Firearms Offence Arrests - Juveniles (Under 18) 2018-2021
Keywords
Financial Year, Fiscal Year, Juveniles, Children, Under 18, Arrested, Suspicion, Committed, Firearms, Offence, Age, Weapons, Possession, Intent.
Publication Number
PUB 1201
Publication Statement
Please note that this information is correct as at 16 June 2021 and may be subject to change. Essex Police aim to review and update this publication annually.
As with all publications of information by Essex Police, please note caveats may apply regarding the accuracy of data.
Title
Firearms Offence Arrests - Juveniles (Under 18)
Date Range
2018 to 2021
Related Documents/Links
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics
FOI Publication
Caveat: The data is correct as at 16 June 2021. Financial Years run 01 April to 31 March. The Custody Universe does not contain the Home Office Coding, therefore, to answer this FOI, ACPO Group = Weapons / Firearms Offences and RFA Offence Description = "Possession of Firearms Offences" and "Possession of Firearms with Intent" have been used.
The below table details the number of juveniles (children aged under 18) arrested on suspicion of having committed a Firearms Offence for the past three Financial Years.
|
Arrest Fiscal Year |
Count of Arrests |
|---|---|
|
2018/19 |
36 |
|
2019/20 |
46 |
|
2020/21 |
36 |
The below table details the number of arrests for each individual age from 10 to 17 inclusive for the past three Financial Years.
|
Arrest Fiscal Year |
Age 10 |
Age 11 |
Age 12 |
Age 13 |
Age 14 |
Age 15 |
Age 16 |
Age 17 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2018/19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
14 |
36 |
|
2019/20 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
18 |
46 |
|
2020/21 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
16 |
36 |
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.