Sentencing: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 4th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the custody rate was for each ethnic group for each type of robbery offence committed in the latest year for which figures are available.
The average custodial sentence length for sentences given in the Crown Court for each category of indictable only offence, by ethnicity, in 2014, can be found in the sentencing data tool contained in the annual publication. Information including overall sentencing data and those sentenced to immediate custody for the violence against the person and drugs offence groups can also be found in the published table.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014
The number of offenders sentenced at all Crown Courts only to immediate custody (including custody rate) for robbery offences, by ethnicity, in England and Wales, in 2014, can be viewed in the table.
Offenders sentenced at all Crown Courts only for offences relating to robbery (1), by self-identified ethnicity, England and Wales, 2014 (2)(3)(4) | ||||||||
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| Asian | Black | Mixed | Not stated | Chinese or other | White | All |
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Robbery | Sentenced | 282 | 613 | 197 | 393 | 56 | 2,673 | 4,214 |
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Immediate custody | 208 | 488 | 149 | 336 | 44 | 2,256 | 3,481 | |
Custody rate | 74% | 80% | 76% | 85% | 79% | 84% | 83% | |
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Assault with intent to rob | Sentenced | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 54 |
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Immediate custody | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 41 | |
Custody rate | 100% | 60% | 100% | 67% | 100% | 74% | 76% | |
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(1) An offence under S8 Theft Act 1968 |
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(2) The figures given in the table 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 it 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. | ||||||||
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(3) 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. | ||||||||
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(4) Custody rate represents the proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody. |
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Ref: PQ 36607 |
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It is not possible to present a representative picture of ethnicity at the magistrates Court because data on ethnicity is not collected at the magistrates’ Court for all offences.