U.S. - share of serious violent crimes involving youth 1980-2021

In 2021, around 9.7 percent of serious violent crime cases in the United States involved teenagers, an increase from the previous year, where 7.5 percent of serious violent crimes involved teenagers. The share of serious violent crimes involving children between 12 and 17 years old reached a peak in 1994, at 25.1 percent.

Percentage of serious violent crimes involving youth in the U.S. from 1980 to 2021

Characteristic	Percentage of violent crimes
2021	9.7%
2020	7.5%
2019	8%
2018	11.2%
2017**	13.9%
2015	14%
2014	9.4%
2013	15.3%
2012	12.7%
2011	8.2%
2010	13.8%
2009	16.5%
2008	22.4%
2007	15.1%
2006	16.1%
2005	23.2%
2004	20%
2003	21.8%
2002	14.2%
2001	22%
2000	17.6%
1999	22.3%
1998	20.7%
1997	23.8%
1996	23.9%
1995	24.3%
1994	25.1%
1993	23.6%
1992	23.2%
1991	21.8%
1990	22.4%
1989	19.2%
1988	19.7%
1987	19.2%
1986	18.8%
1985	19.4%
1984	19.7%
1983	21.6%
1982	19%
1981	22.4%
1980	21.3%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1980 to 2021

Age group

12 to 17 years

Supplementary notes

* 2016 figures not included by the source as, due to a sample increase and redesign in 2016, victimization estimates, 2016 values are not comparable to other years.
** Homicide data were not available for 2017, with the number of homicides for 2016 being included in the overall total for 2017.

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