HC Deb 09 March 1966 vol 725 cc572-3W
Mr. Dunnett

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now give figures showing the amount of crime in England and Wales in 1965 and the comparison with 1964.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

The following table gives the figures of indictable offences known to the police for 1964 and provisional

INDICTABLE OFFENCES KNOWN TO THE POLICE
1964 1965 Percentage variation
1964/63 1965/64
Larceny 704,116 744,155 +10.8 +5.7
Breaking and entering 233,930 252,733 +6.8 +8.0
Receiving 17,663 19,406 −0.6 +9.9
Frauds and false pretences 48,073 48,308 +4.9 +0.5
Sexual offences 19,903 20,155 −3.0 +1.3
Violence against the person 23,470 25,549 +16.9 +8.9
Other offences 20,808 23,576 +8.9 +13.3
Total 1,067,963 1,133,882 +9.2 +6.2