Age

• Patterns of Victimisation

  • Younger people are 9x more likely to be victims of personal crime
  • Younger people are more likely to be victims of violent crime
  • ICS found that older people are less likely to be victims but more likely to be injured in assaults. 15.5% have a high level of worry about crime
  • Age UK: only 0.6% (65-74) are victims of crime
  • 12% of children have been victims of crime, of this 56% were violent crimes
• Trends

  • Young people are responsible for 23% of police recorded crime. Disproportionally high as 10-17 year olds make up 1/10 of the population
  • 10-17 year old males made up 20% of all recorded crime, whereas females only accounted for 4%