Ten-year-old rapist arrested in kid crimewave sweeping UK – here’s the area with nation’s worst child offenders
Avon and Somerset Police – 2,320 arrests. Three under-15s arrested for murdering a baby aged one year or older. 116 arrests for sex offenses, including a child tied up for sexual activity with a family member.
Bedfordshire Police – 113 arrests. An 11 year old man. Three people arrested for sex offenses (data available for 2018 only)
Cambridgeshire Police – 1,700 arrests. Including a 12-year-old girl who was arrested for murder but never charged. Boy, 12, arrested for raping boy under 13.
Cheshire Police – No data
City of London Police – No data
Cleveland Police Department – 2,031 arrests including: an 11-year-old boy who raped a boy under 13, a 10-year-old kidnapper and an 11-year-old arsonist. There were 42 rapes committed by boys on children aged 0 to 16.
Cumbria Police – 1,331 arrests, including 10 youths, involved in a complex fraud operation ranging from lottery and dating scams to loan fraud and fake vacation rentals.
Derbyshire Police – 3,108 juveniles arrested for 5,341 offenses. 15 10 year olds, 31 11 year olds, 288 13 year olds, 639 14 year olds. Four were arrested for murder and 17 for arson, three arrests for fake bombs.
Devon and Cornwall Police – Only 23 arrests
Dorset Police – Partially included in the above data – no own data
Durham Police – 507 arrests (data from 2007 – 2012)
Dyfed Powys Police – No data
Essex Police – 7,241 arrests of 3,763 children. 234 for sex offenses. 503 Weapons and Firearms Offenses. Seven 10-year-olds, 35 11-year-olds, 189 12-year-olds.
Gloucestershire Police – 880 arrests of 504 people under the age of 16, including 24 rapists and four for handcuffed murder.
Greater Manchester Police – No data
Gwent Police – 3,417 arrests. Worst: 53 rapists under the age of 16. 69 arrested for driving offenses.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police – No data
Hertfordshire Police – No data
Humberside Police – No data
Kent Police – 3,062 arrests, 496 repeat offenders. 119 arrested for rape, including a 10-year-old. Also: Arsonist, 10, and child of the same age arrested for racist attack.
Lancashire Police – 5,340 arrests, including a 10-year-old who raped a child under 13 and three 9-year-olds who were arrested for assault, robbery and property damage.
Leicestershire Police – No data
Lincolnshire Police – No data
Merseyside Police – 5,399 arrests, including 120 arrests for sex crimes.
city police service – No data
Department of Defense Police – Six arrests. The Department of Defense Police provide armed security and counter-terrorism in high-risk areas and on Department of Defense premises.
Norfolk and Suffolk Police – 3,895 arrests. Among them are 17 ten-year-olds. Two people arrested in Suffolk for money laundering.
North Wales Police – 2,047 arrests during the period. Five ten-year-olds, 13 11-year-olds, 75 12-year-olds, 192 13-year-olds.
Northamptonshire Police – 1,511 people arrested, including 50 12-year-olds. 450 repeat offenders.
Northumbria Police – No data
North Yorkshire Police – No data
Nottinghamshire Police – 2,104 arrests including murder, immigration and weapons related crimes.
Police Service of Northern Ireland – 3,732 arrests, including a 10-year-old male kidnapper.
Police Scotland – No data
South Wales Police – No data
South Yorkshire Police – No data
Staffordshire Police – No data
Surrey Police – 1,305 people were arrested, including 13 under-15s who raped girls under 13 and five who raped boys under 13. Five people have been arrested for possession of child abuse images.
Sussex Police – No data
Thames Valley Police – No data
Warwickshire Police – No data
West Mercia Police – 1,578 arrests, including an 11-year-old boy who raped a boy under 13; 19 under-15s arrested for murder, including a 12-year-old and two 13-year-old boys.
West Midlands Police – 7,302 custody records for 16,148 crimes. Among them are a 12-year-old, two 13-year-olds and eleven 14-year-olds – all boys – arrested for murder.
West Yorkshire Police – 11,605 arrests of 5,707 people. Some of the UK’s most aggressive 10-year-olds – 13 handcuffed for violence against others.
Wiltshire Police – 1,269 people – 2,476 arrests – Worst of all was a 14-year-old boy charged with murder in 2022.
