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Table 4: Number of persons aged 13 to 19 years proceeded against at magistrates courts for indictable offences in Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police force areas, comprising the North East region, by offence group, 2003 to 2007( 1,2,3)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Cleveland police force area
Violent offences
Violence against the person	267	209	223	286	275
Sexual offences	15	23	21	25	12
Robbery	75	64	45	46	39
Sub-total	357	296	289	357	326
Other indictable
Burglary	256	191	181	203	198
Theft and handling stolen goods	599	520	430	423	528
Fraud and forgery	27	16	10	9	14
Criminal damage	77	54	38	26	28
Drug offences	199	102	112	78	110
Other indictable offences	362	313	228	212	194
Indictable motoring offences	44	35	30	16	20
Sub-total	1,564	1,231	1,029	967	1,092
Total indictable	1,921	1,527	1,318	1,324	1,418
Durham police force area
Violent offences
Violence against the person	275	249	311	335	320
Sexual offences	18	41	33	33	28
Robbery	29	22	20	27	29
Sub-total	322	312	364	395	377
Other indictable offences
Burglary	189	143	190	141	197
Theft and handling stolen goods	359	330	384	366	426
Fraud and forgery	27	20	24	12	31
Criminal damage	114	94	69	70	193
Drug offences	124	65	91	61	78
Other indictable offences	194	172	240	240	269
Indictable motoring offences	34	33	19	18	15
Sub-total	1,041	857	1,017	908	1,209
Total indictable	1,363	1,169	1,381	1,303	1,586
Northumbria police force area
Violent offences
Violence against the person	811	729	664	653	741
Sexual offences	49	40	53	51	54
Robbery	156	122	107	109	115
Sub-total	1,016	891	824	813	910
Other indictable offences
Burglary	544	391	327	371	351
Theft and handling stolen goods	1,623	1,321	1,186	1,196	1,354
Fraud and forgery	88	77	78	64	69
Criminal damage	114	78	72	118	126
Drug offences	687	482	488	507	492
Other indictable offences	905	741	705	683	670
Indictable motoring offences 84	69	61	67	50
Sub-total	4,045	3,159	2,917	3,006	3,112
Total indictable	5,061	4,050	3,741	3,819	4,022
(1) These statistics 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 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) 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) ‘Indictable’ includes ‘indictable only’ and ‘triable-either-way offences’. ‘Indictable only’ are the most serious breaches of the criminal law and must be dealt with at the Crown court. ‘Triable-either-way’ offences may be tried either at the Crown court or at magistrates courts. Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.

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