Crime Prevention Merit Badge History
Earned through 2020174,749
Best year20118,374 earned
All-time popularity#116official, as of 2020#114by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1996. Peak year 2011 with 8,374. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.
Known count No data available
"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#69 of 141" means the badge was number 69 of the 141 merit badges earned that year. National counts have not been published since 2020, but the rankings have. The grand total comes from official reports and includes the years without a known count. The 2025 all-time place is an estimate, because the counts for 2021 to 2025 are worked out from each year's official ranking and the total number of merit badges earned that year.
19961,440#106 of 134
1997—
1998—
1999—
20006,781#64 of 128
20016,281#62 of 129
20027,801#61 of 129
20037,799#60 of 130
20047,369#61 of 121
20056,702#63 of 121
20066,645#61 of 121
20076,158#63 of 121
20086,586#61 of 121
20096,981#72 of 122
20108,049#60 of 125
20118,374#60 of 129
20128,331#57 of 132
20137,274#49 of 129
20146,917#71 of 136
20156,581#77 of 138
20166,178#77 of 138
20176,721#72 of 139
20186,456#75 of 139
20196,517#74 of 139
20205,628#64 of 137
2021—#86 of 137
2022—#83 of 138
2023—#84 of 138
2024—#80 of 138
2025—#69 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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