US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Aggravated Assault Offenses By State in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, there were 14,836 juvenile arrests made in the US for aggravated assault offenses. This value is the total for all US states and DC.
Among all US states, the following were among the top 5 that had high number of juvenile arrests for aggravated assault offenses: California (2,461), Texas (1,624), Florida (1,401), Arizona (667), and Tennessee (550).
You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for Aggravated Assault offenses. You can also see similar information for different types of offenses.
The interactive chart below shows the number of juvenile arrests made in the US for aggravated assault offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.
| State | Number of Arrests | Percent of US Total (%) |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2461 | 16.59 |
| Texas | 1624 | 10.95 |
| Florida | 1401 | 9.44 |
| Arizona | 667 | 4.50 |
| Tennessee | 550 | 3.71 |
| Michigan | 504 | 3.40 |
| Louisiana | 467 | 3.15 |
| Missouri | 455 | 3.07 |
| Wisconsin | 385 | 2.60 |
| Colorado | 383 | 2.58 |
| New York | 350 | 2.36 |
| Georgia | 348 | 2.35 |
| Iowa | 343 | 2.31 |
| Washington | 334 | 2.25 |
| New Jersey | 333 | 2.25 |
| Ohio | 331 | 2.23 |
| Minnesota | 308 | 2.08 |
| Massachusetts | 293 | 1.98 |
| North Carolina | 274 | 1.85 |
| Arkansas | 261 | 1.76 |
| South Carolina | 235 | 1.58 |
| Indiana | 232 | 1.56 |
| Oklahoma | 232 | 1.56 |
| Virginia | 223 | 1.50 |
| Nevada | 215 | 1.45 |
| Oregon | 180 | 1.21 |
| Montana | 173 | 1.17 |
| Utah | 130 | 0.88 |
| South Dakota | 125 | 0.84 |
| Delaware | 113 | 0.76 |
| Alaska | 105 | 0.71 |
| Connecticut | 96 | 0.65 |
| Idaho | 94 | 0.63 |
| Kansas | 90 | 0.61 |
| North Dakota | 71 | 0.48 |
| Nebraska | 65 | 0.44 |
| Kentucky | 60 | 0.40 |
| New Mexico | 59 | 0.40 |
| Rhode Island | 44 | 0.30 |
| Mississippi | 43 | 0.29 |
| New Hampshire | 31 | 0.21 |
| Wyoming | 31 | 0.21 |
| Vermont | 23 | 0.16 |
| Maine | 18 | 0.12 |
| Maryland | 16 | 0.11 |
| West Virginia | 16 | 0.11 |
| Illinois | 12 | 0.08 |
| Hawaii | 11 | 0.07 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 0.06 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | 0.05 |
| Alabama | 5 | 0.03 |
