US Number of Juvenile Arrests for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. Offenses By State in 2022
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2022, there were 15,885 juvenile arrests made in the US for weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. offenses: California (2,779), Texas (1,531), South Carolina (721), Florida (630), and Georgia (596).
You can see similar information for adult and total arrests made in the US for Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 weapons; carrying, possessing, etc. 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 | 2779 | 17.49 |
| Texas | 1531 | 9.64 |
| South Carolina | 721 | 4.54 |
| Florida | 630 | 3.97 |
| Georgia | 596 | 3.75 |
| Louisiana | 577 | 3.63 |
| Illinois | 504 | 3.17 |
| New Jersey | 495 | 3.12 |
| North Carolina | 476 | 3.00 |
| Wisconsin | 468 | 2.95 |
| Ohio | 453 | 2.85 |
| Pennsylvania | 402 | 2.53 |
| Tennessee | 395 | 2.49 |
| Indiana | 391 | 2.46 |
| Michigan | 386 | 2.43 |
| Virginia | 386 | 2.43 |
| Maryland | 375 | 2.36 |
| Arizona | 335 | 2.11 |
| Colorado | 325 | 2.05 |
| New York | 319 | 2.01 |
| Minnesota | 318 | 2.00 |
| Oklahoma | 258 | 1.62 |
| Connecticut | 244 | 1.54 |
| Washington | 226 | 1.42 |
| Massachusetts | 214 | 1.35 |
| Nevada | 194 | 1.22 |
| District of Columbia | 184 | 1.16 |
| Arkansas | 169 | 1.06 |
| Missouri | 157 | 0.99 |
| Alabama | 145 | 0.91 |
| Utah | 138 | 0.87 |
| Idaho | 120 | 0.76 |
| Mississippi | 117 | 0.74 |
| Rhode Island | 112 | 0.71 |
| Oregon | 106 | 0.67 |
| South Dakota | 97 | 0.61 |
| Delaware | 91 | 0.57 |
| Kansas | 86 | 0.54 |
| Iowa | 85 | 0.54 |
| New Mexico | 77 | 0.49 |
| Nebraska | 52 | 0.33 |
| Kentucky | 50 | 0.32 |
| North Dakota | 27 | 0.17 |
| Wyoming | 19 | 0.12 |
| Alaska | 16 | 0.10 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 0.06 |
| Montana | 10 | 0.06 |
| Vermont | 6 | 0.04 |
| Maine | 5 | 0.03 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 0.03 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 0.03 |
