§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of violence were committed in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, in each of the years from 1958 to 1968.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesFollowing is the information:
OFFENCES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON KNOWN TO THE POLICE England Wales Scotland 1958 11,560 577 1,193 1959 13,193 683 1,377 1960 15,061 698 1,528 1961 16,811 790 1,661 1962 17,043 905 1,829 1963 19,104 979 1,936 1964 22,357 1,113 2,276 1965 24,235 1,314 2,623 1966 25,464 1,252 2,929 1967 27,717 1,331 3,536 January-June, 1968 13,697* 701* 1,342* * Provisional. NOTES:
The figures for England and Wales cover the following indictable offences: murder, attempted murder, threats or conspiracy to murder, man slaughter, infanticide, child destruction, causing death by dangerous driving, wounding and other acts endangering life, endangering railway passengers, endangering life at sea, malicious wounding and other like offences, assault, intimidation and molestation, abandoning children under two years, child stealing, procuring abortion and concealment of birth.
The figures for Scotland cover the following crimes: murder, attempts to murder, culpable homicide, assaults, threats, rape, assault with intent to ravish and indecent assault.
Owing to differences between the two legal systems, the classification of offences in Scotland are not strictly comparable with those in England and Wales.