The inspectorate's annual report, published today, reveals that although one service inspected in 2019/20 (Camden) was rated "outstanding" and six (Brent, Bury and Rochdale, Leicester, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, and Southampton) were rated "good" the remaing nine of the 16 services visited in the period fell below required standards.
Eight services (Birmingham, Bradford, Croydon, Gloucestershire, Leeds, Luton, Medway, and Nottingham) were rated "requires improvement", while provision in Cardiff was found to be "inadequate".
Inspectors found assessment of the risk young offenders pose of causing harm to themselves or to others emerged again as a key area of concern. As YOS caseloads have shrunk, as a result of falling local crime rates due to lockdown, they have become more dominated by violent offences, with these making up 50 per cent of the court cases of the 16 services inspected.
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