{"id":8300,"date":"2025-12-17T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/arrests-nationwide-have-fallen-to-historic-lows-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:13:02","slug":"arrests-nationwide-have-fallen-to-historic-lows-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/arrests-nationwide-have-fallen-to-historic-lows-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrests nationwide have fallen to historic lows, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2230182667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Federal and local law enforcement officers arrest a man in Washington, D.C., in August. The number of arrests nationwide fell sharply in 2020 and have stayed down since then, according to a new report from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice. (Photo by Andrew Leyden\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Federal and local law enforcement officers arrest a man in Washington, D.C., in August. The number of arrests nationwide fell sharply in 2020 and have stayed down since then, according to a new report from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice. (Photo by Andrew Leyden\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><span>Arrests in the United States have fallen to levels not seen in decades, according to a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/counciloncj.org\/who-gets-arrested-in-america-trends-across-four-decades-1980-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span> that reconstructs national arrest trends in the absence of federal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank, on Thursday released the first comprehensive national analysis of arrests since federal authorities stopped publishing detailed arrest statistics in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Arrests plunged during the first year of the pandemic and have remained low, according to the analysis. The national arrest rate in 2024 was 30% below the 2019 level and 71% lower than the peak in 1994.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Drug arrests have fallen even faster, with adult and juvenile drug-offense arrest rates dropping to about half of what they were in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 1980, juveniles made up nearly a fifth of arrests nationwide, but by 2018, their share had fallen to 7%. While adult arrest rates declined 7% between 2020 and 2024, juvenile rates rose 14% over the same period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gender patterns have shifted as well. With arrests of men falling more steeply over time, women now account for a larger portion of arrests. Adult women\u2019s share nearly doubled between 1980 and 2020, rising from 14% to about 27%. Girls\u2019 share of juvenile arrests grew from 18% to roughly 31%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Between 2020 and 2024, arrest rates for Black and Asian juveniles surged 48% and 45%, respectively, compared with an 11% increase among white youth. Rates for American Indian and Alaska Native juveniles fell 4%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among adults, arrest rates increased by 12% for Black people and 18% for Asian people, but declined by 10% for white adults and 17% for American Indian and Alaska Native adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Stateline reporter Amanda Watford can be reached at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:ahernandez@stateline.org\"><i><span>ahernandez@stateline.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"snrPubNote\">\n<p>This story was originally produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2025\/12\/12\/arrests-nationwide-have-fallen-to-historic-lows-report-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stateline<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal and local law enforcement officers arrest a man in Washington, D.C., in August. The number of arrests nationwide fell sharply in 2020 and have stayed down since then, according to a new report from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice. 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