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________________________________________________________________________ Number of arrests per 1,000 persons, by age1/ Year _________________________________________________________ 14 to 17 years2/ 18 to 24 years 25 to 34 years ________________________________________________________________________ 1950 ..... 4.1 12.9 9.9 1955 ..... 21.2 20.0 20.1 1960 ..... 47.0 41.5 34.6 1965 ..... 75.9 52.8 40.0 1970 ..... 104.3 74.4 44.9 1975 ..... 121.3 89.5 49.4 1980 ..... 125.5 113.8 61.4 1981 ..... 130.5 119.1 66.2 1982 ..... 120.0 117.5 68.0 1983 ..... 117.3 118.3 71.6 1984 ..... 104.6 101.9 61.6 1985 ..... 118.6 117.0 72.7 1986 ..... 118.1 118.9 73.3 1987 ..... 123.1 122.8 78.0 1988 ..... 117.0 117.0 --- 1989 ..... 114.9 130.2 82.8 1990 ..... 131.8 126.2 83.7 ________________________________________________________________________---Data not available
1/Based on population in age group. Data do not indicate the proportion of persons who have been arrested, since some individuals have been arrested more than once.
2/The arrest rate is an approximation for this age group based on the number of arrests of all persons under 18 per 1,000 persons in the population 14 to 17 years old. However, this results in a slight overestimate of the 14- to 17-year-old arrest rate because of the arrests of persons 13 years old and under.
NOTE: Some fluctuations in arrest ratios are caused by changes in the response rates of law enforcement agencies.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States to 1975; and Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years. U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States, various years.