Under 10s (FOI ref: 1700A/24)
Request
Please can you provide me the following information broken down by the following calendar years: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 up until 30 September.
1. How many offences have been recorded by your force which have been committed by children aged under 10 (below the age of criminal responsibility).
2. A breakdown of the offences suspected to have been committed by children under the age of 10.
3. A breakdown of the ages of suspects aged under 10 suspected of committing an offence.
To be clear I am not asking for a breakdown of the age and offence together as I understand this would create a risk of identification. This information can be presented separately to avoid this.
Response
1. How many offences have been recorded by your force which have been committed by children aged under 10 (below the age of criminal responsibility).
See TABLE 1 attached (1700A_24_attachment.pdf)
2. A breakdown of the offences suspected to have been committed by children under the age of 10.
See TABLE 1 attached (1700A_24_attachment_1.pdf)
3. A breakdown of the ages of suspects aged under 10 suspected of committing an offence.
See following table.
TABLE 2. Count of Ages for offences where Suspect / Person Thought Responsible is recorded as under 10 years of Age^:
|
Year |
Age^ |
Grand Total |
|||||||||
|
0yrs |
1yrs |
2yrs |
3yrs |
4yrs |
5yrs |
6yrs |
7yrs |
8yrs |
9yrs |
||
|
2013 |
- |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
13 |
33 |
43 |
73 |
181 |
|
2014 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
21 |
21 |
47 |
66 |
185 |
|
2015 |
- |
4 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
24 |
44 |
43 |
74 |
218 |
|
2016 |
- |
- |
1 |
5 |
10 |
11 |
15 |
40 |
62 |
99 |
243 |
|
2017 |
- |
4 |
- |
8 |
13 |
23 |
36 |
48 |
77 |
154 |
363 |
|
2018 |
- |
1 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
28 |
39 |
64 |
62 |
136 |
352 |
|
2019 |
- |
3 |
2 |
9 |
14 |
23 |
26 |
61 |
65 |
124 |
327 |
|
2020 |
7 |
9 |
13 |
13 |
47 |
50 |
76 |
114 |
136 |
299 |
764 |
|
2021 |
138 |
13 |
16 |
17 |
36 |
43 |
66 |
87 |
134 |
330 |
880 |
|
2022 |
83 |
11 |
20 |
19 |
26 |
35 |
53 |
87 |
102 |
236 |
672 |
|
2023 |
51 |
11 |
6 |
18 |
20 |
21 |
64 |
74 |
136 |
182 |
583 |
|
2024* |
31 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
15 |
22 |
38 |
66 |
90 |
164 |
460 |
|
Grand Total |
310 |
72 |
78 |
118 |
218 |
288 |
471 |
739 |
997 |
1,937 |
5,228 |
* 2024 = Part year to 30 September.
^ Please note: To obtain the data for this request, ages were calculated using available date of birth information recorded on our systems. However, due to factors such as some offences being historical reports that occurred many years ago and over long periods of time, as well as data quality issues, there will be inaccuracies in the ages. Therefore, the data should be interpreted with caution.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
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