Avon and Somerset Police – 2,320 arrests. Three under-15s arrested for murdering a baby aged one or older. 116 arrests for sexual offences including one child cuffed for sexual activity with a family member.
Bedfordshire Police – 113 arrests. One 11-year-old male. Three arrested for sexual offences (data only available in 2018)
Cambridgeshire Constabulary – 1,700 arrests. Including girl, 12, arrested for murder but never charged. Boy, 12, arrested for raping boy younger than 13.
Cheshire Constabulary – No data
City of London Police – No data
Cleveland Police – 2,031 arrests including: boy, 11, who raped a boy under-13, a hostage taker, 10 and arsonist, 11. There were 42 rapes carried out by boys on children 0-16.
Cumbria Constabulary – 1,331 arrests including 10 youngsters involved in a complex fraud operation stretching from lottery and dating scams to loan fraud and bogus holiday lets.
Derbyshire Constabulary – 3,108 youngsters arrested for 5,341 crimes. 15 10-yr-olds, 31 11-year-olds, 288 13-yr-olds, 639 14-yr-olds. Four arrested for murder and 17 arsonists, three bomb hoax arrests.
Devon and Cornwall Police – Only 23 arrests
Dorset Police – Partly included in above data – no data of their own
Durham Constabulary – 507 arrests (data from 2007 – 2012)
Dyfed-Powys Police – No data
Essex Police – 7,241 arrests of 3,763 kids. 234 for sexual offences. 503 weapon and firearm offences. Seven 10-yr-olds, 35 11-yr-olds, 189 12yr-olds.
Gloucestershire Constabulary – 880 under-16 arrests of 504 individuals, including 24 rapists and four cuffed for murder.
Greater Manchester Police – No data
Gwent Police – 3,417 arrests. Worst: 53 rapists younger than 16. 69 arrested for driving offences.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary – No data
Hertfordshire Constabulary – No data
Humberside Police – No data
Kent Police – 3,062 arrests, 496 reoffended. 119 arrests for rape including one 10-year-old. Also: Arsonist, 10, and child same age arrested for racist attack.
Lancashire Constabulary – 5,340 arrests including 10-year-old who raped a kid younger than 13 and three nine-year-olds arrested for assault, robbery and criminal damage.
Leicestershire Police – No data
Lincolnshire Police – No data
Merseyside Police – 5,399 arrests including 120 arrests for sexual offences.
Metropolitan Police Service – No data
Ministry of Defence Police – Six arrests. MoD Police provide armed security and counter terrorism at high risk areas and on MoD property.
Norfolk & Suffolk Constabulary – 3,895 arrests. These include 17 ten-year-olds. Two in Suffolk arrested for money laundering.
North Wales Police – 2,047 arrests in period. Five ten-year-olds, 13 11-year-olds, 75 12-year-olds, 192 13-year-olds.
Northamptonshire Police – 1,511 individuals 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 offences.
Police Service of Northern Ireland – 3,732 arrests including 10-year-old male hostage taker.
Police Scotland – No data
South Wales Police – No data
South Yorkshire Police – No data
Staffordshire Police – No data
Surrey Police – 1,305 individuals arrested, including 13 under-15s who raped girls under 13, and five who raped boys younger than 13. Five arrested for possessing child abuse images.
Sussex Police – No data
Thames Valley Police – No data
Warwickshire Police – No data
West Mercia Police – 1,578 arrests including boy, 11, who raped lad under 13; 19 under-15s arrested for murder including one 12 and two 13-year-old boys.
West Midlands Police – 7,302 custody records of 16,148 offences. They include one 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 individuals. Some of the most aggressive 10-year-olds in UK – 13 cuffed for violence against others.
Wiltshire Police – 1,269 individuals – 2476 arrests – Worst was a 14-year-old boy charged with murder in 2022.
