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<p>Data set out in the table below shows the number of defendants aged under 18 at
the point of committing an offence and age 18 or over at the point of completion who
were dealt with in 'for trial' cases at the Crown Court, England and Wales in the
period from January 2020 - June 2021 (latest available) (see notes 1-6).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defendants
dealt with</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1)
Excludes a small number of cases with identified data quality issues (e.g. no date
information recorded), breaches and appeals. On average across the series present
8% of defendants do not have a recorded age at offence and as such are excluded from
this analysis.</p><p>2) Includes all criminal cases which have received a verdict
and concluded in the specified time period in the Crown Court.</p><p>3) Only one offence
is counted for each defendant in the case. If there is more than one offence per defendant
that complete on the same day, a set of validation rules applies to select one offence
only and these relate to the longest duration, seriousness and the lowest sequence
number of the offence.</p><p>4) Data link using probabilistic recording linking ('Splink')
methodology - further information of the matching methodology is available at the
following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joined-up-data-in-government-the-future-of-data-linking-methods/splink-mojs-open-source-library-for-probabilistic-record-linkage-at-scale</p><p>5)
The number of defendants shows the number whose cases have completed and where it
has been possible to match from initial appearance at magistrates’ court to completion
in the Crown Court. The match rate is typically between 90-95%, as for some cases,
it is not possible to match defendants through the system and these cases are excluded.</p><p>6)
Estimates from Q3 2020 exclude cases which have transitioned to the Common Platform
system in the early adopter sites from September 2020, this represents 1.6% of all
disposals in the latest reporting period.</p><p>Source: Criminal Court Statistics,
Data and Evidence as a Service - Courts and People (PQ 58392)</p>
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