In 1999, about two-thirds of the States had a juvenile violent crime arrest rate below the national average

States with the lowest reported juvenile violent crime arrest rates in 1999 were Vermont, North Dakota, West Virginia, Nebraska, and New Hampshire

Arrests per 100,000 juveniles ages 10–17
State Reporting population coverage Violent Crime Index Murder Forcible rape Robbery Agg. assault
United States 69% 366 5 17 99 246
Alabama
93      148 4 4 57 83
Alaska
90      279 6 27 58 188
Arizona
92      316 5 6 55 250
Arkansas
95      228 6 15 49 158
California
100      498 5 11 154 328
Colorado
62      300 7 48 55 190
Connecticut
95      339 2 16 82 239
Delaware
100      766 0 91 185 490
Dist. of Columbia
0      NA NA NA NA NA
Florida
100      672 5 23 164 479
Georgia
31      188 5 13 40 129
Hawaii
88      220 2 13 96 108
Idaho
86      196 0 14 13 169
Illinois
23      1,058 28 56 374 600
Indiana
58      393 8 8 68 309
Iowa
81      267 1 13 31 222
Kansas
0      NA NA NA NA NA
Kentucky
11      516 8 8 107 393
Lousiana
75      461 7 20 68 366
Maine
0      NA NA NA NA NA
Maryland
60      304 2 11 88 203
Massachusetts
78      454 1 11 79 363
Michigan
82      195 6 19 44 127
Minnesota
85      275 1 30 65 179
Mississippi
40      189 8 23 72 86
Missouri 58 312 7 18 102 186
Montana
49     315 11 22 58 224
Nebraska
92     119 2 10 46 61
Nevada
97     288 6 15 126 142
New Hampshire
39     124 0 5 57 62
New Jersey
96     409 2 12 146 249
New Mexico
57     357 6 15 38 304
New York
32     336 3 8 116 209
North Carolina
88     334 7 8 85 234
North Dakota
74     92 2 9 12 70
Ohio
53     248 1 31 68 148
Oklahoma
0     NA NA NA NA NA
Oregon
94     203 3 11 58 131
Pennsylvania
77     422 4 20 133 265
Rhode Island
100     246 4 17 85 140
South Carolina
71     167 1 16 21 128
South Dakota
71     167 1 16 21 128
Tennessee
51     250 7 7 52 184
Texas
90     235 5 18 62 150
Utah
68     253 1 15 27 209
Vermont
81     60 0 18 0 42
Virginia
68     191 4 7 59 120
Washington
74     335 3 30 81 220
West Virginia
52     95 0 2 17 76
Wisconsin
0     NA NA NA NA NA
Wyoming
98     146 0 8 13 125

NA = Arrest counts were not available for this State in the FBI’s Crime in the United States 1999.

Notes: Arrest rates for jurisdictions with less than complete reporting may not be representative of the entire State. In the map, rates were classified as “Data not available” when agencies with jurisdiction over more than 50% of their State’s population did not report. Readers should consult the related technical note. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.

Data source: Analysis of arrest data from the FBI’s Crime in the United States 1999 and population data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census’ Estimates of the population of States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin: 1999 [machine-readable data file].

Map of United States showing juvenile arrest rate (arrests per 100,000 juveniles ages 10-17) for Violent Crime Index offenses, by State, 1999. Data are shown as 4 ranges: 0 to 200, 200 to 300, 300 to 400, and 400/above.


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Law Enforcement and Juvenile Crime OJJDP National Report Series Bulletin
December 2001