Information provided by the Ministry of Justice on the number of persons aged 13 to 19 years proceeded against at magistrates courts for indictable offences in England and Wales, England, the North East region, and Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police force areas (PFAs), from 2003 to 2007 (latest available) are provided in tables 1 to 4. Information for Northern Ireland and Scotland are matters for the Northern Ireland Office and the Scottish Executive respectively.
Charging data are not collected centrally and prosecutions data are therefore given in lieu.
Data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. Data are provided in table 4 broken down by those PFAs, comprising the North East region, in which the Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland constituency is located.
For consistency with published information, data are given in the tables, by offence group, for persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for indictable offences.
England and Wales 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Violent offences Violence against the person 20,274 18,869 18,649 18,548 17,955 Sexual offences 1,544 1,715 1,644 1,468 1,412 Robbery 7,289 7,254 7,602 8,387 8,849 Sub-total 29,107 27,838 27,895 28,403 28,216 Other indictable offences Burglary 13,583 12,427 11,793 11,583 11,515 Theft and handling stolen goods 35,300 32,283 30,677 29,014 31,024 Fraud and forgery 2,955 2,599 2,232 1,870 1,897 Criminal damage 6,389 6,198 5,969 6,474 6,294 Drug offences 12,621 9,355 9,357 9,253 10,627 Other indictable offences 20,830 19,185 17,338 16,010 14,593 Indictable motoring offences 2,301 1,988 1,629 1,414 1,255 Sub-total 93,979 84,035 78,995 75,618 77,205 Total indictable 123,086 111,873 106,890 104,021 105,421 1 These statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 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 courts and police forces. 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. 3 ‘Indictable’ includes ‘indictable only’ and ‘triable-either-way offences’. ‘Indictable only’ are the most serious breaches of the criminal law and must be dealt with at the Crown court. ‘Triable-either-way’ offences may be tried either at the Crown court or at magistrates courts. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.
England 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Violent offences Violence against the person 18,828 17,428 17,341 17,352 16,788 Sexual offences 1,465 1,606 1,538 1,379 1,314 Robbery 7,122 7,082 7,425 8,220 8,623 Sub-total 27,415 26,116 26,304 26,951 26,725 Other indictable offences Burglary 12,536 11,465 11,030 10,808 10,814 Theft and handling stolen goods 32,846 30,051 28,769 27,445 29,501 Fraud and forgery 2,805 2,435 2,115 1,785 1,812 Criminal damage 5,822 5,796 5,611 6,211 6,044 Drug offences 11,875 8,750 8,824 8,780 10,186 Other indictable offences 19,406 17,784 16,138 15,012 13,675 Indictable motoring offences 2,105 1,834 1,501 1,290 1,172 Sub-total 87,395 78,115 73,988 71,331 73,204 Total indictable 114,810 104,231 100,292 98,282 99,929 1 These statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 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 courts and police forces. 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. 3 ‘Indictable’ includes ‘indictable only’ and ‘triable-either-way offences’. ‘Indictable only’ are the most serious breaches of the criminal law and must be dealt with at the Crown court. ‘Triable-either-way’ offences may be tried either at the Crown court or at magistrates courts. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.
North East region 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Violent offences Violence against the person 1,353 1,187 1,198 1,274 1,336 Sexual offences 82 104 107 109 94 Robbery 260 208 172 182 183 Sub-total 1,695 1,499 1,477 1,565 1,613 Other indictable offences Burglary 989 725 698 715 746 Theft and handling stolen goods 2,581 2,171 2,000 1,985 2,308 Fraud and forgery 142 113 112 85 114 Criminal damage 305 226 179 214 347 Drug offences 1,010 649 691 646 680 Other indictable offences 1,461 1,226 1,173 1,135 1,133 Indictable motoring offences 162 137 110 101 85 Sub-total 6,650 5,247 4,963 4,881 5,413 Total indictable 8,345 6,746 6,440 6,446 7,026 1 These statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 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 courts and police forces. 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. 3 ‘Indictable’ includes ‘indictable only’ and ‘triable-either-way offences’. ‘Indictable only’ are the most serious breaches of the criminal law and must be dealt with at the Crown court. ‘Triable-either-way’ offences may be tried either at the Crown court or at magistrates courts. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Cleveland police force area Violent offences Violence against the person 267 209 223 286 275 Sexual offences 15 23 21 25 12 Robbery 75 64 45 46 39 Sub-total 357 296 289 357 326 Other indictable Burglary 256 191 181 203 198 Theft and handling stolen goods 599 520 430 423 528 Fraud and forgery 27 16 10 9 14 Criminal damage 77 54 38 26 28 Drug offences 199 102 112 78 110 Other indictable offences 362 313 228 212 194 Indictable motoring offences 44 35 30 16 20 Sub-total 1,564 1,231 1,029 967 1,092 Total indictable 1,921 1,527 1,318 1,324 1,418 Durham police force area Violent offences Violence against the person 275 249 311 335 320 Sexual offences 18 41 33 33 28 Robbery 29 22 20 27 29 Sub-total 322 312 364 395 377 Other indictable offences Burglary 189 143 190 141 197 Theft and handling stolen goods 359 330 384 366 426 Fraud and forgery 27 20 24 12 31 Criminal damage 114 94 69 70 193 Drug offences 124 65 91 61 78 Other indictable offences 194 172 240 240 269 Indictable motoring offences 34 33 19 18 15 Sub-total 1,041 857 1,017 908 1,209 Total indictable 1,363 1,169 1,381 1,303 1,586 Northumbria police force area Violent offences Violence against the person 811 729 664 653 741 Sexual offences 49 40 53 51 54 Robbery 156 122 107 109 115 Sub-total 1,016 891 824 813 910 Other indictable offences Burglary 544 391 327 371 351 Theft and handling stolen goods 1,623 1,321 1,186 1,196 1,354 Fraud and forgery 88 77 78 64 69 Criminal damage 114 78 72 118 126 Drug offences 687 482 488 507 492 Other indictable offences 905 741 705 683 670 Indictable motoring offences 84 69 61 67 50 Sub-total 4,045 3,159 2,917 3,006 3,112 Total indictable 5,061 4,050 3,741 3,819 4,022 1 These statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. 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 courts and police forces. 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. 3 ‘Indictable’ includes ‘indictable only’ and ‘triable-either-way offences’. ‘Indictable only’ are the most serious breaches of the criminal law and must be dealt with at the Crown court. ‘Triable-either-way’ offences may be tried either at the Crown court or at magistrates courts. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.