The administrative and legal status of the National Police, determined by the norms of administrative law, the legal status of such a body in the state mechanism and public relations system and proves that the legal status of the National Police is manifested in the goals, objectives and principles of this body. he enjoys, aware of the functional purpose and tasks assigned to him.
 Section II "Main tasks and competence of units of the Juvenile Prevention Unit" of the Instruction on organization of work of juvenile prevention units of the National Police of Ukraine states that among the main tasks of juvenile prevention units is preventive activities aimed at preventing misdemeanors among children, studying factors, causes and conditions. which contribute to this, taking measures within their competence to eliminate them. Important components of the administrative-legal status are to some extent provided by the administrative legislation. The legal basis of the administrative and legal status of juvenile prevention units of the National Police of Ukraine, as a subject of juvenile delinquency prevention, defined by the Constitution of Ukraine and the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "On approval of the Instruction on juvenile prevention units of the National Police of Ukraine" from 19 December 2017 1044.
 Another element of the administrative and legal status of juvenile prevention units of the National Police of Ukraine as a subject of crime prevention among children is the structural and organizational unit, which contains regulations on the creation, reorganization, liquidation of police departments and structures; creation and change of structure concerning the organization, directions of work; control, etc.
 A novelty in the activities of juvenile prevention units of the National Police of Ukraine was the adoption of the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "On approval of amendments to the Instruction on the organization of juvenile prevention units of the National Police of Ukraine" from 25.06.2020 № 488.