§ Mr. GarnierTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the percentage change in recorded crime in the last four years. [11127]
§ Mr. MichaelBetween 1992 and 1996, total recorded crime fell by 10 per cent.
However, over the same period, total recorded violent crime rose by 21 per cent. and total recorded crime today is 31 per cent. higher than it was 10 years ago. We have begun a determined onslaught on crime and the causes of crime. Our strategy places the victim at the heart of the criminal justice system and aims to tackle what has become an unacceptable level of crime and neighbourhood disorder.