Detailed Offense Profile in Public and Private Facilities

Detailed Offense Profile in Public and Private Facilities for United States, 2023

Most serious offense	All Facilities	Public	Private
Total	29,314	23,718	5,596
Delinquency	28,537	23,375	5,162
Person	14,005	12,039	1,966
Criminal homicide	2,245	2,160	85
Sexual assault	1,511	1,095	416
Robbery	2,857	2,618	239
Aggravated assault	3,683	3,268	415
Simple assault	2,243	1,699	544
Other person	1,466	1,199	267
Property	5,372	4,280	1,092
Burglary	1,494	1,154	340
Theft	1,016	822	194
Auto theft	1,698	1,371	327
Arson	187	147	40
Other property	977	786	191
Drug	887	651	236
Trafficking	133	120	13
Other drug	754	531	223
Public order	4,965	3,764	1,201
Weapons	3,005	2,544	461
Alcohol	49	36	13
Other public order	1,911	1,184	727
Technical violation	3,308	2,641	667
Violent Crime Index*	10,296	9,141	1,155
Property Crime Index**	4,395	3,494	901
Status offense	777	343	434
Running away	207	113	94
Truancy	108	20	88
Incorrigibility	227	121	106
Curfew violation	22	6	16
Underage drinking	96	21	75
Other status offense	117	62	55

* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson.

Note: U.S. total includes 1,380 youth in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and 1 youth who committed their offense in a U.S. Territory but was being held in a U.S. mainland facility. Visit the EZACJRP methods section for more information about unknown state of offense.

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, T.J., and Kang, W. (2025) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement." Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/

Data source: Author's analysis of OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 [machine-readable data files].