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Information covering persons aged under 18 cautioned or proceeded against at magistrates courts for robbery in the Cambridgeshire police force area from 1997-2006 are provided in the following table.
The court proceedings database held by my Department does not contain information on charging. Also, data are not available below police force area level.
Offenders cautioned Defendants proceeded against 1997 6 38 1998 2 30 1999 — 49 2000 3 40 2001 2 28 2002 1 37 2003 — 34 2004 6 28 2005 6 38 2006 — 34 1 These data are provided on the principal offence basis. 2 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.