version of this document in a more accessible format, please email, National restrictions in England until 2 December, Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2018, A Technical Guide to Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System, Chapter 7: Offender Characteristics tables, Ethnicity facts and figures: Chinese ethnic group, Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance and support, Transparency and freedom of information releases. In the last five years, the proportion of stop and searches involving Black suspects in London increased from 30% to 37%, now equal to the number of White suspects searched. A greater number of children in prison were from minority ethnic groups. This is the latest biennial compendium of Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System and follows on from its sister publication Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System, 2017. In 2018, for sexual offenders remanded in custody at Crown Court, 54% of Black offenders went on to receive an immediate custodial sentence; compared to 68% of White offenders. White defendants consistently had the highest conviction ratio for indictable offences over the last 5 years (with the exception of 2015) and was 85% in 2018. For other groups, between 6% and 13% of arrests resulted from stop and searches. Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British. (212) 419-8286 In general, minority ethnic groups appear to be over-represented at many stages throughout the CJS compared with the White ethnic group. Over a third (36%) of White offenders had 15+ previous cautions or convictions, compared to 25% of Black offenders and 17% of Asian offenders. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. The report came a couple of days after Ofcom declared increasing representation of minority groups was “a priority” for the regulator, warning broadcasters would face “disaster” without making diversity central to their work. The proportion of staff and practitioners in criminal justice system organisations from White ethnic groups has slightly decreased over the last 5 years with equivalent increases seen across most minority ethnic groups. “But our report shows how far there is to go. UK Regulator Finds Ethnic Minorities Over-Represented on TV, Demands More Diversity Anyway ... Ofcom’s Diversity and Equal Opportunities in Television 2018 report was published on Thursday, ... declaring 2 per cent to be “too low” and directing readers to a survey that claimed sexual minorities make up 6.5 percent of the population. Population of England and Wales Regional ethnic diversity Demographics. White. Ofcom’s content policy director, Jacquie Hughes, said: “If you’re not constantly working on that you are not only suggesting some people are invisible but you are missing a chance to engage with them.”. This statistic shows the total number of children looked after by childcare services in England as of March 2018, by ethnic origin. The reoffending rate for Black offenders was highest at 33%, compared to 31% for White offenders, and 24% for Asian offenders. In the latest year, the largest fall in the volume of prosecutions and convictions for indictable offences was seen in the Asian group, down by 22% and 20% respectively. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. BBC: ‘Era of TV With White Men Imparting Knowledge is Over’ https://t.co/KH8PipJlqg, — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) August 26, 2018, Lamenting that certain ethnic groups including Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are “significantly underrepresented” in TV careers, the report urged broadcasters to develop policies which would “target and tackle under-representation of specific ethnic groups in order to achieve a workforce which truly reflects the UK population and audiences.”. In 2018/19, 48% of all stop and searches (where ethnicity is known) were conducted in London, and increasingly involving a higher proportion of suspects from minority ethnic groups when compared to the rest of England and Wales. Differences observed may indicate areas worth further investigation, but should not be taken as evidence of bias or as direct effects of ethnicity. Two fifths (40%) of prisoners aged under 18 were Black or Mixed ethnicity, despite these ethnic groups accounting for less than one fifth (17%) of the entire prison population. White defendants have consistently had the highest guilty plea rate since 2012, with 70% pleading guilty in 2018. In 2018, White offenders had an ACSL of 18.3 months compared to 29.1 months for Asian offenders, 28.0 months for Black offenders, 23.3 months for Chinese or Other offenders and 22.2 months for offenders from Mixed ethnic groups. White people and heterosexuals are underrepresented in the British television industry, an Ofcom audit has found — but the watchdog still insists there is “much more to do on diversity”. For drug offences, the custody rate was consistently highest for the Chinese or Other ethnic groups over the last 5 years. Defendants from Mixed ethnic groups had a guilty plea rate of 64%, Black defendants had a rate of 57% and Asian and Chinese or Other defendants had a rate of 56%. In 2018, the ACSL for possession of weapons offences was highest for the Asian Ethnic group (17.1 months) and lowest for Chinese or Other offenders (8.8 months). Over the last 5 years, custody rates for indictable offences across ethnic groups have been converging, and the overall custody rate (where ethnicity is known) has increased from 28% in 2014 to 34% in 2018. Since 2016, Black offenders had the lowest proportion remanded in custody that went on to receive an immediate custodial sentence for sexual offences. Great Britain’s (England, Scotland, Wales) employee workforce includes people from a number of different ethnic groups. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. This publication compiles statistics from data sources across the Criminal Justice System (CJS), to provide a combined perspective on the typical experiences of different ethnic groups. Distribution of non-white ethnic backgrounds in Scotland in 2018. The greatest disparity appears at the point of stop and search, arrests, custodial sentencing and prison population. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. Other ethnic group. Outcomes for minority ethnic children are often more pronounced at various points of the CJS. Asian and Chinese or Other offenders had the highest custody rate for indictable offences in 2018 at 37% each, compared to 33% for White offenders. Between 2015/16 and 2017/18, Black children made up 20% of all child victims, while Black victims made up 13% of victims across all age groups.

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