Detention

On an average day in 2024–25, 21% (860) of young people aged 10 and over who were under youth justice supervision were in detention. Of all young people in detention on an average day aged 10 and over, 4 in 5 were unsentenced (80%) and 1 in 4 young people in detention (23%) were in sentenced detention (Table S108a),

A total of 4,742 young people were in detention at some time during the year (Table S108b).