Youth justice statistics: 2018 to 2019
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteMinistry of Justice (2020). Youth justice statistics: 2018 to 2019 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2018-to-2019Dataset updatedJan 30, 2020AuthorsMinistry of JusticeDescriptionThese statistics concentrate on the flow of children (aged 10-17) through the Youth Justice System in England and Wales. The data described comes from various sources including the Home Office (HO), Youth Custody Service (YCS), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and youth secure estate providers. The report is produced by the Information and Analysis Team in the Youth Justice Board (YJB) under the direction of the Chief Statistician in MOJ.
Details of the number of children arrested are provided along with proven offences, criminal history, characteristics of children, details of the number of children sentenced, those on remand, those in custody, reoffending and behaviour management.
The report is published, along with supplementary tables for each chapter, additional annexes, local level data, including in an open and accessible format, an infographic and local level maps.
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Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons (reflecting the cross-departmental responsibility for children committing crime and reoffending):
MOJ
Secretary of State, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice, Permanent Secretary, Chief Statistician, Director General of Offender and Youth Justice Policy, Director of Data and Analysis, Deputy Director of Youth Justice Policy, Head of Youth Custody Policy, Head of Courts and Sentencing, Head of Youth Justice Analysis and the relevant special advisers, private secretaries, statisticians and press officers
HMPPS
Director General of HMPPS, Executive Director of the Youth Custody Service, Head of Briefing, Governance and Communications at the Youth Custody Service, and Head of Information Team at the Youth Custody Service
Home Office
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service and Minister for London, and Head of Serious Youth Violence Unit
YJB
Chair, Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Evidence and Technology, and the relevant statisticians and communication officers
Young offenders (10-17) found guilty at court in England/Wales 2018/19
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Updated Jan 15, 2020+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2020). Young offenders (10-17) found guilty at court in England/Wales 2018/19 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315549/young-offenders-found-guilty-at-court-england-wales/Dataset updatedJan 15, 2020Time period coveredApr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2019Area coveredWales, England, United KingdomDescriptionThis statistic shows the number of young people (10-17) found guilty at court in England and Wales in 2018/19, by indictable offence. Theft offences were the most common type of crime for young people, with 2,873 young people found guilty for such offences in this period.
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Telephone-Operated Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2020-2021
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Updated Nov 29, 2024+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteOffice for National Statistics (2024). Telephone-Operated Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2020-2021 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9198-1Unique identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9198-1Dataset updatedNov 29, 2024AuthorsOffice for National StatisticsTime period coveredMay 26, 2020 - Mar 30, 2021Area coveredEngland and WalesVariables measuredIndividuals, NationalMeasurement techniqueTelephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)DescriptionAbstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering demographics and crime-related subjects such as attitudes to the police and the criminal justice system (CJS). These variables are contained within the non-victim form (NVF) data file. In 2009, the survey was extended to children aged 10-15 years old; one resident of that age range was also selected from the household and asked about their experience of crime and other related topics. The first set of children's data covered January-December 2009 and is held separately under SN 6601. From 2009-2010, the children's data cover the same period as the adult data and are included with the main study.
The Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) became operational on 20 May 2020. It was a replacement for the face-to-face CSEW, which was suspended on 17 March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It was set up with the intention of measuring the level of crime during the pandemic. As the pandemic continued throughout the 2020/21 survey year, questions have been raised as to whether the year ending March 2021 TCSEW is comparable with estimates produced in earlier years by the face-to-face CSEW. The ONS Comparability between the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales and the face-to-face Crime Survey for England and Wales report explores those factors that may have a bearing on the comparability of estimates between the TCSEW and the former CSEW. These include survey design, sample design, questionnaire changes and modal changes.
More general information about the CSEW may be found on the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales web page and for the previous BCS, from the GOV.UK BCS Methodology web page.
History - the British Crime Survey
The CSEW was formerly known as the British Crime Survey (BCS), and has been in existence since 1981. The 1982 and 1988 BCS waves were also conducted in Scotland (data held separately under SNs 4368 and 4599). Since 1993, separate Scottish Crime and Justice Surveys have been conducted. Up to 2001, the BCS was conducted biennially. From April 2001, the Office for National Statistics took over the survey and it became the CSEW. Interviewing was then carried out continually and reported on in financial year cycles. The crime reference period was altered to accommodate this.
Secure Access CSEW data
In addition to the main survey, a series of questions covering drinking behaviour, drug use, self-offending, gangs and personal security, and intimate personal violence (IPV) (including stalking and sexual victimisation) are asked of adults via a laptop-based self-completion module (questions may vary over the years). Children aged 10-15 years also complete a separate self-completion questionnaire. The questionnaires are included in the main documentation, but the data are only available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7280), not with the main study. In addition, from 2011 onwards, lower-level geographic variables are also available under Secure Access conditions (see SN 7311).
New methodology for capping the number of incidents from 2017-18
The CSEW datasets available from 2017-18 onwards are based on a new methodology of capping the number of incidents at the 98th percentile. Incidence variables names have remained consistent with previously supplied data but due to the fact they are based on the new 98th percentile cap, and old datasets are not, comparability has been lost with years prior to 2012-2013. More information can be found in the 2017-18 User Guide (see SN 8464) and the article ‘Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales’.
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The overall length of the survey needed to be shortened for telephone operation from an average of around 50 minutes down to 25 minutes. As a result, it was felt that the survey should only carry questions required to provide key estimates of crime (victimisation and prevalence rates of crimes recorded by the survey during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the previous 12 months), or those questions which would provide essential information during the pandemic.
Some questions considered sufficiently important to measure during the pandemic were omitted from the final questionnaire following ethical consideration. As a result, estimates are not available in relation to sexual assault, partner abuse or abuse during childhood. This includes the preferred measures of domestic abuse and domestic violence. Youth positivity to local police in England and Wales 2012/2013, by age
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Updated May 31, 2016ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista Research Department (2016). Youth positivity to local police in England and Wales 2012/2013, by age [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/study/23240/young-people-and-crime-in-england-and-wales-statista-dossier/Dataset updatedMay 31, 2016AuthorsStatista Research DepartmentArea coveredWales, EnglandDescriptionThis statistic shows the share of 10 to 15 year olds that are positive about the police in their local area in England and Wales in 2012/2013, by age. Such positivity correlated negatively with age, with ten year old respondents as a whole being more positive towards the police than their 15 year old counterparts.
Crime in England and Wales: experimental statistics on victimisation of...
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htmlUpdated Aug 12, 2013ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteHome Office (2013). Crime in England and Wales: experimental statistics on victimisation of children [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/odso/data_gov_uk/NDVkMDMxNjctMWMwYy00ZjVkLTgwZTYtNTI0ODdmMmQ0MzZlhtmlAvailable download formatsDataset updatedAug 12, 2013LicenseOpen Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
License information was derived automaticallyArea coveredEnglandDescriptionCrime-related incidents experienced by children aged 10-15 in England and Wales: experimental statistics from the British Crime Survey based on the first 12 months data (year ending December 2009)
Source agency: Home Office
Designation: Experimental Official Statistics
Language: English
Alternative title: Victimisation of children aged 10-15
Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: September 2020
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Updated Feb 18, 2021+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteMinistry of Justice (2021). Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: September 2020 [Dataset]. https://s3.amazonaws.com/thegovernmentsays-files/content/169/1699711.htmlDataset updatedFeb 18, 2021AuthorsMinistry of JusticeDescriptionThe report presents key statistics on activity in the criminal justice system for England and Wales. It provides information up to the year ending September 2020 with accompanying commentary, analysis and presentation of longer-term trends.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause MoJ to review our data gathering, access and release practices, focusing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. Our statement explains this further and in particular, we have limited access to the Police National Computer, to minimise non-essential travel by our analysts. In line with guidance from the Office for Statistics Regulation, the decision has been made to delay the following publications:
- Cautions data to September 2020 is planned for publication on 20 May 2020
- First Time Entrants (FTE) data to March 2020 is planned for publication on 20 May 2021
- FTE data to June 2020 is planned for publication on 20 May 2021
- FTE data to September 2020 is planned for publication on 20 May 2021
Statistician’s comment:
The figures published today highlight the impact on criminal court prosecutions and convictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest short-term trends are mostly reflective of the impact of the pandemic on court processes and prioritisation rather than a continuation of the longer-term series.
The monthly data shows that following the sharp falls in prosecutions and convictions immediately following the March 2020 ‘lockdown’, these have recovered by September 2020, although not quite to pre-pandemic levels.
Custody rates and average sentence lengths have both increased overall. For custody rates, this is likely to partially reflect the prioritisation in courts of more serious offences since April 2020 – meaning a greater concentration of court time for offences more likely to get a prison sentence. The increase in average sentence lengths continues the trend of the last 10 years, and it is less clear from the monthly data what impact, if any, the pandemic may have had.
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Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Prisons and Probation; 2 Parliamentary Under Secretary of States; Permanent Secretary; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Private Secretary; 5 Private Secretaries; Special Advisor; Head of News; Chief Press Officer; 4 Press Officers; Director, Family and Criminal Justice Policy; Chief Statistician; Director of Data and Analytical Services; Director General for Policy and Strategy Group; Chief Financial Officer & Director General for the Chief Financial Officer Group; Deputy Director, Bail, Sentencing and Release Policy; 2 Section Heads, Criminal Court Policy; Director, Offender and Youth Justice Policy; Statistician, Youth Justice Board; Data Analyst, Youth Justice Board; Deputy Director, Crime; Crime Service Manager (Case Progression) - Courts and Tribunals Development; Deputy Director, Legal Operations - Courts & Tribunals Development Directorate; Head of Criminal Law policy; Policy Manager – Youth Courts and Sentencing; 7 Policy Advisors; Head of Custodial Sentencing; Head of Criminal Courts Statistics.
Home Office
Home Secretary; Private Secretary to the Home Secretary; Permanent Secretary, Home Office; Assistant Private Secretary to the Home Office Permanent Secretary; Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service; Assistant Private Secretary Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service; Director of Crime, Home Office; Head of Crime and Policing Statistics, Home Office; Head of Recorded Crime Statistics.
The Judiciary
Lord Chief Justice; Private Secretary to the Lord Chief Justice; Private Secretary to the President of the Queen’s Bench; Lead for Criminal Justice for the Senior Judiciary.
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Principal Analyst (Justice), Cabinet Office
Data from: Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Youth Justice System,...
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Updated 2024+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteHannah Smithson (2024). Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Youth Justice System, 2021-2022 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-856029Unique identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-856029Dataset updated2024AuthorsHannah SmithsonDescriptionHowever, for those in the youth justice system, the impacts were likely to be exceptional. A disproportionate number of these children had complex needs, were from BAME backgrounds, had experienced school exclusions, and many came from groups with generally worse outcomes than average, including those with exposure to adverse childhood experiences (Bateman, 2017). The youth justice system faced a strange hiatus; on the one hand, criminal trials were delayed and arrests were down, while on the other, existing issues of BAME disproportionality, mental health, domestic abuse, and school engagement were areas of acute risk for justice-involved children. There was an urgent need to develop a clear understanding of the impact of the pandemic on these children and those who worked with them. Indeed, there had been a lack of focus on this group both from a political and media perspective.
We did know that the pandemic had had unprecedented implications and consequences for the youth justice system, from how professionals had to adapt to remote working, the delay of criminal trials, and the safety of children in custodial settings. Liaising with our youth justice colleagues, we knew that each stage of the youth justice system responded differently. This project brought together statutory partners, third sector organisations, senior national policy/decision-makers, and children with lived experiences. It provided a unique opportunity to gather insight and to produce impactful recommendations. By involving and working with children in our project, we addressed the usual top-down research hierarchies inherent in youth justice research and ensured that children's voices were prioritised.
The project collected data from a number of stakeholders. Aggregate data is made available from Wales and England, and redacted individual level data from England.
Youth views: "The police are helpful and friendly" England and Wales...
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Updated May 31, 2016ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista Research Department (2016). Youth views: "The police are helpful and friendly" England and Wales 2009-2013 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/study/23240/young-people-and-crime-in-england-and-wales-statista-dossier/Dataset updatedMay 31, 2016AuthorsStatista Research DepartmentArea coveredWales, EnglandDescriptionThis statistic shows the share of 10 to 15 year olds that think the local police are helpful and friendly to young people in England and Wales from 2009/2010 to 2012/2013. The percentage did not experience any significant change over this four year period.
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What Worked? Policy Mobility and the Public Health Approach to Youth...
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Updated Nov 29, 2024+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteFraser, A. (2024). What Worked? Policy Mobility and the Public Health Approach to Youth Violence, 2021-2023 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9255-1Unique identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9255-1Dataset updatedNov 29, 2024Dataset provided byUniversity of GlasgowAuthorsFraser, A.Time period coveredJan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023Area coveredEngland and Wales, ScotlandVariables measuredIndividuals, NationalMeasurement techniqueFace-to-face interviewDescriptionAbstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The What Worked? Policy Mobility and the Public Health Approach to Youth Violence study sought to further the ESRC's strategic objective of a 'safer, fairer society' through establishing a new evidence-base on public health approaches to violence reduction, and the ways such policies transfer between jurisdictions, to shape policy, guide best practice, and inform academic and public debate. Its main aim was to respond to the urgent social problem of rising youth violence. England and Wales have seen marked increases in homicide, knife crime, and hospital admissions for stab wounds, with particular concentrations in the city of London. Cressida Dick, when Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, stated that tackling youth violence was her 'number one priority.'
In March 2019, UK Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled a consultation on a new public health strategy for youth violence. This approach, which seeks to address violence using principles of prevention and education rather than policing and justice, marks a major step-change in policy. The interest in developing this approach stems primarily from Scotland, where radical reductions in violent crime over the last decade have been attributed to the adoption of a public health model. There was however a lack of clear understanding of 'what worked' in the Scottish context. While there have indeed been marked declines in youth violence, the mechanisms that have driven this decrease are poorly understood. There is confusion over what public health approaches are, how they work, and the conditions under which such ideas can travel. As a result, despite significant potential, the implications of the public health approach remain vague.
This study was delivered in a three work-streams approach, over a three-year period:
1. What Worked
Through interviews with elite actors/professionals - senior police, politicians, and civil servants - the research team aimed to establish an expert appraisal of the causes of violence reduction in Scotland. This was complemented by a detailed documentary analysis, investigating the social, political, and cultural conditions in which violence reduction occurred, and a series of 20 semi-structured interviews with practitioners and residents of communities affected by violence to establish a 'bottom-up' account of change. Finally, available statistical data on violence and health was leveraged to triangulate explanations. These data sources were combined to produce a policy briefing, two journal articles, and a short film on the theme of 'what worked'.
2. Policy Travels
Using flexible and responsive ethnographic methods, the research team aimed to track the evolution of the public health approach in London as it evolved in real-time, entering the 'assumptive worlds' of policy through attendance at key meetings and events. Observations were complemented by a series of semi-structured interviews with elite actors engaged in violence reduction in London, and 20 semi-structured interviews with residents and youth practitioners, exploring the factors that promote or impede change. Mirroring data-collection in Scotland, relevant statistical data was used to evaluate the extent to which policy changes are impacting on violence reduction. These data were used to produce a second policy briefing, two journal articles, and a series of podcasts on 'how ideas travel'.
3. Connecting Communities
Data from these work-streams will be connected via an open access data set to enhance understanding of best practice in violence reduction. Data will be analysed and published as an academic monograph aimed at scholars working in the areas of criminology, public health and social policy. Through our advisory group and engagement with policy user-groups, the research team will engage directly with policy actors at the highest level, and using cooperative methods will create a practitioner toolkit. Communities of policy, practice and public will be connected through a website, a series of events and a roadshow.Further information and outputs can be found on the UKRI What Worked? Policy Mobility and the Public Health Approach to Youth Violence project page.
The UKDS study currently includes 127 qualitative interview transcripts, drawn from policy-makers and community participants. See the 'Data List' in the documentation for more details.
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Youth views: Police dealing with youth issues England and Wales 2009-2013
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Updated May 31, 2016ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista Research Department (2016). Youth views: Police dealing with youth issues England and Wales 2009-2013 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/study/23240/young-people-and-crime-in-england-and-wales-statista-dossier/Dataset updatedMay 31, 2016AuthorsStatista Research DepartmentArea coveredWales, EnglandDescriptionThis statistic shows the share of 10 to 15 year olds that think the local police deal with things that matter to young people in England and Wales from 2009/2010 to 2012/2013. Over the period the percentage, although increasing, was not deemed to have changed significantly by the source.
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Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2005
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Updated Nov 28, 2024+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteBMRB; National Centre for Social Research; Home Office, Research, Development and Statistics Directorate (2024). Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2005 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5601-1Unique identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5601-1Dataset updatedNov 28, 2024Dataset provided bySocial Research
Offending Surveys and ResearchAuthorsBMRB; National Centre for Social Research; Home Office, Research, Development and Statistics DirectorateTime period coveredJan 26, 2005 - Oct 11, 2005Area coveredEngland and WalesVariables measuredIndividuals, NationalMeasurement techniqueFace-to-face interview, Self-completion, CAPI, ACASI and CASI usedDescriptionAbstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (OCJS) (also sometimes known as the Crime and Justice Survey), was the first national longitudinal, self-report offending survey for England and Wales. The series began in 2003, the initial survey representing the first wave in a planned four-year rotating panel study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).
The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.
The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.
The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
OCJS 2005:
In 2005 the 'panel' sample included all respondents who had been previously interviewed and had agreed to be re-contacted. In addition to this, panel respondents from 2003, who were not interviewed in 2004 (due to being 'non contacts' or 'soft refusals') were also included. The intention in 2005 (as in 2004) was to achieve an overall sample (panel and 'fresh') of 5,000 young people. To achieve this, 423 'fresh' respondents were needed, but in fact 817 interviews were achieved, bringing the total sample up to 5,238.
The OCJS 2005 aimed to provide, as in previous years:- measures of self-reported offending
- indicators of repeat offending
- trends in the prevalence of offending
- trends in the prevalence and frequency of drug and alcohol use
- evidence on the links between offending and drug/alcohol use
- evidence on the risk factors related to offending and drug use
- information on the nature of offences committed, such as the role of co-offenders and the relationship between perpetrators and victims
For the third edition (December 2008), the variable PFA (police force area) has been supplied for the main file. This variable was previously unavailable.
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The basic OCJS questionnaire comprises modules on the following topics:- household grid (conducted using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI))
- socio-demographic characteristics (CAPI)
- neighbourhood (CAPI)
- attitudes to the criminal justice system (CAPI)
- contact with criminal justice system (part 1) (CAPI)
- victimisation (CAPI)
- antisocial behaviour (conducted using Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI))
- white collar/'hi-tech' crime (ACASI)
- offending - count/follow-up (ACASI)
- offending - nature (conducted using Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (CASI))
- contact with criminal justice system (part 2) (CASI)
- domestic violence (CASI)
- drinking (CASI)
- drug use (CASI)
- health, lifestyle and risk factors (CASI)
- reactions to the survey and recontact (CASI)
The data files included in the OCJS 2005 are as follows:- 'main 10-25': main individual respondent-level...
Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: March 2020
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Updated Aug 20, 2020+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteMinistry of Justice (2020). Criminal justice system statistics quarterly: March 2020 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-march-2020Dataset updatedAug 20, 2020AuthorsMinistry of JusticeDescriptionThe report presents key statistics on activity in the criminal justice system for England and Wales. It provides information up to the year ending March 2020 with accompanying commentary, analysis and presentation of longer term trends.
Please note that the decision has been made to delay the offending histories and out of court disposals components of this publication. In line with https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Regulatory-guidance_changing-methods_Coronavirus.pdf" class="govuk-link">guidance from the Office for Statistics Regulation, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused MoJ to have to change its data gathering, access and release practices, focusing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. In particular, we paused access to the Police National Computer, on which these components rely, to minimise non-essential travel by our analysts. We will keep users updated of any further changes via our published release calendar. We will be publishing a response to our February consultation on changes to the frequency and timing of the offending histories components, setting out when these will be published in the future.
Statistician’s comment:
The number of defendants prosecuted has fallen over the last decade and figures published today continue that trend, with a slight decrease in the year ending March 2020. The figures released today cover the period to the end of March 2020 and any COVID-19 impacts, for example on the level of prosecutions, are likely to be small. For more information about COVID-19 impacts on courts, see the HMCTS regular management information publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information.
There have been increases in prosecutions for some of the most serious offence groups in the latest year, in particular violence, drug offences, robbery and sexual offences. The increase in prosecutions and convictions for violence continue to be driven by the legislation that introduced the new offence of ‘assaults on emergency workers’ from November 2018, while the increases for other offences groups are driven by an increase in charges brought forward by the police.
The publication also shows the different pattern for custody rates across offences – with a continued increase in custody rates for the most serious, indictable, offences, alongside a reduction in rates for summary offences. Average custodial sentence lengths continue to rise and were the highest in a decade. Although we often consider crimes to correlate with prosecutions, we would not expect prosecutions to move directly in line with the ONS published police recorded crime series, or Crime Survey for England and Wales as only those crimes that result in a charge are likely to flow into courts – in addition criminal court prosecutions cover a much broader range of offences than police recorded crime or the survey.
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The bulletin is produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Prisons and Probation; 2 Parliamentary Under Secretary of States; Lords spokesperson; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary; 3 Private Secretaries; 4 Assistant Private Secretaries; Permanent Secretary; Head of Permanent Secretary’s Office; Special Advisor; Head of News; 2 Deputy Heads of News; 3 Press Officers; Director, Family and Criminal Justice Policy; Director of Data and Analytical Services; Chief Statistician; Director General, Policy, Communications and Analysis Group; Deputy Director, Bail, Sentencing and Release Policy; Section Head, Criminal Court Policy; Director, Offender and Youth Justice Policy; Statistician, Youth Justice Board; Data Analyst, Youth Justice Board; Deputy Director, Crime; Crime Service Manager (Case Progression) - Courts and Tribunals Development; Deputy Director, Legal Operations - Courts & Tribunals Development Directorate; Head of Criminal Law policy; 2 Policy Managers – Youth Courts and Sentencing; 6 Policy Advisors; 2 Justice Statistics analysts; Head of Data Innovation, Analysis and Linking; Head of PNC/Offender Histories Analysis; Head of Criminal Courts Statistics.
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Home Secretary; Private Secretary to the Home Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Home Secretary; Permanent Secretary, Home Office; Assistant Private Secretary to the Home Office Permanent Secretary; Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service; Assistant Private Secretary
Metropolitan Police Service Recorded Crime Figures and Associated Data
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xlsUpdated Nov 8, 2023+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteGreater London Authority (2023). Metropolitan Police Service Recorded Crime Figures and Associated Data [Dataset]. https://data.ubdc.ac.uk/dataset/metropolitan-police-service-recorded-crime-figures-and-associated-dataxlsAvailable download formatsDataset updatedNov 8, 2023DescriptionRaw data on crime supplied by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Mayors Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).
Pan-London data includes:
- Total Notifiable Offences
- Total Victim-based crime (and Sanctioned Detection Rates)
- MOPAC Priority offences (*)
- Violence against the Person
- Violence with injury (VWI)* (and SDR)
- Serious Youth Violence
- Female victims of robbery & Violence with Injury
- Rape
- Knife Crime (and SDR)
- Knife Crime with Injury
- Gun Crime (and SDR)
- Gun Crime with firearm discharged
- Gang violence indicator
- Dog Attacks (and SDR)
- Homicide
- Sexual Offences
- Burglary (all)
- Burglary (residential)
- Robbery (all)
- Theft & Handling
- Theft from Person*
- Theft of Motor Vehicle*
- Theft from Motor Vehicle*
- Criminal Damage*
- Domestic Offences
- Homophobic Hate Victims
- Racist & Religious Hate Victims
- Faith Hate Victims
- Disability Hate Victims
- Stop & Search Totals (and related Arrest rate)
- Police Strengths - Officer/Staff/Special Constable/PCSO
- Satisfaction/Confidence in the Metropolitan Police Service (ease of contact/satisfaction with action taken/well-informed/fairly treated/overall satisfaction/overall confidence) NB. Quarterly data
- Crime-related calls to Police by category
- Anti-Social Behaviour-related calls to Police by category Borough data includes:
- MOPAC Priority offences - Police Strengths - Officer/Staff/Special Constable/PCSO
- Fear of crime ("to what extent are you worried about crime in this area?") NB. Quarterly data
NB. Action Fraud have taken over the recording of fraud offences nationally on behalf of individual police forces. This process began in April 2011 and was rolled out to all police forces by March 2013. Data for Greater London is available from Action Fraud here.
Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: September 2016
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Updated Feb 16, 2017+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteMinistry of Justice (2017). Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: September 2016 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-september-2016Dataset updatedFeb 16, 2017AuthorsMinistry of JusticeDescriptionThe reports present key statistics on activity in the criminal justice system for England and Wales. It provides information for the latest 12 months (October 2015 to September 2016) with accompanying commentary, analysis and presentation of longer term trends.
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Women and the Criminal Justice System 2019
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Updated Nov 26, 2020+ more versionsShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteMinistry of Justice (2020). Women and the Criminal Justice System 2019 [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/women-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2019Dataset updatedNov 26, 2020AuthorsMinistry of JusticeDescriptionBiennial statistics on the representation of sex groups as victims, suspects, defendants, offenders and employees in the Criminal Justice System.
These reports are released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
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Ethnic Minority Young People: Differential Treatment in the Youth Justice...
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Updated Dec 3, 2024ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteHough, M.; Gyateng, T. (2024). Ethnic Minority Young People: Differential Treatment in the Youth Justice System, 2006 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6749-1Unique identifierhttps://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6749-1Dataset updatedDec 3, 2024Dataset provided byKingAuthorsHough, M.; Gyateng, T.Time period coveredJan 1, 2008 - May 1, 2008Area coveredEnglandVariables measuredIndividuals, NationalMeasurement techniqueCompilation or synthesis of existing materialDescriptionAbstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
There are clear patterns of under- and over-representation of ethnic minority groups in the youth justice system. Black and mixed race teenagers are over-represented, relative to their representation in the overall population. Other minority groups are not generally over-represented and some are under-represented.
This study examined whether teenagers from ethnic minorities are treated differently to white teenagers by the youth justice system. It investigated how young people are drawn into the youth justice system, and traced whether disproportionality at the point of entry was preserved, amplified or reduced as they passed through the system.
The data available from the UK Data Archive comprise a database of young offenders. Data were collected from the Youth Offending Information System (YOIS), an electronic system used by most YOTs in the country to case-manage and report on young offenders. A purposive sample of 12 YOTs was used to yield relatively high proportions of offenders from the larger ethnic minority groups. YOIS data on all offenders who had committed an offence in 2006 and their disposals recorded up to December 2007 have been extracted.
Further information is available on the Ethnic Minority Young People: differential treatment in the Youth Justice System ESRC award web page.
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The database includes records of young people charged with an offence in 2006, recorded by 12 YOTs in England. The data collected provide demographic, offence and disposal details for all young people recorded by the YOT. Young offenders found guilty of drug offences in England/Wales 2018/19
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Updated Jul 3, 2024ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2024). Young offenders found guilty of drug offences in England/Wales 2018/19 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315529/young-offenders-drug-offences-england-wales/Dataset updatedJul 3, 2024Area coveredWales, England, United KingdomDescriptionThis statistic shows the number of young people found guilty of drug offences in England and Wales in 2018/19, by age group. For the ages 15-17 there were 1,872 young offenders who were sentenced for such crimes.
Youth Offending Team's Community Safety and Public Protection Incidents...
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Updated Oct 30, 2021ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteYouth Justice Board (2021). Youth Offending Team's Community Safety and Public Protection Incidents (CSPPI) [Dataset]. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/significant-incident-log-csppi?locale=lvDataset updatedOct 30, 2021Dataset authored and provided byYouth Justice Boardhttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/youth-justice-board-for-england-and-walesDescriptionThis is information submitted by the YOTs on safeguarding or public protection incident within the youth justice system. It contains a log of serious incidents of offences/alleged offence by a person under 18 under currently under supervision by the youth offending team Also if the young person is a victim of offence or comes to harm. Some of this data is personal.
Assessing the needs of sentenced children in the Youth Justice System
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Updated May 28, 2020ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteAssessing the needs of sentenced children in the Youth Justice System [Dataset]. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/assessing-the-needs-of-sentenced-children-in-the-youth-justice-systemDataset updatedMay 28, 2020AuthorsMinistry of JusticeDescriptionAssetPlus is a wide-ranging assessment and planning framework for use with children by Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and secure establishments across England and Wales. The needs of children supported by YOTs are regularly assessed by practitioners using AssetPlus to support the planning of suitable interventions both in the community and in custody.
This publication focuses on a small subset of AssetPlus data which includes 19 assessed concern types, eight care status types as well as the four ratings for both Safety and Wellbeing and Risk of Serious Harm. These are based on assessments of children who received a Referral Order, Reparation Order, Youth Rehabilitation Order or custodial sentence between 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019.The report is published, along with supplementary tables including in an open and accessible format.
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Secretary of State, Minister of State for Prisons and Probation, Permanent Secretary, Director of Data and Analytical Services Directorate, Director of Youth Justice and Offender Policy, Deputy Director, Youth Justice Policy, Head of Quality, Performance, Information, Governance/Briefing, Head of Youth Justice Analysis, Chief Statistician, and the relevant special advisers, private secretaries, statisticians and press officers.
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Director General of HMPPS. Youth Custody Service Head of Quality, Performance, Information, Governance/Briefing and Information Lead.
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Youth views: Police treatment and age discrimination England and Wales 2009...
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Updated May 31, 2016ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista Research Department (2016). Youth views: Police treatment and age discrimination England and Wales 2009 to 2013 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/study/23240/young-people-and-crime-in-england-and-wales-statista-dossier/Dataset updatedMay 31, 2016AuthorsStatista Research DepartmentArea coveredWales, EnglandDescriptionThis statistic shows the share of 10 to 15 year olds that think the local police treat young people the same as adults in England and Wales from 2009/2010 to 2012/2013. The percentage was rather low but did experience a slight net increase over this four year period.
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These statistics concentrate on the flow of children (aged 10-17) through the Youth Justice System in England and Wales. The data described comes from various sources including the Home Office (HO), Youth Custody Service (YCS), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and youth secure estate providers. The report is produced by the Information and Analysis Team in the Youth Justice Board (YJB) under the direction of the Chief Statistician in MOJ.
Details of the number of children arrested are provided along with proven offences, criminal history, characteristics of children, details of the number of children sentenced, those on remand, those in custody, reoffending and behaviour management.
The report is published, along with supplementary tables for each chapter, additional annexes, local level data, including in an open and accessible format, an infographic and local level maps.
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HMPPS
Director General of HMPPS, Executive Director of the Youth Custody Service, Head of Briefing, Governance and Communications at the Youth Custody Service, and Head of Information Team at the Youth Custody Service
Home Office
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service and Minister for London, and Head of Serious Youth Violence Unit
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Chair, Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Evidence and Technology, and the relevant statisticians and communication officers