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Juvenile Arrests

See source box below for the definition of Part I1 and Part II2 Arrests.

Year
Total Juvenile Arrests
Percent Change from Prior Year
1999
2,166
2.8%
2000
1,935
-10.7%
2001
1,741
-10.0%
2002
1,691
-2.9%
2003
1,616
-4.4%
2004
1,369
-15.3%
2005
1,215
-11.2%

Types of Juvenile Arrests: Part I and Part II
 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
PART 1-TOTAL
690
624
558
504
468
378
357
PART 1- VIOLENT ARRESTS
56
44
46
53
45
43
18
PART 1- PROPERTY ARRESTS
634
580
512
451
423
334
340
PART II ARRESTS
1,476
1,311
1,183
1,187
1,148
991
858
TOTAL PART I and PART II
2,166
1,935
1,741
1,691
1,616
1,369
1,215

CRIMES for which JUVENILES ARE MOST FREQUENTLY ARRESTED
Larceny accounts for approximately 80% of all PART I Juvenile Arrests, and about 25% of ALL (Part I and Part II) Juvenile Arrests.
 
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
LARCENY-PART I PROPERTY ARRESTS
543
495
460
385
390
281
288
The categories identified below represent over 85% of all juvenile arrests for PART II Crimes, or about 60% of ALL (Part I and Part II) Juvenile Crimes.
OTHER ASSAULTS
214
178
196
187
180
188
169
VANDALISM
66
87
71
66
73
37
39
DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS-TOTAL
90
113
76
91
108
69
63
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS
204
137
90
165
123
162
68
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
167
123
154
138
137
137
149
RUNAWAYS: JUVENILES
437
479
442
377
374
318
247
Note: Some examples of other PART II offenses not included above are forgery & counterfeiting, fraud, weapons violations, sex offenses, gambling, drunkenness, vagrancy, and suspicion. Another category which could have been included above is "Curfew, Loitering Violations" because there were substantial numbers in the late 1990s, with arrests totaling as many as 175 in 1999. However, the arrests in this area in the most recent years are lower, at approximately 50 crimes per year.

*Note: There might be an error of plus or minus 1 in some of these categories.

Definitions, Sources and Caveats:
1. Part I Arrests are arrests that occur after commiting a crime that is classified as violent or a property crime. Violent crimes include homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes include burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny/theft, and arson.

2. Part II Arrests are arrests that occur after commiting a crime that is not considered as violent or a property crime. Examples include, but are not limited to fraud, vandalism, drug abuse violations, driving under the influence, and disorderly conduct.

Source: Data is collected and released by the FBI "UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS". and from this report, the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data makes the data more easily retrievable through the use of their county UCR data.