Juvenile Arrests

Date posted: 02/21/2008

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 (8^th 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 (1997-2006)

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What this chart shows: Juvenile Arrests Rate by Category of Crime - 8th Judicial District (1997-2006)

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What this chart shows: Juvenile Arrest Rate for Alcohol and Drug Crimes - 8th Judicial District (1997-2006)

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What this chart shows: Juvenile Arrests by Category - 8th Judicial District, 2006

Data Source: Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

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What these data tell us:

Total juvenile arrests decreased 32.4% from 1997 to 2006 (2,249 compared to 3,328). During that same time the juvenile population (age 10 to 17) in Colorado's 8th Judicial District increased by 10%. The reduction is even more significant when considered as a rate, dropping from 129.6 per 1,000 in 1997 to 79.7 per 1,000 youth in 2006.

The category of crime with the largest decrease in arrests was 'Property/Fraud', which had a 54% drop in those 10 years. Alcohol and drug offenses comprised nearly one third of all yearly arrests. In 1999, the percentage of total arrests that were categorized as alcohol and drug began exceeding that of property/fraud crime, and that trend continued through 2006.

In addition to decreases in arrests, the rate of cases filed (33 per 1,000 juveniles age 10-17) in 2005 by the District Attorney's Office was the lowest in the past 16 years. Rates did increase slightly in 2006; however, the number of cases filed decreased 27% from 1997 to 2006. Similarly, in 2006 juvenile probation caseloads returned to the same level as the previously reported ten-year low. Actual numbers of probationers decreased by 70 cases or approximately 20% from 2005 to 2006.

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
• Drop-Out Rates (K-12)
• Detention Center Population & Capacity
• Population by Age
• Probation Supervision - Adults & Juveniles
• Teen Fertility & Birth Rates
• 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 Dept.	Estes Park Police Dept.	Fort Collins Police Dept.	Loveland Police Dept.	C.S.U. Police Dept.	Jackson County S.O.	Larimer & Jackson Co./ Total Arrests	Larimer & Jackson Co./ Juvenile Population (10-17)	Total Arrests Rate
1995	189	21	76	2,201	1,074	35	0	3,596	24,140	149.0
1996	197	4	76	2,197	961	37	0	3,472	24,909	139.4
1997	321	0	109	2,081	801	15	1	3,328	25,679	129.6
1998	271	19	67	1,901	841	18	2	3,119	26,541	117.5
1999	347	16	79	1,620	454	45	4	2,565	27,493	93.3
2000	447	15	61	1,515	902	48	2	2,990	28,449	105.1
2001	394	6	83	1,437	1,008	26	7	2,961	29,411	100.7
2002	360	21	102	1,508	940	39	0	2,970	29,221	101.6
2003	408	5	59	1,293	930	35	2	2,732	28,883	94.6
2004	403	15	44	1,306	813	22	2	2,605	28,712	90.7
2005	256	6	33	914	880	24	0	2,113	28,490	74.2
2006	308	18	30	963	900	30	0	2,249	28,213	79.7

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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
1995	249	1,410	1,059	878	24,140	10.3	58.4	43.9	36.4
1996	240	1,299	1,113	820	24,909	9.6	52.1	44.7	32.9
1997	231	1,139	980	978	25,679	9.0	44.4	38.2	38.1
1998	222	1,055	934	908	26,541	8.4	39.7	35.2	34.2
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	29,411	6.7	29.4	33.4	31.2
2002	251	895	959	865	29,221	8.4	30.1	32.2	29.1
2003	278	818	878	758	28,883	9.5	27.9	30.0	25.9
2004	214	716	841	834	28,712	7.3	24.6	28.8	28.6
2005	164	499	684	766	28,490	5.7	17.3	23.7	26.5
2006	159	527	777	786	28,213	5.6	18.7	27.5	27.9

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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
1995	155	57	677	170	6.4	2.4	28.0	7.0
1996	203	57	624	229	8.1	2.3	25.1	9.2
1997	178	58	551	193	6.9	2.3	21.5	7.5
1998	167	61	505	201	6.3	2.3	19.0	7.6
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	7.5	2.2	17.4	6.4
2002	231	75	411	242	7.8	2.5	13.8	8.1
2003	183	56	386	257	6.2	1.9	13.2	8.8
2004	203	60	385	180	7.0	2.1	13.2	6.2
2005	184	45	332	123	6.4	1.6	11.5	4.3
2006	189	42	409	137	6.7	1.5	14.5	4.9

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Percentage of Juvenile Arrests by Category - 8th Judicial District

	Crimes Against Persons	Property/ Fraud	Alcohol/ Drug	Other
1995	7%	39%	29%	24%
1996	7%	37%	32%	24%
1997	7%	34%	29%	29%
1998	7%	34%	30%	29%
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%

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