The information requested on arrests covering the period from 1999-2000 (when the collection began) to 2007-08 (latest available) is provided in table A.
Data on arrests in 2008-09 are scheduled to be published in April 2010.
Information provided by the Ministry of Justice showing the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for violent and non-violent offences, broken down by age group, in England and Wales from 1998 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in table B.
The court proceedings database held by the Ministry of Justice does not hold information on convictions for persons aged under 10 who are under the age of liability.
Data for 2009 are planned to be published in the autumn 2010.
Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended.
Number of arrests3 Year and notifiable offence group Aged under 10 Aged 10-17 Aged 18-20 Aged 21and over Age unknown All ages 1999-2000 Violent offences 100 65,100 46,700 196,400 0 308,400 Other offences 1,000 253,300 175,700 539,400 0 969,600 Total 1,200 318,400 222,400 735,800 0 1,277,900 2000-01 Violent offences 100 68,000 46,100 199,300 1,800 314,800 Other offences 700 252,700 166,300 524,900 4,400 949,500 Total 800 320,600 212,400 724,100 6,300 1,264,200 2001-02 Violent offences 100 70,500 47,900 201,400 900 320,500 Other offences 400 243,800 160,300 544,200 2,500 951,400 Total 500 314,200 208,100 745,700 3,400 1,271,900 2002-03 Violent offences 100 70,600 50,800 226,600 900 348,700 Other offences 300 229,000 156,300 576,500 2,200 964,400 Total 500 299,500 207,000 803,200 2,900 1,313,100 2003-04 Violent offences 100 83,000 56,900 256,000 900 396,800 Other offences 500 230,300 145,200 555,600 1,900 933,800 Total 700 313,200 202,200 811,700 2,700 1,330,400 2004-054 Violent offences 200 96,700 66,800 294,000 900 458,400 Other offences 500 236,100 137,000 519,500 1,900 894,900 Total 800 332,800 203,700 813,400 2,800 1,353,400 2005-06 Violent offences 200 108,500 74,500 331,800 800 515,800 Other offences 500 239,900 140,300 531,100 2,000 914,000 Total 800 348,500 214,700 863,100 2,700 1,429,800 2006-07 Violent offences 93 115,173 81,617 362,585 1,037 560,505 Other offences 353 238,197 144,293 536,643 2,165 921,651 Total 446 353,370 225,910 899,228 3,202 1,482,156 2007-08 Violent offences 41 102,802 77,864 363,629 1,685 546,021 Other offences 122 212,599 145,759 568,021 2,744 929,245 Total 163 315,401 223,623 931,650 4,429 1,475,266 1 Violent offences includes the offence categories of: violence against the person; sexual offences; robbery offences. Other offences includes the offence categories of: burglary; theft and handling stolen goods; fraud and forgery; .criminal damage; drug offences; other offences. 2 Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended. 3 Figures from 2003-04 to 2005-06 are rounded to the nearest 100 therefore figures for these years may not add up to the totals, subsequent years' figures are unrounded. Additionally, figures for violent and other offences for years previous to 2006-07 may not be accurate due to the summing of rounded figures. 4 Figures updated since publication of 2004-05 bulletin. Note: 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. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 20085,6 10-17 Violent offences 8,650 8,515 9,095 10,213 10,235 9,668 10,457 11,061 11,713 12,337 11,513 Non-violent offences 77,856 81,765 82,328 85,317 84,311 82,873 85,733 85,096 81,976 85,104 76,878 18-20 Violent offences 7,959 7,836 7,865 8,042 8,429 8,129 8,520 8,821 9,449 9,849 9,470 Non-violent offences 159,431 157,979 154,415 150,387 151,361 154,359 148,231 137,806 133,612 130,763 128,474 21 and over Violent offences 30,550 29,279 28,144 27,908 31,139 31,897 32,438 32,938 33,708 33,669 34,146 Non-violent offences 1,173,120 1,112,897 1,131,712 1,057,862 1,126,726 1,194,295 1,252,609 1,199,530 1,143,315 1,136,243 1,094,665 All ages Violent offences 47,159 45,630 45,104 46,163 49,803 49,694 51,415 52,820 54,870 55,855 55,129 Non-violent offences 1,410,407 1,352,641 1,368,455 1,293,566 1,362,398 1,431,527 1,486,573 1,422,432 1,358,903 1,352,110 1,300,017 1 Data given relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence 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 Data include the following offence types: Violent offences: Violence against the person Sexual Offences Robbery Non Violent offences: Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other indictable offences Indictable motoring offences Summary offences (excluding motoring) Summary motoring offences 3 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, other agencies, 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. 4 Information on the offenders dealt with by the Criminal Justice System does not necessarily reflect wider trends for characteristics of perpetrators of crimes, where often an offender will not be apprehended. 5 Excludes Convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2006. 6 Includes those cases where sex is not stated. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services Ministry of Justice [Ref: IOS 055-10]