Statistics released following a freedom of information request to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) show that in the 11 months from 1 January to 30 November 2010 there were seven deaths in the community of 10- to 17-year-olds, a category that includes "accidental deaths" such as car accidents or drug overdoses.
In addition, four young people took their own lives and there were 98 attempted suicides.
A further five young people were victims of attempted murder, and three were victims of rape.
It is the first time exact details of serious incidents have emerged since CYP Now revealed the scale of issues around safeguarding young offenders in the community last October.
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