Under 18s (950A/20)
Request
1a. Provide me a list of all the crimes recorded where the identified culprit is under the age of 18 for 2017, 2018, 2019 calendar years, with an annual breakdown.
1b. The number of such crimes (broken down by year) that resulted in a charge over the same years, with a similar breakdown.
2a. Provide me a list of all the crimes recorded where the identified victim is under the age of 18 for 2017, 2018, 2019 calendar years, with an annual breakdown.
2b. The number of such crimes (broken down by year) that resulted in a charge over the same years, with a similar breakdown.
Could you please make sure to break down the offences into specific crimes (using the Home Office’s Crime classifications- name and code- rather than your own).
Response
Please find attached (950A_20_attachment.pdf).
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.