Offences Committed by Children

Reference Number: 3016
Date released: 04 April 2011

Request

the number of crimes committed by offenders aged under ten in a) 2008 b) 2009 and c) 2010. If your force holds this information for 2000, please could you also provide me with this.
please provide a breakdown of these crimes, showing a) the nature of the crime (e.g. arson, criminal damage), b) the age of the offender and c)the gender of the offender

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