At least 34,600 children were convicted of a crime

"At least 34,600 children in England and Wales aged between 10 and 17 were convicted of a crime during 2013, according to figures obtained from the Ministry of Justice. Over 120 of them were still at primary school."

"Out of the 120 primary schoolkids, 40 had been convicted of a crime before, the Telegraph reported, citing Justice Ministry data obtained under freedom of information laws."

"In total, more than 22,500 of all the children were repeat troublemakers. At least 5,000 children aged 16 or 17 had been charged with offences at least five times in the past. Over 210 teens in the age group had been arrested more than 20 times, and 29 of them had previously committed about 30 crimes."

"What can push the teens to crime is losing interest in school due to failures in basic skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic ("the three Rs"), said Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, which calls for a return to traditional education values. McGovern added that a total of 129,000 pupils finished primary education without a proper understanding of "the three Rs."

http://rt.com/news/164544-uk-primary-children-crimes/