Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 59, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, 1969, 1979, and 1993. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, nos. 519, 917, and 1057.
In 1993, about 55 percent of those arrested for serious crimes were under 25 years old. The number of arrests per 1,000 young adults 18 to 24 years old doubled between 1969 and 1993. The largest percentage increase was in arrests for drunk driving which climbed from 3 per 1,000 to 11 per 1,000 between 1969 and 1993. Other large increases occurred in arrests for larceny and theft, assault, fraud, drug abuse, and liquor law violations.
