Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that in March this year there were 1,804 under-18s in custody, a fall of 78 from February, when there were 1,882.
The previous historic low was recorded in December 2010 when there were 1,862 under-18s in custody, but this had risen to 2,106 by August 2011, largely as a consequence of the disturbances last summer.
The latest statistics also show that the number of children held in custody on remand has dropped to 348, the lowest recorded level.
This represents a fall of 39.7 per cent since August last year when the figure stood at 577.
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