§ Mr. Mappasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list from information available from the reports of chief constables for the most recent year and for 1964, separately, for the police areas of London, Birmingham. Manchester, Newcastle - upon - Tyne, Cardiff and Oldham the percentage of all detected crime attributable in these areas to children and young persons.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganInformation in the form requested is not readily available for all the forces concerned. The following table shows, for the years 1964 and 1967, the numbers of persons of all ages found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences; the numbers of juveniles found guilty of, or cautioned for, those offences; and the proportions of juveniles in each case.
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§ Mr. Mappasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, from information available from the reports of chief constables, he will list for the most recent year and for 1964 for London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Cardiff and Oldham the numbers of serious arrestable offences committed by children and young persons, the numbers of persons proceeded against and cautioned by the police, respectively, and for less serious
JUVENILES AGED 10 AND UNDER 17 1964 1967 Indictable offences Non-indictable offences (excluding motoring offences) Indictable offences Non-indictable offences (excluding motoring offences) Police district Number proceeded against Number cautioned Number proceeded against Number cautioned Number proceeded against Number cautioned Number proceeded against Number cautioned London (Metropolitan Police District) … 11,171 104 3,842 107 10,046 66 3,716 111 Birmingham … 1,488 702 514 246 1,507 1,281 476 166 Manchester … 1,809 303 509 223 2,007 461 215 95 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 859 51 192 65 845 182 201 88 Cardiff … 641 64 319 246 926 38 212 222 Oldham … 373 127 162 32 338 143 154 20
§ Mr. Mappasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list and 1964 and the most recent year for the police areas of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cardiff and Oldham, respectively, the numbers of juvenile persons involved in serious
1964 Number of juveniles found guilty of or cautioned for indictable offences Age Police district 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 London (Metropolitan Police District) 371 730 1,189 1,729 2,292 1,942 1,926 Birmingham … … … 120 202 228 359 430 383 396 Manchester … … … 90 164 269 384 457 339 304 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … … 30 62 96 151 214 194 142 Cardiff … … … 44 56 90 117 135 107 97 Oldham … … … 37 53 75 100 111 75 45 286W
1967 Number of juveniles found guilty of or cautioned for indictable offences Age Police district 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 London (Metropolitan Police District) 298 556 1,003 1,517 2,015 1,809 1,822 Birmingham … … … 170 255 309 418 547 523 486 Manchester … … … 167 210 292 391 456 373 405 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … … 84 91 108 167 232 158 136 Cardiff … … … 43 46 89 144 172 186 173 Oldham … … … 44 64 79 85 87 59 57 offences the numbers of offences committed, persons proceeded against and persons cautioned.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganIn view of the difficulty in deciding what is a serious arrestable offence, the information in the following table relates to indictable and non-indictable offences. The number of offences, as distinct from the number of persons proceeded against or cautioned, cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.
offences separately for the age groups 10 to 16 years.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe following table gives the numbers of persons of each year of age from 10 to 16 who were found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable offences in 1964 and 1967.