§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Persons acquitted* Persons Males aged 17 and over Females aged 17 and over Juveniles aged under 17 Total Col. (8) as percentage proceeded against Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. of Col. (1) Year (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 1960 … 17,815 527 100.0 3.0 1961 … 21,663 The figures for these years 636 100.0 2.9 1962 … 25,731 are not available 719 100.0 2.8 1963 … 25,506 860 100.0 3.4 1964 … 27,626 233 24.8 494 52.5 213 22.7 940 100.0 3.4 1965 … 31,497 280 24.9 590 52.4 255 22.7 1,125 100.0 3.6 1966 … 30,971 295 26.1 574 50.8 261 23.1 1,130 100.0 3.6 1967 … 32,857 374 26.8 742 53.1 281 20.1 1,397 100.0 4.3 1968 … 34,524 391 26.4 819 55.3 270 18.3 1,480 100.0 4.3 1969 … 40,181 528 29.5 974 54.5 286 16.0 1,788 100.0 4.4 1970 … 43,477 682 32.7 1,090 52.3 314 15.0 2,086 100.0 4.8
Persons found guilty Males aged 17 and over Females aged 17 and over Juveniles aged under 17 Total Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Year (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) 1960 … 4,036 23.5 6,273 36.4 6,908 40.1 17,217 100.0 1961 … 4,540 21.6 8,161 38.9 8,284 39.5 20,985 100.0 1962 … 5,732 230 10,661 42.7 8,550 34.3 24,943 100.0 1963 … 5,996 24.4 10,470 42.7 8,079 32.9 24,545 100.0 1964 … 6,337 23.9 11,319 42.7 8,860 33.4 26,516 100.0 1965 … 7,124 23.7 12,988 43.1 9,985 33.2 30,097 100.0 1966 … 7,743 26.1 12,602 42.6 9,272 31.3 29,617 100.0 1967 … 8,657 27.8 13,813 44.3 8,701 27.9 31,171 100.0 1968 … 9,761 29.9 14,468 44.3 8,447 25.8 32,676 100.0 1969 … 12,086 31.9 17,444 46.0 8,354 22.1 37,884 100.0 1970 … 13,872 34.2 18,336 45.2 8,384 20.6 40,592 100.0 * Includes persons discharged under section 7 of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952, and those whose charge was withdrawn or dismissed.