This fact sheet presents Alaska misdemeanor assault arrest rates, by race, per 100,000 defined racial group, from 1990-2022

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 Alaska Misdemeanor Assault Arrest Rates, by Race: 1990-2022 i Alaska Justice Information Center Fact Sheet i UAA www.uaa.alaska.edu/ajic March 2025 – AJIC 25-03  Alaska Misdemeanor Assault Arrest Rates, by Race: 1990-2022  Rus’sel Sampson, M.P.A., Research Professional  This fact sheet explores Alaska misdemeanor assault arrest rate trends in Alaska, by racial group, for the period 1990 to 2022 (the most recent year for which Alaska misdemeanor assault arrest data were available). The misdemeanor assault category includes assaults where no weapons were used, assaults which did not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim, stalking, intimidation, coercion, and hazing. Race-specific misdemeanor assault arrest rates were calculated as the number of misdemeanor assault arrests per 100,000 racial group population, for each year from 1990 to 2022. Misdemeanor assault arrest data were obtained from the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Crime in Alaska reports. Alaska population data were obtained from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.Figure 1 depicts annual misdemeanor assault arrest rates, by race, for the period 1990 to 2022 (Note: misdemeanor assault arrest data for the year 2021 is excluded due to inconsistency in source data reporting). The White and  Figure 1. Alaska misdemeanor assault arrest rates, by race: 1990-2022  Notes Arrest data from the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Crime in Alaska (1990-2022). Population data from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.  Arrest data excluded for the year 2021 due to source data reporting inconsistency.   1,175.02,320.51,340.0 1,749.21,435.91,653.01,122.41,038.5279.7464.3288.8281.2367.3478.6254.5298.905001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022Rate per 100,000, by racial groupAN/AI Black Other White Alaska Misdemeanor Assault Arrest Rates, by Race: 1990-2022 i Alaska Justice Information Center Fact Sheet i UAA other-race misdemeanor assault arrest rates remained relatively flat and tracked one another throughout the period. On average, the White arrest rate was 419.3 per 100,000, while the other-race arrest rate was 360.1 per 100,000. The Alaska Native/American Indian and Black arrest rates tracked one another at much higher average rates than the White and other-race rates (AN/AI: 1686.1 per 100,000; Black: 1,653.0 per 100,000), until diverging in 2003. The    Black    rate   then   stabilized,   whereas   the   Alaska Native/American Indian rate trended upward, increasing 51.0% from 2003 to 2019. Misdemeanor assault arrest rates dipped across all racial groups from 2011 to 2014 and rebounded in 2015. Overall, the Alaska Native/American Indian rate increased 48.9%, whereas the Black and White rates decreased (Black: -27.6%, White: -18.5%). The other-race misdemeanor assault arrest rate remained relatively unchanged.                                   Table 1. Alaska misdemeanor assault arrest rates, by race: 1990-2022  Rate per 100,000 population, by racial group Year AN/AI Black Other White 1990 1,175.0 1,435.9 279.7 367.3 1991 1,313.9 1,416.1 316.6 389.3 1992 1,465.1 1,581.0 289.1 456.5 1993 1,632.7 1,898.8 362.6 510.8 1994 1,447.1 2,040.0 372.5 548.3 1995 1,435.7 2,131.3 332.4 541.7 1996 1,485.3 2,060.3 473.1 581.8 1997 1,369.1 1,832.4 408.8 570.0 1998 1,318.8 1,601.8 337.0 508.2 1999 1,647.6 1,546.9 396.5 502.8 2000 1,804.9 1,454.7 505.6 477.6 2001 1,757.8 1,392.9 429.2 458.2 2002 1,303.3 1,232.9 427.8 421.9 2003 1,578.4 1,378.8 424.0 430.9 2004 1,349.3 1,163.1 340.0 404.0 2005 1,544.3 1,173.6 401.4 379.3 2006 1,568.1 1,189.5 356.1 374.3 2007 1,438.2 1,219.0 400.8 391.4 2008 1,523.7 1,056.1 366.3 365.9 2009 1,797.9 1,328.9 386.6 459.7 2010 2,302.3 1,661.1 423.2 476.0 2011 2,320.5 1,653.0 464.3 478.6 2012 1,901.6 1,356.9 353.4 340.3 2013 1,564.2 1,400.6 324.9 267.4 2014 1,340.0 1,122.4 288.8 254.5 2015 1,991.8 1,215.6 360.9 322.5 2016 1,928.6 1,234.1 255.4 333.6 2017 2,034.0 1,043.5 268.2 355.6 2018 2,337.0 1,201.7 257.8 375.8 2019 2,384.1 1,375.7 352.0 412.8 2020 2,144.5 1,130.0 287.9 361.1 2021         2022 1,749.2 1,038.5 281.2 298.9 Notes Arrest data from the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Crime in Alaska (1990-2022). Population data from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.  Arrest data excluded for the year 2021 due to source data reporting inconsistency.   

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