Polk County charges kids with obstruction of justice at double the state average

Polk charged more children with the misdemeanor offense than any other county, according to available data from 67 Florida counties.

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Bars depict the total number of children and the median annual rate of children (per 100,000) who were criminally charged from 2019 through 2023, for whom the most serious charge was misdemeanor obstruction of justice.

Crime data source: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Population data source: Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Florida Policy Institute.

Chart: Melissa LewisGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper