Differential treatment in the youth justice system - Equality and ...

APPENDICES10- to 17-year-old population was white, 3% black, 5% mixed race, 4% Asian and 1%from other backgrounds.Area D – Busy inner city areaArea D is to the east of a large city. According to census data, Area D had a populationof just under 200,000. Over a third of the population classified themselves as Muslim,which was over 10 times the national average (3%). Twenty-seven per cent of thepopulation in this borough was aged 18 or under, statistically slightly above the figurefor England (24%). According to the local authority indices of deprivation (2007), AreaD was among the top 10% of most deprived local authority areas. Census data showthat the unemployment rate for the area was nearly double the average for England.Fifty-nine per cent of the 10- to 17-year-old population was Asian; 29% white; 6% black;4% mixed race and 2% from other backgrounds.Area E – Urban area close to busy metropolitan cityArea E is an urban area located north west of a neighbouring large metropolitan city.The population of this area was just under 240,000, of which a quarter were aged 18 orunder. Christianity was the stated religion of nearly 67% of residents in this area, whichwas lower than the English and Welsh average (72%). The second largest religiouscategory was Sikhism (8%). Just over 40% of residents aged 16 to 74 had noqualifications, which was higher than the English and Welsh average (29%) as shownby the census data. The 2007 index of multiple deprivation ranked the city in the top10% of deprived local authorities. Seventy per cent of the 10- to 17-year-old populationwas white, 5% black, 7% mixed race, 17% Asian and 1% from other backgrounds.Area F – Busy inner city areaArea F is to the north of a large city and has a population of just over 200,000.Christianity was the stated religion of under 50% of residents in this area, lower thanthe English and Welsh average. The second largest religious category was Muslim(14%). A similar proportion of Area F had no qualifications when compared to theEnglish and Welsh average. A higher proportion of Area F household composition wascomprised of lone parents with dependent children (10%) compared to the English andWelsh average (7%). In 2007, Area F was ranked in the top 10% of the most deprivedlocal authority areas. Forty-seven per cent of the 10- to 17-year-old population waswhite, 29% black, 8% mixed race, 13% Asian and 3% from other backgrounds.98