States with high juvenile property crime arrest rates in 1999 tended to have low violent crime arrest rates

The populous States of California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia reported juvenile Property Crime Index arrest rates below the national average in 1999
Arrests per 100,000 juveniles ages 10–17
State Reporting population coverage Property Crime Index Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft Arson
United States 69% 1,844 348 1,291 177 28
Alabama
 93      932 155 728   47   3
Alaska
 90      2,302 415 1,644 233 11
Arizona
 92      2,334 352 1,738 212 32
Arkansas
 95      1,573 317 1,185   64   8
California
 100      1,643 462 971 180 30
Colorado
 62      2,874 314 2,249 263 49
Connecticut
 95      1,445 223 1,069 136 17
Delaware
 100      2,002 423 1,418 120 41
Dist. of Columbia
 0   NA NA NA NA NA
Florida
 100      2,713 643 1,756 294 19
Georgia
 31      1,603 319 1,170 98 15
Hawaii
 88      2,076 338 1,513 216   9
Idaho
 86      2,546 365 1,999 144 38
Illinois
 23      2,637 408 884 1,315 30
Indiana
 58      1,705 195 1,329 162 18
Iowa
 81      1,998 261 1,603 104 31
Kansas
 0      NA NA NA NA NA
Kentucky
 11      2,291 411 1,473 363 44
Lousiana
 75      2,381 527 1,725 101 28
Maine
 0      NA NA NA NA NA
Maryland
 60      1,982 374 1,403 148 56
Massachusetts
 78      734 171 474   77 12
Michigan
 82      1,108 158 845   87 18
Minnesota
 85      2,381 266 1,825 255 34
Mississippi
 40      2,095 466 1,484 130 15
Missouri
 58      2,273 314 1,665 258 37
Montana
 49     3,496 248 3,013 204 31
Nebraska
 92     2,716 254 2,269 130 63
Nevada
 97     2,526 524 1,709 257 37
New Hampshire
 39     1,262 147 1,010 67 37
New Jersey
 96     1,417 230 1,082 61 43
New Mexico
 57     1,973 217 1,664 82 9
New York
 32     1,745 373 1,240 105 28
North Carolina
 88     1,717 411 1,190   86 29
North Dakota
 74     2,154 292 1,578 272 12
Ohio
 53     1,509 263 1,073 129 45
Oklahoma
 0   NA NA NA NA NA
Oregon
 94     2,531 339 1,945 185 61
Pennsylvania
 77     1,425 251 921 216 37
Rhode Island
 100     1,570 298 1,029 210 33
South Carolina
 23     2,113 294 1,693 95 31
South Dakota
 71     2,375 359 1,871 100 46
Tennessee
 51     2,375 359 1,871 100 46
Texas
 90     1,682 296 1,232 137 16
Utah
 68     2,675 229 2,243 164 39
Vermont
 81     796 211   515 64   7
Virginia
 68     1,469 229 1,060 142 38
Washington
 74     3,073 480 2,331 216 45
West Virginia
 52     999 137 756 95 11
Wisconsin
 0   NA NA NA NA NA
Wyoming
 98     2,455 224 2,108 117 6

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 Bureau of the Census’ Estimates of the population of States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin: 1999 [machinereadable data file].

Map of United States showing juvenile arrest rate (arrests per 100,000 juveniles ages 10-17) for Property Crime Index offenses, by State, 1999. Data are shown as 4 ranges: 0 to 1,500, 1,500 to 2,000, 2,000 to 2,500, and 2,500/above.


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