Official Statistics

Guide to youth justice statistics

A guide to youth justice statistics which covers the annual youth justice statistics and the monthly youth custody data.

Applies to England and Wales

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Guide to Youth Justice Statistics (print ready)

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Details

The guide provides more detail on youth justice statistics presented in:

  • the annual youth justice statistics bulletin
  • the monthly youth custody report data tables and accompanying open data tables.

This is intended to be used as a guide to data sources, concepts and definitions.

Updates to this page

Published 26 April 2018
Last updated 25 January 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated from the previous year.

  2. Guide has been changed in accordance with the 2021 to 2022 youth justice statistics publication.

  3. Guide updated.

  4. Guide updated.

  5. Updated 'Guide to youth justice statistics': 31 January 2019

  6. First published.

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