This measure shows the rate, by state fiscal year, of 10-17 year olds who are referred to Utah’s juvenile court, per 100 10-17 year old youth in Utah's population. Utah’s juvenile court provides court referral data for felony, misdemeanor, infraction, and status offenses. The Kem C. Gardner Institute provides 10-17 year old census data for Utah. This measure includes population estimates from the 2020 census.

Results for this measure are updated annually, upon the annual publication of youth referrals from Utah’s juvenile court. Typically, this occurs sometime between July and September.

Utah's 2017 Juvenile Reform policies aimed to concentrate the juvenile justice system's resources on youth with serious delinquent behavior, shifting focus away from the historically high number of relatively minor delinquent acts referred to the juvenile court.

Referrals to the Utah Juvenile Court have seen a significant decline, totaling 13,944 in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025. This figure represents a 2.2% drop from SFY 2024 and an overall decrease of 24.5% compared to SFY 2016. Furthermore, the SFY 2025 referral rate is lower than the pre-COVID rate reported in SFY 2020.

The long-term goal is to reduce Utah's Crime Rate for 10 to 17 year olds by 5% over five years, moving from the SFY 2023 baseline rate of 3.2 down to 3.0.