The percentage of looked-after children who received a final warning, reprimand or conviction was 2.9 times the percentage for all children, up from 2.7 over the past year.
David Hawker, director of children's services in Brighton and co-chair of the Association of Directors of Education and Children's Services, described the trend as "a bit worrying".
Preventative work was vital in order to buck the trend, he added. "Youth offending teams need to be properly integrated with looked-after children's services," he added.
Denise Platt, chairwoman of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, echoed this, saying youth offending teams needed to work closely with mainstream services to spot problems at an early stage.
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