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Youth justice statistics: 2022 to 2023

Youth justice annual statistics for 2022 to 2023 for England and Wales.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Youth Justice Statistics: 2022 to 2023 (print ready)

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Local level pivot tables

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Local level open data tables

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Local level map: Children 2022 to 2023

Local level map: Offences 2022 to 2023

Local level map: Outcomes 2022 to 2023

Details

These statistics concentrate on the flow of children (aged 10 to 17) through the youth justice system in England and Wales. The data described comes from various sources including the Home Office (HO), Youth Custody Service (YCS), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), youth justice services and youth secure estate providers. The report is produced by the Statistics and Analysis Team in the Youth Justice Board (YJB).

Data are provided on the trends of stop and searches, arrests, first time entrants, children cautioned or sentenced, proven offences, criminal history, remand, those in youth custody, proven reoffending and comparisons to the adult system.

The report is published, along with supplementary tables for each chapter, additional annexes, local level data, including in an open and accessible format, an infographic and local level maps.

Pre-release access

Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons (reflecting the cross-departmental responsibility for children committing crime and reoffending):

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation; Deputy Director, Youth Justice Policy; Head of Early Intervention, Prevention and Community Justice; Head of Youth Custody Policy, Resettlement, YOT Performance and Funding, Strategy and Planning & Performance; Head of Reducing Reoffending and Probation Data & Statistics; Reoffending and Probation Statistics Lead; Team leader - PNC and Criminal Histories team and any relevant special advisers, private secretaries, analysts and press officers.

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)

Youth Custody Service (YCS) Executive Director; YCS Deputy Director, Strategy and Commissioning; YCS Head of Information and Performance and any relevant analysts.

Youth Justice Board

Board Chair; Chief Executive Officer; Chief Strategy Officer; Director of Business Intelligence and Insights; Head of Statistics and Analysis; Head of Communications and any relevant analysts and communication officers.

Updates to this page

Published 25 January 2024

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