Offenders Under 10

  • Reference Number: 2086
  • Date released: 25 August 2009

Request

  1. How many crimes were committed by children aged under 10 in 2008-9? (Either 1 Aug 2008 to 31 Jul 2009 or other one-year time period for which results are recorded if necessary and please specify).
  2. What were these crimes eg. 12 incidents of criminal damage, 15 assaults etc.
  3. How many of these children were female?
  4.  What was the age of the youngest child criminal, their gender and what was the crime?

Response

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Questions 1 to 3

In relation to questions 1 - 3 inclusive please see the table below from a previous Freedom of Information Disclosure for the calendar year 2008. This represents the only data we currently have available.

Month/Year Age at Date of Crime Gender Home Office Code Description
Apr 2008 9 Male Shoplifting
Apr 2008 8 Male Robbery of personal property
Apr 2008 9 Male "Racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress"
Apr 2008 9 Male "Racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress"
Apr 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Apr 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Apr 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Apr 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Apr 2008 8 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Apr 2008 9 Male Shoplifting
May 2008 9 Female Actual bodily harm and other injury
May 2008 9 Female Actual bodily harm and other injury
May 2008 8 Female Shoplifting
May 2008 7 Male Shoplifting
May 2008 9 Male Shoplifting
May 2008 9 Male Assault without injury
May 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
May 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
May 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling
May 2008 7 Female Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine/meter
May 2008 8 Male Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine/meter
May 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
May 2008 8 Female Shoplifting
Jun 2008 9 Male Assault without injury
Jun 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Jun 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Jun 2008 8 Male Other theft
Jun 2008 9 Male Other Criminal damage
Jun 2008 9 Male Other Criminal damage
Jun 2008 9 Male Shoplifting
Jun 2008 5 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Jul 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Jul 2008 7 Male "Racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress"
Jul 2008 7 Male "Racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress"
Jul 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Jul 2008 7 Male Shoplifting
Jul 2008 7 Male Shoplifting
Jul 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Jul 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Jul 2008 9 Male Shoplifting
Aug 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Aug 2008 9 Female Actual bodily harm and other injury
Aug 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Aug 2008 7 Male Assault without injury
Aug 2008 8 Male Assault without injury
Aug 2008 8 Male Assault without injury
Aug 2008 8 Male Assault without injury
Aug 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Aug 2008 6 Male Assault without injury
Aug 2008 6 Male Assault without injury
Aug 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 8 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Aug 2008 6 Male Other Offences against the state or public order
Aug 2008 8 Male Other Offences against the state or public order
Aug 2008 9 Female Criminal damage to a vehicle
Sep 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Sep 2008 8 Male Theft from a vehicle
Sep 2008 4 Female Other Criminal damage
Sep 2008 7 Male Other Criminal damage
Sep 2008 8 Male Other Criminal damage
Sep 2008 9 Female Actual bodily harm and other injury
Sep 2008 5 Male Criminal damage to a vehicle
Oct 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Oct 2008 9 Male Other theft
Oct 2008 8 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Oct 2008 9 Male Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine/meter
Oct 2008 8 Male Theft from a vehicle
Nov 2008 6 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Nov 2008 8 Female Other Criminal damage
Nov 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Dec 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Jan 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling
Jan 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling
Jan 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Feb 2008 8 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Feb 2008 9 Male "Racially or religiously aggravated public fear, alarm or distress"
Feb 2008 9 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Mar 2008 8 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Mar 2008 9 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Mar 2008 9 Male Assault without injury on a constable
Mar 2008 8 Male Actual bodily harm and other injury
Mar 2008 6 Male Criminal damage to a dwelling
Mar 2008 8 Male Theft in a dwelling other than from automatic machine/meter
Mar 2008 9 Female "Public fear, alarm or distress"

Total: 97

Question 4

A child under the age of 10 is below the age of criminal responsibility, therefore the answer to this is question is aged 10, the details of which are included in the spreadsheet.

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