Juvenile arrests involving guns are climbing in Hillsborough County, and in Florida

The data shows juvenile arrests for offenses involving weapons or firearms from 2017 to 2022.

A grouped bar graph shows Hillsborough County and Florida data side-by-side from fiscal year 2017 through 2022. The data shows an overall increase in county and state data tracking the number of juvenile arrests involving a weapon or firearm, according to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Data notes: The data is based on arrests reported to the Juvenile Justice Information System by delinquency workers throughout the state. Data is organized by fiscal year.

Chart: Gabriella Paul Source: Florida Department of Juvenile JusticeGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper