A Sharp Rise and Decline in Youth Violence

Arrests peaked in the mid-1990s, then fell by 75% by 2019.  Arrest rates for juveniles ages 10 to 17 per 10,000 population of the same age group

Note: The rate for 2020, the last year for which data are available, could be affected by the start of the pandemic.
Chart: John Duchneskie / Staff Artist Source: U.S. Dept. of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention