§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes recorded by the Metropolitan police within each borough in the category of theft and handling stolen goods were recorded as(a) theft of a motor vehicle, (b) theft from a motor vehicle, (c) theft of a pedal cycle, (d) shoplifting, (e) handling stolen goods and (f) any other major categories, in the year ended June.
§ Mr. MacleanThe latest available information relates to the 12 months ending March 1993 and is given in the table:
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Borough/District Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle Theft from a motor vehicle Theft of pedal cycle Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Total theft and handling Hackney 3,126 5,240 576 431 263 13,896 Havering 2,871 3,427 553 1,073 166 10,682 Newham 3,835 4,454 478 797 212 13,373 Tower Hamlets 2,832 5,996 643 403 224 14,649 Thames 1 1 0 0 1 95 Bexley 2,358 3,161 463 528 118 9,583 Bromley 3,144 5,228 689 1,248 151 14,229 Greenwich 3,708 5,771 538 884 210 15,322 Lewisham 3,348 4,300 491 936 190 13,571 Southwark 3,503 7,799 845 1,026 299 19,753 Croydon 3,360 5,877 674 1,211 170 16,644 Epsom Ewell 348 855 300 193 19 2,545 Lambeth 3,533 7,185 939 873 375 20,134 Merton 1,190 3,232 729 516 87 8,650 Reigate Banstead 231 533 51 37 4 1,269 Sutton 1,528 2,368 554 719 80 7,965 Elmbridge 193 898 236 62 13 2,039 Hounslow 1,952 4,505 1,192 1,025 209 12,491 Kingston 727 2,107 1,240 1,008 119 7,515 Richmond 707 2,926 1,191 504 81 7,822 Spelthorne 578 1,850 507 271 56 4,432 Wandsworth 2,529 6,767 1,067 1,153 164 16,357 Ealing 2,763 5,289 651 990 239 14,298 Hammersmith 1,598 6,199 1,292 713 179 13,785 Hillingdon 2,063 4,218 723 594 153 10,745 Kensington Chelsea 1,393 6,905 1,264 1,561 229 20,128 Heathrow 108 715 38 104 40 3,081 Barnet 2,026 4,658 409 1,218 145 12,282 Brent 2,077 4,026 533 585 165 11,379 Camden 2,171 7,240 1,304 1,224 227 22,220 Harrow 886 2,641 424 571 86 6,558 Hertsmere 466 1,311 152 106 19 3,061 Westminster 1,748 8,333 1,141 5,308 354 41,036 MPD Total 79,736 161,072 25,511 32,681 6,523 464,689
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes recorded in the year ended June 1993 in each police force area in England and Wales in the category of theft and handling stolen goods were recorded as(a) theft of a motor vehicle, (b) theft from
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Notifiable offences of theft and handling stolen goods recorded by the police by police force area Twelve months ending June 1993 Police force area Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Theft from vehicle Theft from pedal cycle Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Other theft Avon and Somerset 27,665 39,896 8,401 6,718 1,236 21,068 Bedfordshire 8,906 11,954 2,227 2,966 457 5,337 Cambridgeshire 6,652 12,538 7,961 4,903 441 7,761 Cheshire 9,548 14,247 4,014 4,694 811 7,280 Cleveland 13,321 10,632 3,639 2,964 456 11,777 Cumbria 3,277 9,033 1,410 3,557 466 5,617 Derbyshire 9,753 17,358 3,040 3,648 689 10,879 Devon and Cornwall 8,815 24,483 4,197 7,117 1,529 19,105 Dorset 3,848 8,893 3,496 3,059 800 10,228 Durham 9,361 9,341 2,607 2,530 893 10,568 Essex 11,457 20,092 5,144 11,193 1,291 12,832 Gloucestershire 4,567 14,916 3,401 3,419 969 6,297 Greater Manchester 59,186 59,865 12,277 15,593 3,516 39,201 Hampshire 10,796 29,566 8,580 9,611 1,835 21,202 Hertfordshire 6,395 12,476 2,848 3,542 444 6,108 Humberside 11,217 21,207 8,548 7,445 1,128 13,502 Kent 19,657 26,001 5,524 12,058 1,456 26,007 Lancashire 13,538 24,430 7,049 6,086 1,351 20,574 Leicestershire 12,070 18,439 5,033 3,645 838 13,448 Lincolnshire 3,756 7,354 3,210 3,701 514 8,727 City of London 135 888 173 294 101 2,566 Merseyside 16,325 18,252 4,378 9,782 1,513 20,106 Metroplitan Police District 79,568 163,650 24,895 2,341 6,503 159,126 Norfolk 4,896 13,559 4,666 4,756 653 7,767 a motor vehicle, (c) theft of a pedal cycle, (d) shoplifting, (e) handling stolen goods and (f) any other major categories.
§ Mr. MacleanThe requested information is given in the table.
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Police force area Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Theft from vehicle Theft from pedal cycle Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Other theft Northamptonshire 6,693 9,085 2,620 2,802 594 7,622 Northumbria 30,413 26,125 4,619 10,223 1,289 19,004 North Yorkshire 4,744 9,342 3,660 5,633 607 6,486 Nottinghamshire 17,335 26,331 6,265 9,048 1,378 24,320 South Yorkshire 20,788 24,101 3,522 6,790 1,144 12,949 Staffordshire 12,075 17,436 3,184 4,667 496 9,196 Suffolk 2,666 6,528 2,131 4,289 744 6,398 Surrey 4,898 10,614 2,705 2,638 430 7,603 Sussex 8,801 22,855 5,631 8,557 1,265 16,980 Thames Valley 23,027 41,793 11,035 10,564 1,894 24,314 Warwickshire 5,235 9,200 1,988 1,981 280 4,883 West Mercia 8,465 14,176 3,458 5,299 576 14,516 West Midlands 41,359 55,530 7,551 13,482 2,249 31,154 West Yorkshire 38,242 51,204 6,449 10,453 2,180 36,867 Wiltshire 2,958 7,026 2,194 3,454 528 6,110 Dyfed-Powys 1,368 3,098 554 1,914 396 5,099 Gwent 3,829 6,563 1,367 2,750 1,109 6,073 North Wales 3,620 9,002 1,481 2,451 497 7,572 South Wales 23,335 30,796 4,164 7,620 1,204 14,677 TOTAL 614,560 969,875 211,296 280,237 48,750 728,906