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Youth justice statistics

Youth justice statistics.

Published 11 October 2013
Last updated 31 January 2019 — see all updates

• From: Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Annual statistics concentrate on the flow of young people (aged 10-17) through the Youth Justice System in England and Wales.

Details of all the administrative databases and bespoke collections used for youth justice statistics can be found in a guide to youth justice statistics. This contains further information on the data sources, methodologies, data quality and terminology

For the 2018 to 2019 publication, assaults data for Young Offender Institutions will be drawn from a new data source (NOMIS’ Incident Reporting System (IRS)) compared to previous publications. This change in data source and counting rules will improve the accuracy of the data presented but will result in a break in time series and mean that for the 2018 to 2019 publication the information cannot be aggregated to provide a total across the whole youth secure estate.

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Guide to youth justice statistics

1. Guide to youth justice statistics
   • 30 January 2020
   • Official Statistics

General statistics

1. Length of time spent in Youth Custody: 2016 to 2017
   • 26 April 2018
   • National Statistics
2. Youth custody data
   • 14 February 2020
   • Official Statistics
3. Young people aged 10-17 receiving their first reprimand, warning or conviction
   • 16 February 2012
   • Official Statistics

Annual statistics

The report and executive summary are published, along with supplementary tables for each chapter and some regional information.

1. Youth justice statistics: 2018 to 2019
   • 30 January 2020
   • National Statistics
2. Youth Justice statistics: 2017 to 2018
   • 30 January 2020
   • National Statistics
3. Youth Justice annual statistics: 2016 to 2017
   • 25 January 2018
   • National Statistics
4. Youth Justice annual statistics: 2015 to 2016
   • 26 January 2017
   • National Statistics
5. Youth justice annual statistics: 2014 to 2015
   • 28 January 2016
   • National Statistics
6. Youth justice annual statistics: 2013 to 2014
   • 29 January 2015
   • National Statistics
7. Youth justice annual statistics: 2012 to 2013
   • 30 January 2014
   • Official Statistics
8. Youth justice annual statistics: 2011 to 2012
   • 31 January 2013
   • Official Statistics
9. Youth justice annual statistics: 2010 to 2011
   • 26 January 2012
   • Official Statistics
10. Youth justice annual statistics: 2009 to 2010
    • 20 January 2011
    • Official Statistics
11. Youth justice annual statistics: 2008 to 2009
    • 27 May 2010
    • Official Statistics

Published 11 October 2013
Last updated 31 January 2019 + show all updates

1. 31 January 2019

   Youth Justice statistics: 2017 to 2018 added

2. 25 January 2018

   New statistics added for 2016 to 2017

3. 29 January 2015

   New statistics added for 2013 to 2014

4. 12 May 2014

   Moved annual statistics here from another page

5. 11 October 2013

   First published.