The requested information is provided in the following table:
Ages 10 to 17 18 to 20 Violence against the person 7,390 7,280 Sexual offences 513 373 Burglary 5,419 3964 Robbery 3,621 1,751 Theft and handling stolen goods 15,953 12,312 Fraud and forgery 520 1,407 Criminal damage 2,616 1,670 Drug offences 6,373 7,510 Other indictable offences 3,532 5,782 Indictable motoring offences 327 834 Summary offences (excluding motoring) 34,380 54,501 Summary motoring offences 7,731 40,191 Total sentenced 88,375 137,575 Notes: 1. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. 2. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. 3. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe. 4. 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: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice