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.

From:
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Published
26 April 2018
Last updated
30 January 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Guide to youth justice statistics (accessible version)

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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 30 January 2025 + show all updates

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

  2. Updated from the previous year.

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

  4. Guide updated.

  5. Guide updated.

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

  7. First published.

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