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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Children accommodated in secure children's homes

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Secure children's homes - characteristics

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2010 to 2022

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number of children accommodated
     • Percentage of children accommodated
   • Characteristics:
     • Total
     • Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service
     • Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context
     • Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   'Secure children's homes - characteristics' for Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service, Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context and Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds in England between 2010 and 2022

   		2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
   Number of children accommodated	Total	240	202	221	187	211	194	192	184	189	162	171	130	157
   	Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service	116	129	131	86	101	92	83	88	92	66	75	c	c
   	Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context	31	13	17	15	14	20	16	6	10	9	15	c	c
   	Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds	93	60	73	86	96	82	93	90	87	87	81	72	76
   Percentage of children accommodated	Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service	48%	64%	59%	46%	48%	47%	43%	48%	49%	41%	44%	c	c
   	Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context	13%	6%	8%	8%	7%	10%	8%	3%	5%	6%	9%	c	c
   	Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds	39%	30%	33%	46%	45%	42%	48%	49%	46%	54%	47%	55%	48%

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   1. Percentages in charts and tables are rounded to the nearest whole number. Where percentages apply to a group of categories they may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

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   • Release type:
   • Publication: Children accommodated in secure children's homes, Reporting year 2023

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