Monthly statistics on the population in custody of children and young people within secure children's homes, secure training centres (STCs) and young offender institutions (YOIs). This includes those aged under 18 and 18 year olds. Some 18 year olds remain in the secure estate for children and young people if they only have a short period of their sentence to serve, to avoid disrupting their regimes.
The publication also contains more detailed information on the make-up of the custody population by legal basis for detention, accommodation type, age group, gender, ethnicity and region of origin. Data is also provided on a trend basis dating back to 2000/01 and 2004/05 onwards for more detailed data.
June 2010
Latest custody figures [1Mb Excel document, opens in new window] published on 19 August 2010.
| Custody snapshot comparison |
This month |
Previous month |
Previous year |
| June 2010 |
May 2010 |
Difference† |
June 2009 |
Difference† |
| Under 18 custody population |
2,173 |
2,070 |
+103 |
2,666 |
-493 |
| Secure population (including 18 year olds) |
2,364 |
2,278 |
+86 |
2,901 |
-537 |
| Beds available |
2,721 |
2,917 |
-196 |
3,352 |
-631 |
| Beds commissioned |
3,243 |
3,243 |
0 |
3,527 |
-284 |
| Occupancy rate |
87% |
78% |
9% |
87% |
0% |
Summary*
The population of the secure estate for children and young people for under 18 year olds currently stands at 2,173. This is an increase of 103 from the previous month and a decrease of 493 from the previous year.
The overall population of the secure estate for children and young people, including those aged 18 years old, currently stands at 2,364. This is a increase of 86 from the previous month and a decrease of 537 from the previous year.
Click to view a summary of custody data [17Kb PDF, opens in new window].
Occupancy trends
The overall occupancy rate for the secure estate for children and young people, including those aged 18 years old, currently stands at 87%, compared to 78% from the previous month.
Custody population for children and young people - yearly trend
Average yearly custody population for children and young people
Background
*These figures are provisional. The final 2009/10 figures will be finalised in the next Annual Workload statistics. Earlier years reflect published data, however some data may not exactly match the published data. This is due to different extraction times.
† The occupancy rate difference is percentage points differences.
Note these figures are a monthly snapshot of the custodial population, taken on the last Friday of the month or first Friday of the following month, depending on which is nearer to the actual month end.
The information about secure training centres (STCs) and secure children’s homes comes from the YJB's Secure Accommodation Clearing House System (SACHS) database. The under 18 year olds in YOIs is also from SACHS, whereas information about young people aged 18 and held in YOIs is supplied by the Prison Service and private YOIs.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.