LDS-Sponsored Boy Scout Troops Were 4-6x Safer Than the Average BSA Troop

Jennifer Roach and Stephen Cranney analyzed BSA's internal safety records and found LDS-sponsored troops had dramatically fewer documented incidents per capita than the average BSA troop.

LDS-sponsored troops made up 20% to 30% of all BSA troops nationwide. If safety outcomes were distributed evenly across sponsor organizations, LDS troops would represent 20-30% of records. The actual figure was 5.16% — roughly one-quarter of the proportion expected by troop share.

Scouts in LDS-sponsored troops faced approximately 4-6x lower per-capita risk than the average BSA participant. Of every major sponsor organization in BSA history, LDS troops produced one of the strongest child-safety track records on record.