Juvenile crime in California is rising – and rising by a lot.

Last year, the number of juveniles arrested for all types of offenses reached 32,874, which was a staggering increase of 70 percent from just a few years ago in 2021, and since 2019 juvenile homicides rose 82 percent.

But juvenile crime trends can be a bit misleading if one doesn’t consider the simple fact that juveniles don’t stay juveniles. They grow up and, in many cases, become adults while their crimes are investigated and they are eventually charged.

This is a process that can take years, and it can dramatically change statistical outcomes. For example, there were 68 juvenile homicide arrests in 2019, but the actual number of homicide cases processed in the juvenile courts was 287.

In 2024 there were 124 juvenile homic

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