |
249,900 |
|
33 |
|
43 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Forgery and counterfeiting |
4,900 |
|
34 |
|
15 |
|
-47 |
|
-31 |
|
5 |
|
| |
Fraud |
7,500 |
|
36 |
|
18 |
|
-35 |
|
-29 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Embezzlement |
1,000 |
|
37 |
|
5 |
|
-21 |
|
-46 |
|
-12 |
|
| |
Stolen property (buying, receiving, possessing) |
23,300 |
|
17 |
|
27 |
|
-49 |
|
-18 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Vandalism |
103,400 |
|
14 |
|
44 |
|
-32 |
|
-11 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Weapons (carrying, possessing, etc.) |
40,500 |
|
11 |
|
35 |
|
-30 |
|
11 |
|
6 |
|
| |
Prostitution and commercialized vice |
1,800 |
|
72 |
|
12 |
|
36 |
|
44 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) |
18,000 |
|
9 |
|
51 |
|
12 |
|
-3 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Drug abuse violations |
193,900 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
-4 |
|
-6 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Gambling |
1,700 |
|
3 |
|
15 |
|
-30 |
|
27 |
|
-5 |
|
| |
Offenses against the family and children |
5,800 |
|
38 |
|
35 |
|
-24 |
|
-30 |
|
-10 |
|
| |
Driving under the influence |
19,900 |
|
21 |
|
2 |
|
20 |
|
-10 |
|
-3 |
|
| |
Liquor law violations |
130,200 |
|
35 |
|
10 |
|
-4 |
|
-22 |
|
-5 |
|
| |
Drunkenness |
16,900 |
|
23 |
|
12 |
|
-30 |
|
-23 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Disorderly conduct |
198,800 |
|
32 |
|
42 |
|
-2 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Vagrancy |
4,800 |
|
28 |
|
31 |
|
-45 |
|
105 |
|
-12 |
|
| |
All other offenses (except traffic) |
379,000 |
|
28 |
|
28 |
|
-13 |
|
-11 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Suspicion |
600 |
|
25 |
|
28 |
|
-72 |
|
-50 |
|
18 |
|
| |
&Curfew and loitering |
137,400 |
|
31 |
|
29 |
|
-15 |
|
-12 |
|
-8 |
|
| |
Runaways |
119,300 |
|
59 |
|
35 |
|
-46 |
|
-18 |
|
-1 |
|
|
[ Excel file ]
- In 2004, there were an estimated 60,450 juvenile arrests for aggravated assault. Between 1995 and 2004, the annual number of such arrests fell 23%.
- In 2004, females accounted for 30% of all juvenile arrests, 19% of juvenile Violent Crime Index arrests and 34% of juvenile Property Crime Index arrests.
In 2004, youth under the age of 15 accounted for about one-third of all violent and property crime arrests.
- Between 1995 and 2004, the annual number of juvenile arrests declined in nearly all offense categories, with some of the larger declines in arrests for murder, motor vehicle theft, runaway, robbery, burglary, and larceny-theft.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05101.asp?qaDate=2004.
Released on September 08, 2006. Adapted from Snyder, H. (2006). Juvenile Arrests 2004. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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