Data indicate that Ohio is not following the national trend of a growing juvenile crime problem. However, Ohio juveniles account for 17 percent of all arrests for violent offenses and 39 percent of arrests for serious property offenses. Violent and serious property offenses are not the predominant types of offenses for which juveniles are arrested. Only 3 percent of all juvenile arrests in Ohio in 1980 are for violent offenses and 31 percent for serious property offenses. Male juveniles account for 90 percent of juvenile arrests for violent offenses and 82 percent of juvenile arrests for serious property offenses. Nonwhite juveniles account for a disproportionate amount of serious juvenile crimes, and older juveniles (16-17 years of age) account for most of the serious juvenile crimes. Generally, serious crime is a youth phenomenon. Youthful offenders, aged 16 to 24 years old, account for about half of all serious crimes. The charts also present statistics on particular types of offenses and on the geographic distribution of serious juvenile crime in Ohio.