The requested information is contained in the following table.
Statistics for 2007 will be published in the autumn.
Number of persons Age group Violent offences2 Non-violent offences3 2002 Juveniles (10-17) 2,526 4,890 Young adults (18 -20) 3,652 13,711 Adults (21 and over) 14,057 72,771 Total 20,235 91,372 2003 Juveniles (10-17) 1,982 4,218 Young adults (18 -20) 3,353 12,085 Adults (21 and over) 13,788 72,244 Total 19,123 88,547 2004 Juveniles (10-17) 2,154 4,171 Young adults (18-20) 3,530 11,106 Adults (21 and over) 14,494 70,867 Total 20,178 86,144 2005 Juveniles (10-17) 2,159 3,856 Young adults (18-20) 3,746 10,485 Adults (21 and over) 14,045 66,945 Total 19,950 81,286 2006 Juveniles (10-17) 2,351 3,832 Young adults (18-20) 3,853 10,044 Adults (21 and over) 13,760 62,177 Total 19,964 76,053 Total all years 79,500 423,402 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Violent offences includes the offences of violence against the person, robbery and sexual offences. 3 Non-violent offences includes the offences of burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery, drugs offences and all other summary and indictable offences. Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: QMS, Analytical Services