The rate of offences committed by "juvenile reoffences" fell from 125 per 100 offenders in 2005 to 113.9 in 2008. Overall, figures show that between 2000 and 2008, the frequency of juvenile reoffending fell 24.8 per cent.
Frances Done, chair of the Youth Justice Board, said: "Year on year, the reoffending figures continue to fall.
"This is a tribute to the dedicated work undertaken by staff working in youth offending teams, custodial centres and all youth justice partners."
She said work to reach the government target of seeing a 10 per cent reduction in reoffending by young people from 2005 to 2011, is on track.
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