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Serial yob numbers on the rise



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Published Date:
20 August 2008
Westminster Reporter
The number of persistent young criminals in Lancashire is rising, figures have revealed.
A group of 642 "persistent young offenders" in the county were responsible for 1,279 crimes last year.

Just 274 persistent young offenders were recorded in 1997.

This figure grew to 509 by 2004, to 540 by 2005 and to 617 by 2006, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice.

A persistent young offender (PYO) is anyone aged 10 to 17-years-old who has been found guilty and sentenced on three or more separate occasions.

It is estimated that PYOs are responsible for 8% of all crimes brought before the county's courts.

There are now more PYOs in Lancashire than in the neighbouring Merseyside police force area. The numbers of crimes committed by PYOs in Lancashire is also at a 11-year high, with 828 more offences committed last year than in 1997.

The number of crimes committed by persistent young offenders increased by 5% from 1,216 in 2006 to 1,279 in 2007.

Ministers have pledged to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for dealing with PYOs in England and Wales, from 142 days to 71.

The target was first met in 2002 and has been met in all but one year since.


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David C,

20/08/2008 10:08:55
Persistant. The only thing thats persistant, is the fact they get told off and let go. How about tougher or longer sentences so they won't do it again.
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NH,

20/08/2008 10:44:12
I agree David, what deterrant do they have? ASBO! which are not possible to enforce. Of course these young offenders are going to carry on offending because no one is stopping them.
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Kells95e,

preston 20/08/2008 11:49:36
To reiterate my comments from the other involving the story of the two teenage girls slinging paint at a window, thereby causing terror to the residents, :Birch 'em and birch 'em good!!! Enough of the do-gooders way's of doing things, let's get back to basics and put the fear of god in these mindless, braindead thugs!!!
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Fighting for a chav free Preston,

20/08/2008 12:25:10
stone them
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Ribbledrivel,

Preston 20/08/2008 12:36:11
You first Fighting for a chavfree Preston. You first...
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Sella,

Preston 20/08/2008 21:34:32
I am with you Kells
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Fighting for a chav free Preston,

22/08/2008 14:11:11
LOL, whatever do you mean #5?
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