Arrest of Young People Aged 10-17

KEYWORDS

Arrests, 2020, Juveniles, Teens, Coronavirus, All Offences

PUBLICATION NUMBER:

PUB 1096

FOI REFERENCE NUMBER:

FOI 14837

REQUEST TITLE:

Arrest of Young People Aged 10-17

DATE RANGE:

March 2019 to September 2020

INFORMATION REQUESTED:

1. How many people aged 10-17 were arrested FOR ANY OFFENCE over the following months in 2019:
   
   March 2019
   April 2019
   May 2019
   June 2019
   July 2019
   August 2019
   September 2019

2. How many people aged 10-17 were arrested FOR ANY OFFENCE over the following months in 2020:
   
   March 2020
   April 2020
   May 2020
   June 2020
   July 2020
   August 2020
   September 2020

3. How many people aged 10-17 were arrested under the Coronavirus Act 2020 over the following months:
   
   March 2020
   April 2020
   May 2020
   June 2020
   July 2020
   August 2020
   September 2020

4. How many people OF ANY AGE were arrested under the Coronavirus Act 2020 over the following months:
   
   March 2020
   April 2020
   May 2020
   June 2020
   July 2020
   August 2020
   September 2020

DISCLOSURE WITH EXEMPTIONS:

FULL DISCLOSURE

INFORMATION CORRECT AS AT:

25.09.20.

DATE OF DISCLOSURE:

20.10.20.

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FOI RESPONSE:

Notes:

• Volume of arrests aged 10 to 17 includes recorded numbers of people arrested for crimes who were aged 10 or over but under 18 years old
• Dates (Years and Months): 2019 to 2020 – March to September Only
• The true option was chosen for the main arrest flag data field to highlight people arrested for offences
• We filtered by the offence description to specify the coronavirus act 2020 reasons for queries 3 and 4

Table 1 shows the monthly volumes of people aged 10 to 17 years old arrested for any offences by Essex police force between 1^st March 2019 and 30^th September 2019:

People aged 10 to 17 arrested for any offences - March to September 2019
Month	Volume of arrests aged 10 to 17
March	217
April	232
May	239
June	189
July	214
August	186
September	189
Total	1466

Table 2 below shows the monthly volumes of people aged 10 to 17 years old arrested for any offences by Essex police force between 1^st March 2020 and 30^th September 2020:

People aged 10 to 17 arrested for any offences - March to September 2020
Month	Volume of arrests aged 10 to 17
March	161
April	106
May	137
June	149
July	175
August	142
September	134
Total	1004

Table 3 below illustrates the monthly volumes of people aged 10 to 17 years old arrested under the coronavirus act 2020 from 1^st March to 30^th September 2020:

People aged 10 to 17 arrested under Coronavirus Act 2020 - March to September 2020
Month	Volume of arrests aged 10 to 17
March	0
April	3
May	1
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	0
Total	4

Table 4 below shows the monthly volumes of people of all age groups arrested under the coronavirus act 2020 from 1^st March to 30^th September 2020:

People of any age arrested under Coronavirus Act 2020 - March to September 2020
Month	Volume of arrests of all ages
March	1
April	13
May	4
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	0
Total	18

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.