Statistics
- "Youth and children are at the highest risk of being a victim of violence
between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. And the peak hour for juvenile crime is from 3 p.m.
to 4 p.m., the first hour that most students are dismissed from school." (FBI
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data).
- An estimated 35,000 children and teens are left without supervision each
day after school is out.
- Nearly three-fourths of young people in the St. Louis area have both parents
or their sole parent working.
Web Resources for Statistics
Children
in Illinois (Children's Defense Fund document)
Children
in Missouri (Children's Defense Fund document)
Dataplace.org - Statistics,
map, graphs and charts for any city, state, or county you choose.
Helping
America's Youth - Quick facts about important issues affecting our nation’s
youth.
U.S. Census Bureau -