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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

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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