Hardcore 180 responsible for almost one in four youth crimes, statistics show

By Liam Mannix
Updated December 3 2016 - 6:18pm, first published 3:56pm
Data shows a small group of kids, the ultras, are involved in more incidents even as the overall youth crime rate falls. Photo: Louie Douvis
Data shows a small group of kids, the ultras, are involved in more incidents even as the overall youth crime rate falls. Photo: Louie Douvis

The boy, police say, was wielding a large knife as he carjacked a woman in Fitzroy. Now he sits calmly in court.

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