BEH5 Youth perpetrators of serious violent crimes: Rate and number of serious violent crimes by youth ages 12–17, 1980

BEH5 Youth perpetrators of serious violent crimes: Rate and number of serious violent crimes by youth ages 12–17, 1980–2009

Characteristic	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006^b	2007	2008	2009^b
Rate per 1,000 youth ages 12–17
Total	34.9	40.3	33.4	33.6	33.7	30.2	29.0	31.3	34.3	33.8	39.1	39.9	44.4	51.9	47.0	36.3	35.5	30.7	26.5	26.1	17.1	19.3	11.2	14.9	13.6	17.1	17.4	10.9	13.7	11.2
Number of serious violent crimes
Total (in millions)	3.8	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.7	4.0	4.2	4.1	3.3	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.8	2.3	1.6	1.5	1.5
Number involving youth ages 12–17 (in thousands)	812	917	747	746	739	652	618	657	703	680	785	811	925	1,108	1,031	812	805	706	616	610	412	467	278	375	345	435	443	277	343	276
Percentage involving youth ages 12–17	21.3	22.4	19.0	21.6	19.7	19.4	18.8	19.2	19.7	19.2	22.4	21.8	23.2	26.4	25.0	24.7	24.7	23.2	22.2	24.1	19.0	23.2	16.5	20.5	20.9	23.9	19.6	17.1	22.3	18.9
Percentage of juvenile crimes involving multiple offenders	61.4	63.2	64.8	59.1	61.6	61.4	57.3	52.4	58.2	63.5	61.1	60.7	57.9	55.2	56.8	54.5	53.1	53.4	52.9	47.1	58.7	47.0	56.6	56.6	42.8	50.0	44.4	56.0	42.4	58.2
^a Due to changes in methodology, the 2006 national crime perpetration rates are not comparable to other years and cannot be used for yearly trend comparisons. See Criminal Victimization, 2006, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=765.
^b Homicide data were not available for 2009 at the time of publication. The number of homicides for 2008 is included in the overall total for 2009. In 2008, homicides represented less than 1 percent of serious violent crime and the total number of homicides by juveniles has been relatively stable over the last decade.
NOTE: The offending rate is the ratio of the number of crimes (aggravated assault, rape, and robbery, i.e., stealing by force or threat of violence) reported to the National Crime Victimization Survey that involved at least one offender perceived by the victim to be 12–17 years of age, plus the number of homicides reported to the police that involved at least one juvenile offender, to the number of juveniles in the population. Because of changes made in the victimization survey, data prior to 1992 are adjusted to make them comparable with data collected under the redesigned methodology.
SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Supplementary Homicide Reports.