A total of 4,280 youths were arrested for crime in 2006, as compared to 5,050 in 2005. They accounted for 22% of the total persons arrested. While this is a decrease from the 23% in 2005, it is still higher than the proportion of youths in Singapore.

The three most common offences for which youths were arrested continued to be shop theft (1,260 persons), other theft (591 persons) and rioting (500 persons).