FOI 1015/24 Offences committed under 10 yrs
Dear Sir/Madam
Enquiry Reference 1015 - 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
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)
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|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
Count |
48 |
103 |
114 |
119 |
131 |
128 |
108 |
159 |
184 |
191 |
125 |
1410 |
2) A breakdown of the offences suspected to have been committed by children under the age of 10
|
Crimes |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
All Other Theft Offences |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
23 |
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Arson |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
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Burglary Business and Community |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Burglary Residential |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
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Criminal Damage |
23 |
24 |
19 |
34 |
32 |
17 |
8 |
20 |
38 |
22 |
20 |
257 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
2 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
13 |
6 |
21 |
14 |
82 |
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Other Sexual Offences |
1 |
11 |
13 |
31 |
19 |
28 |
23 |
25 |
38 |
32 |
22 |
243 |
|
Public Order Offences |
1 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
17 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
77 |
|
Rape |
2 |
7 |
11 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
55 |
|
|
Robbery |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Shoplifting |
5 |
13 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
45 |
|
Stalking and Harassment |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
19 |
6 |
67 |
|
|
Theft From The Person |
1 |
1 |
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Vehicle Offences |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Violence With Injury |
8 |
17 |
17 |
16 |
24 |
17 |
20 |
14 |
22 |
26 |
12 |
193 |
|
Violence Without Injury |
3 |
21 |
29 |
10 |
31 |
28 |
28 |
43 |
43 |
47 |
26 |
309 |
|
Weapons Possession Offences |
1 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
24 |
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Bicycle Theft |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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|
Drug Trafficking |
1 |
1 |
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|
Drug Possession |
1 |
1 |
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|
Grand Total |
48 |
103 |
114 |
119 |
131 |
128 |
108 |
159 |
184 |
191 |
125 |
1410 |
3) A breakdown of the ages of suspects aged under 10 suspected of committing an offence
|
Age |
<1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
10+ |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
38 |
107 |
171 |
303 |
396 |
53 |
6 |
316 |
1410 |
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.
To note we have used ‘Outcome 11: Suspect below 10’ (which changed to ‘Named Suspect below age of criminal responsibility’) because the ‘age’ field is not accurate enough to use for this FOI. The downside is the outcome did not come into effect until April 2014, therefore we are unable to report prior to this date.
You will see by the ‘unknown’ age in question 3 that although a lot of the crimes have been closed due to the suspect being under 10 or below the age of criminal responsibility, a large number have no age (or an incorrect age).
*Please also we can only provide those with a suspect under 10 and therefore not proven to be committed by them.
Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker