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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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 29 January 2026 show all updates
  1. An explanation of the differences between the offence groups used in the Youth Justice Statistics 2024 to 2025 publication and those used in previous Youth Justice Statistics publications has been added. Explanations of presentational changes in the 2024 to 2025 Youth Justice Statistics have also been added.

  2. This guide has been updated to match the 2023 to 2024 Youth Justice Statistics

  3. Updated from the previous year.

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

  5. Guide updated.

  6. Guide updated.

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

  8. First published.

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