Security Statistics (Hansard, 30 July 1981)

Mr. J. Enoch Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the security statistics for the first six months of 1981, together with details of convictions obtained during the period, are now available.

Statistics on security Part I
	Yearly figures
	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Shooting incidents	1,756	10,628	5,018	3,206	1,803	1,908	1,081
Explosives	1,022	1,382	978	685	399	766	366
Bombs neutralised	493	471	542	428	236	426	169
Weight of explosives (in lbs)^*:
In explosions	10,972	47,462	47,472	46,435	13,753	17,596	2,839
Neutralised	3,001	19,978	32,450	27,094	11,159	16,252	2,188
Armed robberies	437	1,931	1,215	1,231	1,201	813	591
Amount stolen £	303,787	790,687	612,015	572,951	572,105	545,497	446,988
Malicious fires†	—	—	587	636	248	453	432
Deaths:
Civilians†	115	322	171	166	216	245	69
Army/UDR	48	129	66	35	20	29	29
RUC/RUC'R'	11	17	13	15	11	23	14
Injuries:
Civilians	1,838	3,813	1,812	1,680	2,044	2,162	1,027
Army/UDR	390	578	548	483	167	264	188
RUC/RUC'R'	315	485	291	235	263	303	183
^* Estimated weight only.
† Consolidated figures not available for earlier years.

Statistics on security part I
	Yearly Figures
	1978	1979	1980	January-June 1981
Shooting Incidents	755	728	642	403
Explosives	455	422	280	223
Bombs Neutralised	178	142	120	51
Weight of Explosives (in lbs)^*
In explosions	5,343	11,180.75	9,059	2,948.89
Neutralised	5,860.5	4,530.5	6,404.8	3,562.12
Armed Robberies	439	434	412	256
Amount Stolen £	232,650	568,359	496,829	333,312
Malicious Fires†	269	315	275	‡
Deaths: Civilians	50	51	50	24

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