| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Between 1990 and 2007, the juvenile arrest rate for motor vehicle theft fell 74%, so that the rate in 2007 was at its lowest level since at least 1980.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Motor Vehicle Theft, 1980-2007
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- The juvenile arrest rate for motor vehicle theft more than doubled between 1983 and 1990, up 137%.
- After the peak years of 1990 and 1991, the juvenile arrest rate for motor vehicle theft declined steadily through 2007, falling 74%. In 2007, the juvenile arrest rate for motor vehicle theft was lower than in any year in the 1980-2007 period.
- This large decline in juvenile arrests was not replicated in the adult statistics. Between 1998 and 2007, the number of juvenile motor vehicle theft arrests fell more than 53%, but adult motor vehicle theft arrests decreased just 7%.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05209.
October 24, 2008. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. Juvenile Arrests 2007 [Forthcoming]. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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