The annual Youth Justice Statistics, released by the Ministry of Justice, reveal there were 36,677 first-time offences committed by 10- to 17-year-olds in 2011/12.
That represents a 20 per cent decrease on the 2010/11 figure of 45,910, and a 67 per cent drop on 2006/07 when there were 110,826 first-time entrants to the youth justice system.
Meanwhile, the total number of proven offences committed by young people has dropped for the sixth successive year.
In 2011/12, there were a total of 137,335 offences, compared to 176,511 in 2010/11 – a fall of 22 per cent.
But although the statistics show a number of apparent improvements, including a continuing decrease in the overall number of young people in custody, outcomes on a series of key measures are getting worse.
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