, This section excludes those where sex is not stated and other defendants such as companies and public bodies in total these accounted for 10% of all defendants in 2019. HMPPS (excluding NPS) have seen the largest increase in female representation of senior staff, increasing by 10 percentage points, to 45% in 2020. Findings from a recent data sharing exercise between the MoJ and the Department for Education (DfE) are presented here, with analysis on a matched cohort of those who were in Year 6 in either 2008/09 or 2009/10 and who were aged ten at the start of those academic years[footnote 91][footnote 92]. The 75+ group was the only age group where prevalence of violent crime in highest among females. , These are sourced from linked magistrates courts and Crown Court administrative data systems with a match rate of around 90%. In 2019/20, 31,800 individuals were detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act (1983) in England and Wales, a 2% increase when compared to the previous year[footnote 26]. , A single individual (includes people and companies) can be counted more than once in a year if they are dealt with by the CJS on more than one occasion. This was considerably higher than the proportion of pupils eligible for FSM in the overall pupil population (including both offenders and non-offenders) in 2013/14[footnote 102] and 2014/15[footnote 103] (14% for both young females and young males). April 2017 to March 2018) offender cohort. , We were only able to match data on those children who are both in DfE and MoJ datasets so cannot provide analysis specifically for non-offenders with these characteristics. For each offence, the proportion of those who were sentenced to immediate custody was lower for female offenders than for males. . Figure 5.12: Proportion of offenders sentenced to immediate custody, by custodial sentence length and sex, 2019[footnote 58]. Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. In 2019/20, there was a significant difference between males (63.4%) and females (57.3%) who perceived the Criminal Justice System to be fair, as seen in previous years. Figure 7.03: Average Custodial Sentence Lengths (ACSL) for indictable offences by sex and ethnic group, England and Wales, 2019. Figure 8.01: The proportion of male and female offenders prosecuted for each offence group, England and Wales, 2019. They have been excluded from all analyses in this chapter. This proportion has remained stable over the last 5 years (June 2015 June 2019) despite the overall fall of 18% in the under 18 custody population. The strategy sets out the Governments commitment to a new programme of work for female offenders, which will take some years to deliver, driven by our vision to see: The strategy aims to take an evidence-based approach to reducing crime and rehabilitating offenders. Further information on the following topics related to offender management is available online: Substance Misuse Treatment Programmes, Offender Learning, Safety in Custody, Deaths in or following police contact, Discipline in Prison Establishments (Adjudications), Restricted Patients, Home Detention Curfew, Release on Temporary License, Licence Recalls. For both young males and young females in the matched cohort, those who were sentenced to custody for 12 months or less had the lowest proportion attaining 5 or more GCSEs (or equivalents) graded A* to G. Figure 7.08 shows that across most disposal types, a greater proportion of young females attained this level than young males. , Individuals self-harming rates are derived by 1,000 x (number of individual in year)/(average monthly population for year). However, as in previous reports, in order to present as full a picture as possible we have also included some statistics that do not have this badging where National Statistics are not held on important or new topics. Figure 7.11: Proportion of young offenders who finished Key Stage 4 in either 2013/14 or 2014/15 with a record of persistent absence, by gender and disposal category (Source: Table 7.4). The overall ACSL (where sex is known) has been increasing over the last 5 years, from 16.3 months in 2015 to 19.0 months in 2019. The number of children prosecuted for indictable offences has fallen by 29% since 2015, compared to the 25% decrease seen in adult prosecutions. As with custodial sentences, females on average received shorter community orders (11.6 months) and suspended sentence orders (16.6 months) on compared to males (at 12.5 and 17.3 months respectively). Of the sentenced prison population, sentences can be divided into two broad groups: determinate sentences which are for a fixed period, and indeterminate sentences (these include life sentences and indeterminate sentences for public protection IPPs). They are awarded National Statistics status following an assessment by the Authoritys regulatory arm. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Britain has the highest proportion of fatherless families (2 million) of any major European country. When split by sex, larger percentage decreases were seen over the last 5 years for female adults (25%) and children (31%) compared to males (21% and 26% respectively). These figures had also reduced significantly from the previous year (males: 13.8%; females: 7.1%). Females in contact with the services more often had suspected alcohol misuse, financial needs, were abuse victims and had mental health needs compared to males. Young females who were sentenced to custody for more than 12 months had a 73% proportion with SEN without a statement compared to 65% for young males. , Personal crimes are those against an individual that relate to the respondents own personal experience rather than others in the household. For more information and statistics on criminal court timeliness please refer to the Criminal Court Statistics (quarterly): January to March 2020 bulletin. The processes by which other revisions will be communicated and published. Where figures have been published, links are provided as part of the text and tables. A huge 40% of married American households feature a woman who is a primary breadwinner, but only 3% of American spousal support arrangements are paid to ex-husbands. , Data from Nature of Violent Crime, England and Wales: year ending 2019 (appendix tables), Data on victims of Domestic abuse in 2019/20 is discussed in more detail further into this chapter. Across all disposals, a larger proportion of young males had a record of receiving a fixed period exclusion compared to young females. Among young males who were dealt with by a suspended sentence, 82% had a record of fixed period exclusion, compared to 59% of young females; a 24 percentage point difference. Figure 7.04: Age distribution of male and female defendants, England and Wales, 2019. Violent crime was reported by a higher proportion of males (2.1%) than females (1.4%) in 2018/19. Other increases included a 3 percentage point increase in both magistrates and HMPPS (excluding probation) to 56% and 40%, respectively. This is reflected in the higher proportion of females remanded in custody who were sentenced to immediate custody at magistrates court, 17% in 2019 compared to 13% for males. Court judges have seen similar increases to 26% female staff, largely driven by High Court Judge appointments. Figure 5.08: Median number of days from offence to completion, by offence group and sex, 2019. In the Crown Court, 90% of crime higher legal aid work related to male clients. The Ministry of Justice aims to avoid the need for revisions to publications unless they are absolutely necessary and put systems and processes in place to minimise the number of revisions. Youth custody data for December 2016 published. This report is a compendium of information from a range of data sources from across the CJS on the representation of females (and males) among victims, suspects, defendants and offenders. , Data on Prison Population uses the 30 June 2019 snapshot from the Offender management statistics quarterly: January to March 2019. Youth custody report for November 2015 published. Similar falls have been seen in the number of defendants prosecuted over the last 5 years when broken down by sex; the number of prosecutions for male defendants fell by 11% to 904,000 in 2019 and prosecutions for female defendants fell by 12% to 324,000 in 2019. For more detailed analysis on out of court disposals, see Chapter 4: Police Activity. Data on PSRs relates to those aged 18 or older and all offence types. Crime lower covers work carried out by legal aid providers regarding police station advice, magistrates court work and prison law. For example, young males receiving more than 12 months in custody were more likely to receive any pass in GCSEs than young females (69% v 64%), whereas the reverse was true for young males receiving 12 months or less in custody. Three-year time series refers to 2016/17 to 2018/19. Over the last 5 years, a higher proportion of males were bailed or remanded in custody. Males were significantly more likely to fall victim to violence and robbery compared to females, with a significant increase in male robbery victims since 2017/18. , Where sex is known. The overall child conviction ratio for indictable offences remained broadly stable since 2015, at 70%. In 2019, over half (55%) of the prosecutions for female defendants were for summary non-motoring offences, compared to under a third (29%) of male defendants. For example, data on arrests are presented in financial years, while data from courts is presented in calendar years. Overall, of the young offenders sentenced/cautioned, a smaller proportion of young males (80%) had a record of persistent absence compared to young females (85%). Tests for statistical significance are published in the Victims tables alongside this report. These single parents are raising as many as 22.4 million children. Of the 34,300 defendants convicted for shoplifting, 9,600 (28%) were female. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. In contrast, a higher proportion of male than female first time offenders were cautioned or convicted for drug offences over the last 5 years (13% and 5% respectively in 2019). Additionally, men are awarded less support on average than mothers who are awarded support. The proportion of adults who experienced violent crime generally decreased with increasing age. , Court outcomes figures split by sex and ethnicity is limited to indictable offences where is a robust proportion with known ethnicity. Youth custody report and data for January 2018 published. This proportions differ from the total prison population, which were 95% and 5% respectively. For both sexes, the child custody rate has remained broadly stable since 2015, at 8% for males and 2% for females. Cannabis warnings and community resolutions will not be considered when looking at out of court disposals because they are not recorded by sex.