The 2006 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey showed that only 22 per cent of young people aged 10 to 25 had committed any of 20 core offences covered by the study. However, a hardcore six per cent of the young people surveyed admitted causing six or more offences in the past year. Ten per cent also said they had committed at least one serious offence. The most common crimes were assault and theft. A spokesman for The National Youth Agency said:...