Nearly 1 Million Arrests Have Been Made of Children Younger Than 15 in the Past 5 Years, FBI Statistics Show

There have been 957,892 arrests among children younger than 15 in the past five years in the United States, FBI statistics show.

The figure is based on the agency’s annual crime reports in the US, including its latest 2018 numbers, released Monday.

In 2018, there were 1,324 arrests in that age group for rape, 7,415 arrests for aggravated assault and 20,058 arrests for larceny-theft, FBI data show.