US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Violent crime Offenses By State in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, there were 18,571 juvenile arrests made in the US for violent crime 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 violent crime offenses: Texas (3,030), Tennessee (989), Missouri (790), Wisconsin (769), and Georgia (768).
You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for Violent crime 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 violent crime 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3030 | 16.32 |
| Tennessee | 989 | 5.33 |
| Missouri | 790 | 4.25 |
| Wisconsin | 769 | 4.14 |
| Georgia | 768 | 4.14 |
| Michigan | 740 | 3.99 |
| Minnesota | 689 | 3.71 |
| Ohio | 660 | 3.55 |
| North Carolina | 619 | 3.33 |
| Colorado | 600 | 3.23 |
| Indiana | 538 | 2.90 |
| Washington | 537 | 2.89 |
| South Carolina | 536 | 2.89 |
| Nevada | 496 | 2.67 |
| Iowa | 476 | 2.56 |
| Louisiana | 466 | 2.51 |
| Massachusetts | 463 | 2.49 |
| Virginia | 458 | 2.47 |
| Arkansas | 457 | 2.46 |
| Arizona | 355 | 1.91 |
| Oregon | 298 | 1.61 |
| Oklahoma | 296 | 1.59 |
| Utah | 293 | 1.58 |
| Maryland | 291 | 1.57 |
| California | 283 | 1.52 |
| Kentucky | 282 | 1.52 |
| Delaware | 230 | 1.24 |
| Connecticut | 196 | 1.06 |
| New York | 185 | 1.00 |
| Illinois | 163 | 0.88 |
| New Jersey | 156 | 0.84 |
| Kansas | 152 | 0.82 |
| Idaho | 150 | 0.81 |
| Montana | 122 | 0.66 |
| Nebraska | 121 | 0.65 |
| Mississippi | 113 | 0.61 |
| South Dakota | 106 | 0.57 |
| Alabama | 89 | 0.48 |
| Rhode Island | 89 | 0.48 |
| Hawaii | 78 | 0.42 |
| North Dakota | 68 | 0.37 |
| New Mexico | 63 | 0.34 |
| Alaska | 60 | 0.32 |
| Maine | 57 | 0.31 |
| District of Columbia | 45 | 0.24 |
| Vermont | 40 | 0.22 |
| New Hampshire | 35 | 0.19 |
| West Virginia | 31 | 0.17 |
| Wyoming | 28 | 0.15 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 0.07 |
| Florida | 3 | 0.02 |
