Prisoners
(asked on 16th November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the most recent date for which figures are available, what offences were (1) males, and (2) females, in prisons in England and Wales, convicted of, broken down by the following age groups: (a) 15 to 17, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 39, (f) 40 to 49, (g) 50 to 59, (h) 60 to 69, and (i) 70 and over.
The information requested is published on gov.uk and copied below.
PQ HL 3278(a): Male Convicted Prison population by offence group; as at 30 September 2016 |
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| Total | 15-17 | 18-20 | 21-24 | 25-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70 and over |
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Total |
| 73,859 | 548 | 3,678 | 9,337 | 13,488 | 21,690 | 13,318 | 7,507 | 2,864 | 1,429 |
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01 Violence against the person |
| 18,377 | 131 | 755 | 2,282 | 3,525 | 5,476 | 3,525 | 1,926 | 583 | 174 |
02 Sexual offences |
| 12,910 | 31 | 316 | 848 | 1,413 | 2,465 | 2,543 | 2,589 | 1,605 | 1,100 |
03 Robbery |
| 7,641 | 129 | 622 | 1,338 | 1,701 | 2,472 | 1,038 | 309 | 31 | 1 |
04 Theft Offences |
| 10,557 | 61 | 513 | 1,355 | 2,083 | 3,896 | 2,006 | 569 | 65 | 9 |
05 Criminal damage and arson |
| 1,123 | 1 | 37 | 121 | 218 | 329 | 242 | 127 | 37 | 11 |
06 Drug offences |
| 11,237 | 50 | 735 | 1,759 | 2,271 | 3,462 | 1,854 | 885 | 189 | 32 |
07 Possession of weapons |
| 2,314 | 42 | 215 | 422 | 504 | 641 | 331 | 125 | 28 | 6 |
08 Public order offences |
| 1,258 | 9 | 79 | 182 | 249 | 334 | 206 | 129 | 53 | 17 |
09 Miscellaneous crimes against society | 3,410 | 18 | 145 | 385 | 588 | 1,028 | 646 | 410 | 151 | 39 | |
10 Fraud Offences |
| 1,283 | 0 | 12 | 76 | 153 | 372 | 326 | 233 | 85 | 26 |
11 Summary Non-Motoring |
| 2,907 | 69 | 194 | 453 | 625 | 937 | 455 | 146 | 21 | 7 |
12 Summary motoring |
| 452 | 2 | 27 | 61 | 93 | 162 | 72 | 28 | 6 | 1 |
13 Offence not recorded |
| 390 | 5 | 28 | 55 | 65 | 116 | 74 | 31 | 10 | 6 |
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PQ HL 3278(b): Female Convicted Prison population by offence group; as at 30 September 2016 |
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| Total | 15-17 | 18-20 | 21-24 | 25-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70 and over |
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Total |
| 3,410 | 0 | 100 | 300 | 535 | 1,251 | 769 | 345 | 95 | 15 |
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01 Violence against the person |
| 960 | 0 | 39 | 108 | 151 | 308 | 198 | 117 | 33 | 6 |
02 Sexual offences |
| 123 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
03 Robbery |
| 278 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 134 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
04 Theft Offences |
| 708 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 112 | 317 | 177 | 41 | 11 | 0 |
05 Criminal damage and arson |
| 102 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
06 Drug offences |
| 470 | 0 | 17 | 38 | 86 | 163 | 107 | 51 | 8 | 0 |
07 Possession of weapons |
| 66 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
08 Public order offences |
| 57 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
09 Miscellaneous crimes against society | 215 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 81 | 54 | 21 | 4 | 0 | |
10 Fraud Offences |
| 189 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 59 | 44 | 20 | 3 |
11 Summary Non-Motoring |
| 187 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 60 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
12 Summary motoring |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
13 Offence not recorded |
| 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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Data sources and quality |
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The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. | |||||||||||
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Notes
(1) These prisoners have been recently sentenced and their sentence date has not yet been updated on the system