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Young Offenders: Crime

Volume 470: debated on Monday 7 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) males and (b) females under 18 years old were convicted for (i) vehicle crime, (ii) domestic burglary and (iii) robbery in each constituency in London in each of the last eight years. (175358)

The information requested covering the offences of (i) burglary and aggravated burglary in a dwelling (ii) robbery and (iii) vehicle crime comprising (a) theft of a motor vehicle and (b) theft from a motor vehicle in Greater London is provided in the following table.

Information broken down to constituency level is not held by the Ministry of Justice.

Number of persons aged under 18 found guilty at all courts for selected offences in Greater London1, 1999 to 20062, 3, 4

Offence class

Sex

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Burglary in a dwelling

Male

353

286

257

269

282

297

333

335

Female

13

20

22

17

28

25

14

10

Total

366

306

279

286

310

322

347

345

Robbery

Male

549

621

848

746

646

870

953

1,315

Female

43

86

140

119

138

140

153

218

Total

592

707

988

865

784

1,010

1,106

1,533

Vehicle crime

Male

141

107

122

96

77

97

87

136

Female

2

1

2

1

3

2

Total

143

108

122

98

77

98

90

138

1 Includes Metropolitan and City of London police force areas.

2 These data are provided on the principal offence basis.

3 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 large administrative data systems generated by the police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

4 Includes offences of theft of a vehicle and theft from a vehicle.

Source:

Court Proceedings Database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.