Department for Education (DfE) figures show that number of children living in care homes who were convicted, or subject to a final warning or reprimand, has fallen from 610 in 2013/14 to 370 in 2018/19.
This comes amid efforts by organisations in the children’s home sector, councils, campaigners Howard League for Penal Reform and the police as well as local and central government to ensure young people in residential care are not being unfairly handed criminal records.
The drop in convictions and reprimands also coincides with a 20 per cent rise in the number of children living in a children's home continuously, for at least a year, from 4,050 in 2013/14 to 4,980 in 2018/19.
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