FOI 73623
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 73623
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16th April 2021. Please find below the response to your request:
Under freedom of information legislation, I am seeking the following information:
- The number of individual children under 18 who were arrested in connection with a crime between 2010 and 2014, broken down by calendar year
- The number of individual children who were charged in connection with a crime between 2010 and 2014, broken down by calendar year
- The age of the youngest person arrested in connection with a crime during this period and the alleged offence
- The age of the youngest person charged in connection with a crime during this period and the alleged offence
Reply:-
Arrested Charged
2010 – 3,058 2010 – 1,325
2011 – 2,789 2011 – 1,140
2012 – 2,182 2012 - 918
2013 – 1,375 2013 – 580
2014 – 1,223 2014 - 509
The youngest person arrested was 10 years of age
The youngest person charged was 10 years of age