The number of children arrested fell last year, although shoplifting remained the top offence, police statistics released to The Straits Times show.
Some 1,088 juveniles under 16 were arrested last year, down from 1,134 in 2016 and 30 per cent fewer than the 1,561 caught in 2012.
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