Juvenile Arrests

Date posted: 07/20/2009

The data presented here represent either the rate or number of juveniles arrested, not the number/rate of offenses committed. Individuals are reported in the month and year they are arrested, rather than the date the crime was committed. Several youth can be arrested for the same offense, or one youth can be arrested on multiple offenses, in which case the arrest would be counted only once for the most serious offense. Rates are based on the juvenile population, ages 10-17, in Larimer and Jackson counties (8th Judicial District). All Loveland Police Department (LVPD) rates and numbers for 2003 are estimates based on extrapolations from four months of data the agency submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Categories of arrests are:

• Crimes Against Persons: Murder; Manslaughter; Forcible Rape; Robbery; Felony and Simple Assault; Other Sex Offenses; and Crimes against Family and Children

• Fraud/Property Crimes: Burglary; Larceny; Theft; Motor Vehicle Theft; Arson; Forgery and Counterfeiting; Fraud; Embezzlement, Buying/Receiving/ Possessing Stolen Property; and Vandalism

• Alcohol & Drug Offenses: DUI; Liquor Law Violations; Drunk and Disorderly; Manufacture, Sale, Possession, Distribution, and Cultivation of Illegal Drugs/Narcotics

• 'Other' Crimes: Weapons Violation; Prostitution; Gambling; Vagrancy; Curfew and Loitering Violations; Runaways; and Other Violations (not including traffic)

What this chart shows: Total Juvenile Arrest Rate in the 8th Judicial District (1999-2008)

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What this chart shows: Juvenile Arrest Rates by Category of Crime - 8th Judicial District (1999-2008)

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What this chart shows: Juvenile Alcohol & Drug Arrest Rates by Category - 8th Judicial District (1999-2008)

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What this chart shows: Percentage of Juvenile Arrests by Category - 8th Judicial District, 2008

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What these data tell us:

Total juvenile arrests decreased 7.6% from 1999 (2,565) to 2008 (2,371). During that same time the juvenile population (age 10 to 17) in Colorado's 8th Judicial District increased by 4.6%. From 2000 through 2005, the juvenile arrest rate steadily declined, but has begun slowly inching upwards since 2006.

The category of crime with the largest decrease in arrests from 1999 to 2008 was 'Alcohol & Drug Offenses', which saw a 26% drop. This decline appears to be the result of the steady decrease in the number of liquor law violations. Even though this category saw the largest percentage of decline, alcohol and drug offenses comprised nearly one-third of all yearly arrests during this period. In 1999, the percentage of total arrests, categorized as alcohol and drug offenses, exceeded that of property/fraud crime, and that trend continued through 2008.

In addition to the increase in arrests that began in 2006, the rate of cases filed (46.3 per 1,000 juveniles age 10-17) in 2008 by the District Attorney's Office was the second highest in ten years.

Reasons for these juvenile crime trends include the hiring of a Juvenile Investigator to assess and divert appropriate cases from the court system (October 2000), the availability of a new Juvenile Drug Court as a diversion option (January 1999), local support for implementing restorative justice practices (since the late 90's) and the continuing tendency of the judiciary to use local diversionary programs as sentencing options.

Additional Information:

On Compass -

• Adult Arrests
• Charges Filed by the District Attorney's Office
• Child Abuse
• Community Attitudes Toward Smoking
• Domestic Violence
• Dropout Rates (K-12)
• Detention Center Population & Capacity
• Population by Age
• Probation Supervision - Adults & Juveniles
• Teen Fertility Rates
• Youth Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs
• Youth Attitudes Toward Smoking

Outside Compass -

• Berthoud Police Department
• Colorado State University Police Department
• Estes Park Police Department
• Fort Collins Police Department
• Jackson County Sheriff's Office
• Larimer County Sheriff's Office
• Loveland Police Department

Industry Standards or Targets:

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Uniform Crime Reports - National Data

Data Tables:

Number & Rate (per 1,000 10-17) of Total Juvenile Arrests - 8th Judicial District

	Larimer County S.O.	Berthoud Police	Estes Park Police	Fort Collins Police	Loveland Police	C.S.U. Police	Jackson County S.O.	Larimer & Jackson Co./ Total Arrests	Larimer & Jackson Co. Juvenile Population (10-17)	Total Arrests Rate
1999	347	16	79	1620	4	454	45	2,565	27,493	93.3
2000	447	15	61	1515	2	902	48	2,990	28,449	105.1
2001	394	6	83	1437	7	1008	26	2,961	29,164	101.5
2002	360	21	102	1508	0	940	39	2,970	29,485	100.7
2003	408	5	59	1293	2	930	35	2,732	29,218	93.5
2004	403	15	44	1306	2	813	22	2,605	29,174	89.3
2005	256	6	33	914	0	880	24	2,113	28,962	73.0
2006	308	18	30	963	0	900	30	2,249	28,960	77.7
2007	201	13	40	838	0	1,078	20	2,190	28,928	75.7
2008	280	15	66	809	0	1,175	26	2,371	28,766	82.4

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Number & Rate (per 1,000 age 10-17) of Juvenile Arrests by Category - 8th Judicial District

	Crimes Against Persons	Property/ Fraud Crimes	Alcohol & Drug Offenses	Other	8th Judicial District Population (10-17)	Crimes Against Persons Rate	Property/ Fraud Crimes Rate	Alcohol & Drug Offenses Rate	Other Rate
1999	182	780	910	693	27,493	6.6	28.4	33.1	25.2
2000	248	930	964	848	28,449	8.7	32.7	33.9	29.8
2001	198	863	982	918	29,164	6.7	29.3	33.4	31.2
2002	251	895	959	865	29,485	8.5	30.4	32.5	29.3
2003	278	818	882	758	29,218	9.5	28.0	30.2	25.9
2004	214	716	841	834	29,174	7.3	24.5	28.8	28.6
2005	164	499	684	766	28,962	5.7	17.2	23.6	26.4
2006	159	527	777	786	28,960	5.5	18.2	26.8	27.1
2007	164	532	745	745	28,928	5.7	18.4	25.8	25.8
2008	154	638	705	874	28,766	5.4	22.2	24.5	30.4

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Number & Rate (per 1,000 age 10-17) Juvenile Drug & Alcohol Arrests - 8th Judicial District

	Narcotic Drug Laws	DUI	Liquor Laws	Disorderly Conduct	Narcotic Drug Laws Rate	DUI Rate	Liquor Laws Rate	Disorderly Conduct Rate
1999	136	69	529	176	4.9	2.5	19.2	6.4
2000	214	74	490	186	7.5	2.6	17.2	6.5
2001	219	65	510	188	7.4	2.2	17.3	6.4
2002	231	75	411	242	7.8	2.5	13.9	8.2
2003	183	56	386	257	6.3	1.9	13.2	8.8
2004	205	62	393	181	7.0	2.1	13.5	6.2
2005	184	45	332	123	6.4	1.6	11.1	4.2
2006	189	42	409	137	6.5	1.5	14.4	4.7
2007	194	33	313	205	6.7	1.1	10.8	7.1
2008	169	39	301	196	5.9	1.4	10.5	6.8

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Percentage of Juvenile Arrests by Category - 8th Judicial District

	Crimes Against Persons	Property/ Fraud	Alcohol/ Drug	Other
1999	7%	30%	35%	27%
2000	8%	31%	32%	28%
2001	7%	29%	33%	31%
2002	8%	30%	32%	29%
2003	10%	30%	32%	28%
2004	8%	27%	32%	32%
2005	8%	24%	32%	36%
2006	7%	23%	35%	35%
2007	8%	24%	34%	34%
2008	6%	27%	30%	37%

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