This was the last full year before the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, which renamed the juvenile court as the youth court and brought 17-year-olds under the jurisdiction of the youth court. The analysis revealed that crime rates in 1991 were 7,676 per 100,000 for young males ages 17-20 and 1,358 for young females. Twenty-five percent of all known offenders committing indictable offenses were young adults. Their crimes were mainly property offenses. Fifteen percent of those convicted received custodial sentences. In 1991, rates of conviction or cautioning were 7,273 per 100,000 population for 16-year-old males and 8,356 for 17-year-old males. For females, the rates were 1,896 and 1,654. 4 references