Key Data Insights
In 2024, the youth share of citywide felony and violent felony arrests was the same as it was in 2018.
A small proportion of youth felony arrests (~5%) are for the most serious violent felony crimes, where 16-17s have seen an uptick as a share of citywide crime, mostly in the past year (2024-2025). The small proportion of 13–15-year-olds has increased steadily in this category in recent years.
Youth recidivism rates for all felony, violent, and serious violent offenses are stable or decreasing. Most youth are reoffending at or below 2018 levels.
— Read on criminaljustice.cityofnewyork.us/reports/nyc-youth-crime-in-context-arrest-recidivism/
Tag: Raise the Age
Vital City | Reality Check: Has Youth Crime in New York Risen After Raise the Age?
Overall, no. In one specific area, there’s serious cause for concern.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/youth-crime-in-new-york-after-raise-the-age
Exclusive | Tessa Majors’ young killer locked up at Rikers for assault
The 13-year-old arrested in the infamous stabbing death of Barnard student Tessa Majors has continued his life of violence — thanks to the Raise the Age law — with an attempted murder and an assault on a jail guard added to his growing rap sheet.
— Read on nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/tessa-majors-young-killer-locked-up-at-rikers-for-assault/
Lowering the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility: Consequences for Juvenile Crime | Journal of Quantitative Criminology
This was open access at the time of the posting.
The questions of when and how society should sanction juvenile offenders are subject to ongoing political and scientific debates. In this study, we use a p
— Read on link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-025-09604-y
Reforming “Raise the Age” | Manhattan Institute
Dyer Halper explores the consequences as well as the solutions to New York’s Raise the Age legislation, which attempted to combat youth driven crime.
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/reforming-raise-the-age
Get a copy of the .PDF HERE
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