• The relatively stable juvenile arrest rate trend between 1980 and the mid-1990s for Property Crime Index offenses stands in stark contrast to the Violent Crime Index arrest rate trend.
• Between 1980 and 1994, the juvenile arrest rate for Property Crime Index offenses varied little, always remaining within 10% of the average for the period.
• After years of relative stability, the juvenile Property Crime Index arrest rate began a decline in the mid-1990s that continued annually until reaching a then historic low in 2006, down 54% from its 1988 peak.
• This nearly two-decade decline was followed by a 10% increase over the next 2 years, and then a 15% decline since 2008. As a result, juveniles were far less likely to be arrested for property crimes in 2010 than they were 30 years earlier.
• In 2010, for every 100,000 youth in the U.S. ages 10 to 17, there were 1,084 arrests of juveniles for Property Crime Index offenses.

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Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available:
http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05206. December 17, 2012.

Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Adams, B. (2012). Juvenile Arrests 2009. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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