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| Number of persons sentenced( 1) by type of offence and age group, all courts, England and Wales, 1997-2006 |
| Number of persons |
| | | Year |
| Age group | Offence group | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
10 to 17( 2)
|
Violence against the person
|
5,886
|
5,994
|
6,005
|
6,424
|
6,910
|
6,870
|
6,577
|
6,902
|
7,444
|
7,559
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
468
|
468
|
488
|
467
|
510
|
557
|
448
|
587
|
556
|
500
|
| |
Burglary
|
8,624
|
8,487
|
7,766
|
6,849
|
6,267
|
6,418
|
5,752
|
5,935
|
6,045
|
6,169
|
| |
Robbery
|
2,343
|
2,169
|
2,039
|
2,238
|
2,789
|
2,804
|
2,638
|
2,964
|
3,089
|
3,733
|
| |
Theft and handling stolen goods
|
19,573
|
21,840
|
22,627
|
21,006
|
20,556
|
18,436
|
16,540
|
16,798
|
17,061
|
16,351
|
| |
Fraud and forgery
|
806
|
962
|
1,078
|
1,017
|
1,012
|
945
|
810
|
762
|
692
|
601
|
| |
Criminal damage
|
2,255
|
2,290
|
2,682
|
2,576
|
2,897
|
2,908
|
2,946
|
3,234
|
3,274
|
3,678
|
| |
Drug offences
|
1,845
|
2,748
|
3,107
|
3,739
|
4,342
|
4,958
|
5,144
|
4,479
|
4,626
|
4,460
|
| |
Other indictable offences
|
4,131
|
4,172
|
4,310
|
4,388
|
4,318
|
4,446
|
4,272
|
4,612
|
4,497
|
4,134
|
| |
Indictable motoring offences
|
370
|
427
|
447
|
556
|
668
|
767
|
817
|
738
|
583
|
525
|
| |
Summary offences (excluding motoring)
|
22,031
|
25,488
|
26,982
|
27,728
|
28,495
|
28,354
|
28,746
|
32,190
|
33,515
|
34,020
|
| |
Summary motoring offences
|
10,760
|
11,249
|
12,629
|
14,492
|
16,721
|
17,085
|
17,841
|
16,987
|
14,821
|
12,076
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
18 to 20( 3)
|
Violence against the person
|
5,789
|
6,385
|
6,352
|
6,393
|
6,336
|
6,666
|
6,521
|
6,748
|
6,998
|
7,457
|
| |
Sexual offences
|
246
|
292
|
275
|
251
|
269
|
284
|
273
|
293
|
351
|
360
|
| |
Burglary
|
7,098
|
6,841
|
6,511
|
5,761
|
4,829
|
4,639
|
4,096
|
3,810
|
3,636
|
3,723
|
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Robbery
|
1,267
|
1,303
|
1,236
|
1,266
|
1,440
|
1,479
|
1,317
|
1,459
|
1,387
|
1,642
|
| |
Theft and handling stolen goods
|
20,036
|
21,651
|
22,856
|
21,890
|
20,137
|
17,938
|
15,321
|
13,653
|
12,516
|
11,981
|
| |
Fraud and forgery
|
2,158
|
2,470
|
2,845
|
2,601
|
2,577
|
2,310
|
2,117
|
1,946
|
1,750
|
1,427
|
| |
Criminal damage
|
1,798
|
1,809
|
1,773
|
1,702
|
1,710
|
1,676
|
1,737
|
1,771
|
1,854
|
2,079
|
| |
Drug offences
|
6,445
|
8,110
|
8,409
|
8,092
|
8,217
|
8,634
|
8,701
|
5,680
|
5,445
|
5,841
|
| |
Other indictable offences
|
8,256
|
8,680
|
8,432
|
8,187
|
7,898
|
8,110
|
8,148
|
8,560
|
8,138
|
7,903
|
| |
Indictable motoring offences
|
1,281
|
1,172
|
1,199
|
1,172
|
1,223
|
1,328
|
1,380
|
1,321
|
1,143
|
1,035
|
| |
Summary offences (excluding motoring)
|
39,868
|
44,834
|
43,472
|
44,399
|
44,484
|
45,910
|
47,613
|
47,062
|
46,217
|
48,190
|
| |
Summary motoring offences
|
62,217
|
63,575
|
62,052
|
60,376
|
58,787
|
60,410
|
64,843
|
64,096
|
56,616
|
51,056
|
(1) Principal offence basis.
(2) 10 to 17-year-olds are classed as juveniles.
(3) 18 to 20-year-olds are classed as young offenders.
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:
RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice
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