§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the clear-up rate for the total number of serious offences recorded by the police in 1981 for each police force.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is given in the following table. These clear-up rates are average rates for all serious offences recorded and so are affected by variations in the types of offence recorded and the circumstances of those offences.
Clear-up rate for total number of serious offences* recorded by the police in each police force area in England and Wales—1981 Police force area Percentage Avon and Somerset 39 Bedfordshire 41 Cambridgeshire 56 Cheshire 53 Cleveland 48 Cumbria 44 Derbyshire 49 Devon and Cornwall 42 Dorset 40 Durham 49 Essex 43 Gloucestershire 46 Greater Manchester 41 Hampshire 38 Hertfordshire 45 Humberside 40 Kent 45 Lancashire 50 Leicestershire 50 Lincolnshire 57 London, City of 20 Merseyside 34 Metropolitan Police 17 Norfolk 42 Northamptonshire 45 Northumbria 50 North Yorkshire 44 Nottinghamshire 55 South Yorkshire 50 Staffordshire 49 Suffolk 51 Surrey 33 Sussex 47 Thames Valley 41 Warwickshire 40 West Mercia 44 West Midlands 32 West Yorkshire 41 Wiltshire 41 Dyfed Powys 57 Gwent 54 North Wales 51 South Wales 46 England and Wales 38 * Excluding figures for "other criminal damage" value £20 and under.