§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many criminal offences occurred in premises of major car parking providers in each of the last five years;
(2) how many violent attacks on women occurred in car parks in each of the last five years.
§ Mr MacleanThe information requested is not held centrally. However, the British Crime Survey indicates that in 1991 some 7 per cent. of the 15 million offences counted in the survey took place in publicly and privately owned car parks of any sort. A breakdown of the types of offences involved is in table. The survey indicates that in 1991, 1 per cent. of assaults—woundings, common assaults and sexual offences—against women occurred in car parks, representing two incidents mentioned by the 5,600 women interviewed in the survey.
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Offences in car parks in 1991: British Crime Survey Percentage of different offences of all offences in car parks1 Assaults 4 Robbery/theft from person 1 Bicycle theft 1
Percentage of different offences of all offences in car parks1 Vehicle thefts2 77 Vehicle vandalism 16 All offences in car parks3 100 1 Public and private car parks in a wide variety of locations, including car parks at the workplace. 2 Thefts of vehicles, thefts from vehicles, and attempts. 3 Excludes threats.