In 2022, 56% of minor suspects (aged 12-18) have a Dutch background. Among adolescent suspects (aged 18-23), this is 54%. In some population groups, the decrease in the number of suspects from 2018 to 2023 is stronger than in other groups. For example, the number of suspects with a Moroccan migration background decreased the most, both among minors and adolescents.

School dropouts are defined as young people up to 18 years old, who have dropped out of secondary education or vocational education early, without a starting qualification (i.e., a higher secondary education or vocational education diploma, at least at level 2).

The number of suspects among adolescent school dropouts decreased by 26% in the period from 2015 to 2023. However, in 2022, adolescent school dropouts were almost five times more likely to appear in the police's suspect registration database than non-school dropouts, respectively 85 and 18 per 1,000 adolescents.

Among minor school dropouts, the number of suspects fluctuates significantly during these years. However, even in this group, in 2021 the relative number of suspects was much higher among school dropouts (70 per 1,000 juveniles) than among non-school dropouts (12 per 1,000).

In 2022, respectively 19% and 20% of all minor and adolescent suspects lived in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, or Utrecht. Thus, juvenile suspects are overrepresented in the four major municipalities (G4). For comparison: in 2022, 12% of all juveniles and 15% of all adolescents in the Netherlands lived in the G4.
On average, the number of minor suspects in the G4 decreased by 4% in the period from 2018 to 2023, while there was an increase for the whole of the Netherlands (+4%). The number of adolescent suspects in the G4 decreased by 7%, which is a stronger decrease than in other parts of the Netherlands (3%).