Serious Violent Crimes Committed By Youth Down 87% Between 1993 & 2019

Serious violent crimes committed by youth aged 12 through 17 years, including rape/sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault, declined by 87% between 1993 through 2019. In 1993, youth committed 1.1 million serious violent crimes, representing 26% of all serious violent crimes committed that year. By 2019, this figure dropped to 146,000, accounting for 9% of all serious violent crimes in the U.S. that year.
Between 1980 and 1993, the rate of serious violent crime committed by youth increased by 49%. During the same period, the share of serious violent crimes that were committed by . . .