CHILDREN as young as 14 have been arrested in Ascot over the past two years for committing serious crimes such as theft, causing criminal damage and assault a police officer.

Data obtained by the News under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed 16 arrests were made in Ascot on children under 16 over the past two years.

Three 14-year-olds were arrested in Ascot in 2012/13 and 2013/14 – all of them male – committing offences such as taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent in August last year, failing to comply with an officer after representing a risk of disorder in June last year and burglary dwelling and theft, also in June last year.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.