HC Deb 17 June 1991 vol 193 c25W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of males aged 15, 20, 25 and 30 years, respectively, have had a serious criminal conviction.

Mr. John Patten

The information is in the table. This information has been produced from a series of cohort studies of persons born in 1953, 1958 and 1963, published in Home Office statistical bulletin 32/89.

Males born in 1953, 1958 and 1963 and convicted of a Standard List1 offence.
Convicted before age Percentage Year of birth
1953 1958 1963
15 11 11 10
20 23 25 25
25 29 31 2ֵ
30 33 2ֵ 2ֵ
1 All indictable offences plus aggravated assault, assault on a constable and cruelty to a child.
2 Not available.