FaCTs & FIguREs

Young black people and crime
· 2.6 times more likely to be a violent crime victim; 1.6 times more likely to be robbery victim; and 5.5 times more likely to be murdered

· Six times more likely to be stopped and searched by police and three times more likely to be arrested

· Three quarters of the young black male population will soon be on the DNA database

· 8% of young black people arrested were remanded in custody, compared with 4% of young white people. Overall, black people are five times more likely to be jailed