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Offenders: Milton Keynes

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) male and (b) female offenders in each age group there were in the (i) Thames Valley and (ii) Milton Keynes area in each of the last five years. (283852)

The number of males and females, by age group, found guilty at all courts, or issued with a caution for all offences in Thames Valley police force area (PFA) can be viewed in the following table.

Court proceedings data held by the Ministry of Justice are not available for the Milton Keynes area.

Court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.

Number of males and females by age group, found guilty at all courts1, 2 or issued with a caution2, 3, 4 for all offences in Thames Valley police force area, 2003-07

Males

Females

10 to 17 years

18 years and over

All ages

10 to 17 years

18 years and over

All ages

Found guilty

2003

1,897

34,837

36,734

271

7,631

7,902

2004

1,729

38,039

39,768

257

9,258

9,515

2005

2,291

36,565

38,856

403

9,154

9,557

2006

2,287

32,015

34,302

378

8,073

8,451

2007

2,284

31,134

33,418

420

8,232

8,652

Caution

2003

1,983

2,792

4,775

810

948

1,758

2004

2,379

3,519

5,898

1,149

1,196

2,345

2005

3,353

6,410

9,763

1,558

2,016

3,574

2006

2,822

7,177

9,999

1,261

2,150

3,411

2007

2,890

7,286

10,176

1,297

2,069

3,366

1 The figures given in the table on court proceedings 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, it 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 The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time, the principal offence is the more serious offence.

4 From 1 June 2000, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals.

Source:

Evidence and Analysis Unit: Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice.