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This blog by the Data First team at the Ministry of Justice explores new analysis on the education and social care backgrounds of children and young people cautioned or sentenced for knife offences, anti-social behaviour (ASB) and acquisitive offences, and violence against women and girls (VAWG) offences. It highlights how linked administrative data can strengthen the evidence base for early intervention and prevention in support of the UK Government’s Safer Streets Mission.
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A suite of new reports by the Ministry of Justice Data First team links education, social care and justice data to provide new insights into patterns of youth offending and the backgrounds of children and young people who offend.
This blog is by Nisha da Silva, keynote speaker at the ADR UK Conference 2025 and contributor to the Ministry of Justice’s Data First programme. She explores how linked data reveals key insights into justice system journeys and how these findings are shaping policy, research, and technology.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Data First team has published analysis providing critical new insights into the characteristics and needs of young people who repeatedly offend. Data First is an ambitious data-linking programme led by the MoJ and funded by ADR UK.
Data from the offender assessment system which is used in prisons and probation services to record the risks and needs of offenders is now available in the ONS Secure Research Service. Making this vast dataset available for public good research has been made possible by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Data First programme, funded by ADR UK.
