HC Deb 24 February 1978 vol 944 cc819-20W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table to show the number of crimes of violence in the city of Bradford for each of the past 15 years.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Information is available for the Bradford City police area from 1st January 1962 to 31st March 1974 and from 1st April 1974 to 31st December 1976 for a part of the West Yorkshire police area which comprises the former Bradford City police area and also Queensbury. The wider coverage should not affect appreciably comparability between the figures for the earlier and later years.

Indictable Offences of Violence Against the Person Recorded by the Police in the Former Bradford City Police Area
Year Number
1962 65
1963 94
1964 138
1965 195
1966 258
1967 236
1968 254
1969 284
1970 259
1971 276
1972 399
1973 382
1974(first quarter) 122
1974(last three quarters) 432*
1975 786*
1976 877*
* Including Queensbury.