Exhibit 1: Age-specific arrest rates, 2020

Data from 2020 on age-specific rates shows arrests for violent offenses increased from ages 10 to 22, stabilized from ages 23 to 29, and then declined

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This image is Exhibit 1 in the publication "Five Things About Youth and Delinquency."

Table Title: Violent crime arrests per 100,000 population, 1980, 1994, 2020
Age	2020
10 to 12	13.1
13 to 14	76.5
Age 15	146.8
Age 16	192.4
Age 17	233.9
Age 18	298.3
Age 19	304.7
Age 20	313
Age 21	326.5
Age 22	341
Age 23	333.9
Age 24	340.2
25 to 29	345.8
30 to 34	314.6
35 to 39	265.3
40 to 44	197.5
45 to 49	137.2
50 to 54	106.1
55 to 59	77.8
60 to 64	45.7

"Arrest estimates for 1980-2014 developed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and disseminated through ""Arrest Data Analysis Tool."" Online. Available from the BJS website.

Arrest estimates for 2020 developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice based on the FBI’s 2020 Arrest Master File of 12-month reporting departments available from the Crime Data Explorer (https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/pages/downloads, retrieved June 14, 2022)." Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/statistical-briefing-book/crime/faqs/qa05301. Released on July 08, 2022.