National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

Statistics & Data on Youth Violence

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This section provides statistics on youth violence and related topics. Information is presented in the following subsections:

Selected Recent Publications and Data Briefs
Demographic Data
Data on Youth Risk Behaviors
Youth Violence Data by Topic
Interactive Data Tools
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools
Raw Data/Datasets

Selected Recent Publications and Data Briefs

This subsection provides links to selected publications and briefs that include data relating to youth violence and related topics released or published within the past 12 months

• Crime in Schools and Colleges. (PDF 3.1MB)
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Crime in the United States. 2007 (Preliminary).
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007.
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• School-Associated Student Homicides: United States, 1992-2006.
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2007. (PDF 1.05MB)
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Demographic Data

This subsection provides links to data on selected demographic characteristics known to have an association with youth violence.

Age and Sex

• U.S. 2007 Population Estimates: Sex by Age
  Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Education

• Averaged Freshman Graduation Rates by Race and Ethnicity: School Year 2004–05.
  Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
• Dropout Rates in the US: 2005.
  Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.

Employment/Unemployment Rates

• Employment Situation.
  Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Employment Status. 2006 American Community Survey.
  Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Poverty

• Percent of Related Children Under 18 Years Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months: 2006.
  Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
• Poverty.
  Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Data on Youth Risk Behaviors

This subsection provides links to data on youth risk behaviors.

Comprehensive Reports

• National Trends in Risk Behaviors.
  Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students National YRBS: 1991—2007 (PDF 178KB)
  Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2007 (PDF 1.05MB)
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Substance Use

• 2007 Drug Trends Data Tables and Figures.
  Source: Monitoring the Future, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
• Monitoring the Future: National Results on Adolescent Drug Use. Overview of Key Findings 2007. (PDF 783KB)
  Source: U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. (PDF 1.4MB)
  Source: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
• Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students: National YRBSS, 1991–2007. (PDF 178KB)
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Youth Violence and Illicit Drug Use. (PDF 212KB)
  Source: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Truancy/School Absences/Drop Out

• YRBSS Youth Online Comprehensive Results (Q15).
  Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Youth Violence Data by Topic

This subsection provides links to data on youth violence by topic.

Arrests/Crime/Justice

• Crime and Victims Statistics (self-reported criminal victimization from the National Crime Victimization Survey).
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Crime in the United States. 2007 (Preliminary).
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Estimated Arrests of Persons Under Age 18 in the United States: 2000–2005.
  Source: Puzzanchera, C., Adams, B., Snyder, H., and Kang, W. (2007). "Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics 1994-2005" Online.
• Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report.
  Source : U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
• Statistical Briefing Book. Law Enforcement and Juvenile Crime.
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
• Prison Statistics.
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Violent Crime Rates by Age of Victim (self-reported criminal victimization from the National Crime Victimization Survey).
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Homicide

• Death Rates for Homicide, by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age: United States, Selected Years, 1950-2005. (PDF 6MB)
  Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 45.
• School-Associated Student Homicides: United States, 1992-2006.
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Surveillance for Violent Deaths: National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2005.
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• WISQARS Leading Causes of Death Reports, 1999-2005.
  Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

School/College Violence

• Crime in Schools and Colleges. (PDF 3.1MB)
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007 Data Tables.
  Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007 Executive Summary.
  Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007.
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• School-Associated Student Homicides: United States, 1992-2006.
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• School-Associated Violent Death Study.
  Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
• Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students: United States, 1991-2003.
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
• Violent Victimization of College Students, 1995-2002.
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Weapon-Related/Firearm-Related/Gun-Related Violence

• Fatal Injuries Among Children by Race and Ethnicity: United States, 1999-2002.
  Source: MMWR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Firearms and Crime Statistics.
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• Guns.
  Source: Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
• YRBSS Youth Online Comprehensive Results (Q13).
  Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Interactive Data Tools

This subsection provides links to interactive data tools that allow users to gain more data on their topics of interest. These resources permit searching by specific variables of interest.

KIDS COUNT, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• CLIKS: Community-level Information on Kids. State and county level based kid data on education, health, family economics, child welfare, parent's education, and demographics.
• KIDS COUNT Data Center. State- and city-level data for over 100 measures of child well-being in an online database.
  

U.S. Census Bureau

• American Community Survey. 2000-2006 Population Profiles.
  
• American Fact Finder.
• DataFerrett.
• State & County QuickFacts.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
• Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System: WISQARS.
• Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research: WONDER.
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: YRBSS.

U.S. Department of Justice

• Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook. Juvenile offenders in residential placement facilities by age, sex, race/ethnicity, offense, type of facility, and placement status.
• Easy Access to Juvenile Populations. Annual Tables of the age, sex, race, and ethnicity characteristics of juvenile populations, 1990-2006. Available for national, state, and county queries.
• FBI Arrest Statistics: 1994-2005. National, state, and county data.
• Homicide Reports: 1980-2005. Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports for national and state data by victim and offender characteristics.
• Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report.

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006: Respondent Characteristics by Recency of Substance Use Quick Table.
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006: Parental Involvement and Attitudes by Recency of Substance Use Quick Table.
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006: Perception of Peer Substance Use by Recency of Substance Use Quick Table.
• National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006: Social Activities by Recency of Substance Use Quick Table.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

This subsection includes links to tools that use GIS technology for viewing and analyzing data.

CDC WONDER

• CDC WONDER provides online databases that utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data, including mortality data. Reports and other query systems are also available.

Helping America's Youth

• Mapping tools to identify the community's federal, state, and local resources; concentration of census demographics, and more.

KIDS COUNT, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• CLIKS: Community-level Information on Kids Map Query.

SMART

• The Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) system provides a mapping capacity along with resource information about federally-funded programs to address delinquency and crime. Users can create maps and retrieve statistics using the socioeconomic, crime, and resource data provided at various geographic levels, including the state, county, and local levels. Users can also map their own data using addresses they have, bookmark locations, save analyses, and print reports. Currently, archival data, mapped at the national, state, county, census tract, and place/street levels, are available.

U.S. Census Bureau

• American FactFinder provides maps that show geographic patterns in statistical data, such as population, median income, poverty level, and percent of population who have completed high school.

U.S. National Center for Education Statistics

• School District Demographics System.

Raw Data/Datasets

This subsection provides links to sources for public-use and restricted-use data, including downloadable data and data that require the assistance of the listed organization to use.

KIDS COUNT, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• CLIKS: Community-level Information on Kids.

Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

U.S. Census Bureau

• ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) 2006.
• American Community Survey: 2006.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Center for Health Statistics, Research Data Center.
• National Center for Health Statistics, Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS).
• National Violent Death Reporting System Data Collection and Access (NVDRS).

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Last Updated: 8/19/2008