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• National totals of places and children accommodated

  Numbers of secure children’s homes, places approved and available for use, children accommodated, places contracted to the MoJ, availability and occupancy rates, number of Youth Custody Service placements, for England / England and Wales.
  • Status:
    This is the latest data
  • Release: Reporting year 2026
  • Theme: Children's social care
  • Published: 14 May 2026
  • Last updated: 14 May 2026
  • Number of rows: 34
  • Geographic levels: National
  • Indicators:
    • Number of secure children's homes
    • Number of places approved
    • Number of places available
  • Time period: 2010 to 2026

• Characteristics of children placed in secure children's homes

  Children accommodated by sex, age of child, length of stay, placement type, ethnicity, for England and Wales.
  • Status:
    This is the latest data
  • Release: Reporting year 2026
  • Theme: Children's social care
  • Published: 14 May 2026
  • Last updated: 14 May 2026
  • Number of rows: 578
  • Geographic levels: National
  • Indicators:
    • Number of children accommodated
    • Percentage of children accommodated
  • Filters:
    • Characteristics
  • Time period: 2010 to 2026

• Places approved, available and children accommodated in each secure children's home

  Data (including occupancy rate) for individual secure children's homes.
  • Status:
    This is the latest data
  • Release: Reporting year 2026
  • Theme: Children's social care
  • Published: 14 May 2026
  • Last updated: 14 May 2026
  • Number of rows: 306
  • Geographic levels: National
  • Geographic levels (only available via download / public API): Institution
  • Indicators:
    • Number of places approved
    • Number of places available
    • Number of children accommodated
  • Filters:
    • Secure children's home name
  • Time period: 2010 to 2026