Kent is bucking the national trend when it comes to young girls keeping out of trouble, according to new figures.

In an age of binge-drinking and ladette culture, the latest figures from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) have shown efforts to reduce the rate of offences committed by girls has been a success in the county compared to statistics for the rest of the country.

Offences committed by girls have shot up by 25 per cent nationally in the past four years.

But in Kent, there has been an eight per cent reduction in the number of offences committed by young females in the county.

Head of Service Glan Hopkin at Kent Youth Offending Service says: “Girls are responsible for less than 20 per cent of the total number of offences committed by young people aged 10 to 17 years.

“There has been no discernable change in the nature of the offences with shop theft remaining the most frequently committed.’

She added: “Working together with all of the criminal justice agencies in Kent allows us to make a real difference in bringing more offences to justice and giving young people the chance to avoid entering the Criminal Justice System.”