Juvenile arrests for property crimes in 2003 were the lowest in at least three decades
As with violent crime, the FBI assesses trends in the volume of property crimes by monitoring four offenses that are consistently reported by law enforcement agencies nationwide and are pervasive in all geographical areas of the country. These four crimes, which form the Property Crime Index, are burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
For the period from 1988 through 1994, during which juvenile violent crime arrests increased substantially, juvenile property crime arrest rates remained relatively constant. After this long period of relative stability, juvenile property crime arrests began to fall. Between 1994 and 2003, the juvenile Property Crime Index arrest rate dropped 46%, to its lowest level since at least the 1970s. More specifically, juvenile burglary arrest rates have been declining since at least the 1970s. Also, in 2003, the juvenile larceny-theft arrest rate and the juvenile motor vehicle theft arrest rate were at their lowest levels since at least the 1970s.
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The juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate in 2003 was lower than in
any year since at least 1980 and 48% below the peak year of 1994
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After years of relative stability, the juvenile Property Crime Index arrest
rate began a decline in the mid-1990s that continued through 2003
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