Core Indicators Dashboard
Trends in violence affecting children in England and Wales over the last 10 years.
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April 2, 2025 Sections
Our core indicator dashboard provides a clear account of whether children’s involvement in violence is improving or worsening, by evaluating the performance of key sectors supporting these children and young people.
Children affected by violence
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Homicides
16–24-year-old homicide victims (England and Wales)
- Latest value
- 105
- Latest Year
- March 2024
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)6%pre-covid (2019/20)-26%10 years before (2013/14)9% -
Knife crime
Hospital admissions for knife assault (0-17-year-olds)
- Latest value
- 509
- Latest Year
- March 2024
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)9%pre-covid (2019/20)-8%10 years before (2013/14)58% -
Violent Offending
Proven violent offences committed by children
- Latest value
- 15,542
- Latest Year
- March 2024
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)9%pre-covid (2019/20)-26%10 years before (2013/14)-38% -
Disproportionality
Proportion of children in custody who are Black
- Latest value
- 23.7%
- Latest Year
- March 2024
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)-2.1%pre-covid (2019/20)-4.5%10 years before (2013/14)1.3%
Sectors & Society
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Policing
Recorded crimes that were successfully investigated crimes
- Latest value
- 10%
- Latest Year
- March 2024
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)0.8%pre-covid (2019/20)-0.8%10 years before (2013/14)-15.1% -
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2020/21)0.3%pre-covid (2019/20)-1.7%10 years before (2012/13)-8.5%
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Indicator performancenachange compared toprevious year (2021/22)N/Apre-covid (2019/20)N/A10 years before (2012/13)N/A
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Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)-1.3%pre-covid (2019/20)9.1%10 years before (2013/14)9.3%
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Indicator performanceworseningchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)3%pre-covid (2019/20)49%10 years before (2016/17*)105%
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Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)-0.2%pre-covid (2019/20)4.5%10 years before (2013/14)21.6%
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Youth sector
Local authority expenditure for youth services
- Latest value
- £474m
- Latest Year
- March 2024
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)-0.3%pre-covid (2019/20)7%10 years before (2013/14)-49.5% -
Indicator performancemixedchange compared toprevious year (2022/23)1.4%pre-covid (2019/20)1.6%10 years before (2013/14)-1.9%