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New Haven Health Atlas: Juvenile Arrests
Crime rates are an indicator of the safety of a community and its quality of life. Many crimes go unreported and many are not resolved with an arrest. Violent crime is a particularly important problem, since it may have particularly lasting impacts on victims, families and the community. The juvenile crime rate is associated with poor community relationships, parental neglect, family dysfunction, and criminality in the family, substance abuse by youth, and family poverty.
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- Any arrest of an individual under the age of 17 is considered a juvenile arrest. For standard comparison, this statistic is weighed against the total population under the age of 18.
- Total juvenile arrests in New Haven are higher than in the state overall.
- The rate of juvenile arrests for violent crime in New Haven, is three times greater than the state and national rates. Violent crimes include murder, manslaughter, rape, aggravated assault and robbery.
- Juvenile arrests for drug‐related crimes continue to be above the state and national levels.
Data: Total Juvenile Arrest rate: Arrests of Youth ages 10-17, per 100,000 Youth under age 18 (2005)
- 4,591 – New Haven
- 5,078 – Bridgeport
- 7,605 – Hartford
- 2,558 ‐ Connecticut
Source: CT Dept of Public Safety; NHPD, 2000‐2005
Data: Juvenile Arrests rate for Violent Offenses: Arrests of Youth ages 10‐17, per 100,000 Youth under age 18 (2002)
- 919 – New Haven
- 284 – Connecticut
- 197 – United States
Source: NHPD, 2002
Data: Juvenile Arrests for drug‐related offenses per 100,000 population (2004)
- 525 – New Haven
- 200 – Connecticut
Source: Connecticut Department of Public Safety, 2004
For more years see http://www.dpsdata.ct.gov/dps/ucr/UCR.Queries.aspx
Data: Overall rate of Juvenile Arrests 2009 per population age 10-17' (2009)
Rates below are calculated as # of juvenile arrests divided by total population age 10-17
- City of New Haven # of Violent Crime Arrests: 135
- City of New Haven Rate per 100K: 1,065
- State of Connecticut # of Violent Crime Arrests 835
- State of Connecticut Rate per 100K: 214
Additional Resources
File:CDC Healthy Communities LocalGov Presentation 2010 sml.pdf
