05 September 2014
New figures released by the Minister for Home Affairs for the first half of 2014 indicate that youth crime levels in Jersey remain at a very low level.
Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, said βThe pattern of a major reduction in levels of youth crime that was constant in 2013 has continued into 2014. Here are the figures for the number of cases presented to the Youth Courtβ.
| βYear | β2010 | β2011 | β2012 | β2013 | β2014 (first 6 months) |
| βCases | β253 | β179 | β71 | β62 | β31 |
The comparable figures for the numbers aged under 18 in the Young Offenders Institution at the Prison and in Greenfields Remand Centre in relation to criminal charges and for the number of offences committed by under 18s are also available:
Young Offenders Institution
| βYear | β2010 | β2011 | β2012 | β2013 | β2014 (first 6 months) |
| βNumber of admissions | β41 | β18 | β6 | β3 | β7* |
* Of these 7 admissions, 6 relate to one individual.
Greenfields (criminal charge related)
| Yearβ | β2010 | β2011 | β2012 | β2013 | β2014 (first 6 months) |
| βNumber of young people on remand | β20 | β9 | β4 | β6 | β2 |
Number of offences detected
| βYear | β2010 | β2011 | β2012 | β2013 | β2014 (first 6 months) |
| βOffences detected | β522 | β343 | β211 | β238 | β107 |
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