The data shows the crime committed last year in the UK. Overall, the crime rate is higher at 20 years old in contrast to other age groups and the highest proportion of type of crime that took place in the UK involved violence.
On the one hand, young people started participating in criminal activities at 12 years old and the proprotion increased significantly to 70 % among 16 years old. The crime rate reached its peak of 80 % ,when younge citizens hit the age of 20 , before it saw a gradual drop to 60 % at the age of 24. It was seen that people committed fewer crimes as they grew older.
On the other hand, around one-half of the crimes were of violent type, while each property and drum crime took place holding almost one-fourth of total crimes. Public order crime was the lowest type of criminal activity that took place last year accounting for around 9 %.