A fifth of teenagers admit to committing crime

[16 July 2008]

A Home Office report has disclosed that 22% of people aged between 10 and 25 admitted to committing a crime during the last year.

Furthermore, 10% had committed serious offences, such as mugging, burglary, car theft, serious assault or selling class A drugs, and 3% had carried a knife. The reports come from a Home Office 'snap-shot' of offending among young people in Bristol, as the government sets out its plans to tackle youth offending. The report also found that a third of primary school-age children in Bristol are showing signs of 'problem behaviour', which includes instances of fighting, arson, drinking and stealing.

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