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<p>Table 1 shows the proportion of offenders aged under 18 in youth custody by breakdown
of ethnicity in each year since April 2010 based on the monthly average custody population.
The table also includes proportions of young people in custody that are of White ethnicity
and the proportions of young people whose ethnicity is not available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
1: Average proportion of young offenders under 18 in youth secure estate by breakdown
of ethnic groups in each financial year, 2010/11 to 2013/14.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Breakdown
of Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Bangladeshi</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Other Asian</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian
Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.9%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>African</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Caribbean</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Other Black</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>8.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black
Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Other
Mixed</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>White/Asian</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>White/Black African</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>White/Black Caribbean</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed
Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.7%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.1%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not
Available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.8%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59.1%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand
Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>* Data for 2013/14 is provisional and will be finalised in the 2013/14 Youth
Justice Statistics in January 2015.These figures have been drawn from administrative
IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible
errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</p><p>
</p><p>The slightly increasing trend in the proportions of young offenders in custody
coming from Asian, Black, Mixed and Other ethnic groups may be partially explained
by a decrease in the proportion of young people of ethnicity stated as Not Available
(a decrease by 2.3% between 2009/10 and 2013/14). This is likely to be due to improved
recording systems.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that there have been decreases
in the absolute numbers of Black and Minority Ethnic young offenders in custody between
2010/11 and 2013/14 for most ethnic groups.</p>
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