Offenders under 10
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/2524
Version Date: 19/11/2024
The Performance and Analysis Department have provided the following information.
We searched in the Niche Crime database for all crimes, with filtered on the ‘person age at reported date’ of ages being between 1 and 9.
Please note that Niche was introduced in May 2015, so this is the earliest data held
Only offences with outcomes are included
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)
|
|
2015* |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024** |
|
Offences |
17 |
13 |
32 |
41 |
43 |
47 |
40 |
30 |
36 |
40 |
*May to Dec
**Jan to Sept
2) A breakdown of the offences suspected to have been committed by children under the age of 10
|
Crime group |
2015* |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024** |
|
Burglary Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Criminal Damage |
6 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
|
Other Offences |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Possession of Weapons |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Public Order |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Sexual Offences |
1 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
Theft |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Theft From Motor Vehicle |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Violence Against the Person |
7 |
4 |
19 |
26 |
31 |
32 |
24 |
19 |
28 |
25 |
|
Total |
17 |
13 |
32 |
41 |
43 |
47 |
40 |
30 |
36 |
40 |
*May to Dec
**Jan to Sept
3) A breakdown of the ages of suspects aged under 10 suspected of committing an offence
Please Note: there may be more than one suspect for an offence
Therefore the totals below do not match the offence data from Q1 and 2
|
Suspect Age |
2015* |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024** |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
5 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
6 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
|
7 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
|
8 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
12 |
7 |
20 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
15 |
|
9 |
9 |
8 |
12 |
20 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
12 |
15 |
|
Total |
18 |
14 |
33 |
43 |
43 |
48 |
41 |
30 |
38 |
41 |
*May to Dec
**Jan to Sept