US Number of Juvenile Arrests for All Offenses By State in 2021

Updated on January 26, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 265,633 juvenile arrests made in the US for all 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 all offenses: Texas (33,195), Wisconsin (19,852), Tennessee (14,622), Ohio (12,924), and Minnesota (11,084).

You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for All 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 all offenses by state. The table below shows the number of arrests and the percentage of the US total for each state.

Related Topics: US FBI UCR 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
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State Number of Arrests Percent of US Total (%)
Texas 33195 12.50
Wisconsin 19852 7.47
Tennessee 14622 5.51
Ohio 12924 4.87
Minnesota 11084 4.17
Georgia 9286 3.50
Colorado 9006 3.39
Missouri 8256 3.11
Louisiana 8115 3.06
Utah 7520 2.83
Arizona 7301 2.75
North Carolina 7249 2.73
Michigan 7136 2.69
South Carolina 6970 2.62
Indiana 6641 2.50
Iowa 6490 2.44
Virginia 6259 2.36
Arkansas 6135 2.31
California 5267 1.98
Nevada 5048 1.90
Nebraska 4424 1.67
Oklahoma 4423 1.67
Idaho 4393 1.65
Washington 4186 1.58
North Dakota 4047 1.52
Kansas 3629 1.37
Massachusetts 3561 1.34
Oregon 3554 1.34
South Dakota 3542 1.33
Connecticut 3523 1.33
Montana 3085 1.16
Illinois 2729 1.03
Kentucky 2520 0.95
Maryland 2488 0.94
Mississippi 2083 0.78
New Hampshire 1915 0.72
Wyoming 1746 0.66
Delaware 1651 0.62
New York 1610 0.61
Maine 1556 0.59
Rhode Island 1539 0.58
Alabama 990 0.37
Hawaii 971 0.37
New Jersey 705 0.27
Vermont 523 0.20
New Mexico 459 0.17
West Virginia 438 0.17
Alaska 416 0.16
Pennsylvania 404 0.15
District of Columbia 148 0.06
Florida 19 0.01