2.2 patters and trends in crime

• ethnicity and victimisation - ministry of justice 


  Asian ethnic group (2%) less likely than white (4%) to be victims of crime
• ethnicity and offending - MoJ

  85% population is white vs 73% of the prison population

  black people 6% more likely to be stopped and searched
• gender and offending - MoJ


  committing crime:

  women = 15%

  men = 85%

  prison population:

  women = 5%

  men = 95%
• gender and victimisation - MoJ


  males at higher risk of personal crime:

  • 2019 = 3.9 males 3.4 females

  experience of domestic abuse:

  • men = 3.6%
  • women = 7.3%
• age and victimisation - CSEW


  likelihood of being victims decreases with age

  • 18% 16-24
  • 5% 75+
• age and offending - MoJ

  21-29 most common age for prisoner

  10-17 commit most street robberies
• safe life

  women at risk

  women in house <£10k/yr 3.5% higher risk than woman in a household income of >£20k/yr
• sutherland


  crime stats

  stats show high number of working class offenders and low number of middle and upper class offenders

  class of criminals not normally recorded
• Reiner


  poor prison population

  74% prison population from poorest 20%

  half male criminals excluded from school
• London poverty profile


  80% more crime in most income deprived area

  drugs and weapon offences 2.6% more prevalent in deprived area
• TCSEW


  violent crime

  victims of violent crime 2x as likely to be from poorest area