HC Deb 15 June 2000 vol 351 cc716-9W
Mr. Gareth Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the conviction rates were for rape(a) nationally and (b) in each Crown Prosecution Service area in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which statistics are available. [125789]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Rape is an indictable only offence. The available information, on defendants tried in the Crown court, is by Police Force Area and is given in the table.

Number and proportion of defendants tried and convicted at the Crown court for rape offences1 by Police Force Area, 1994–98
Police Force Area Number tried Total convicted 1994 Percentage convicted Number tried Total convicted 1995 Percentage convicted
Derbyshire 15 5 33 20 16 80
Devon and Cornwall 13 9 69 18 12 67
Dorset 13 10 77 8 3 38
Durham 11 7 64 17 12 71
Essex 14 6 43 17 10 59
Gloucestershire 8 3 38 8 5 63
Greater Manchester 72 37 51 91 47 52
Hampshire 29 11 38 20 10 50
Hertfordshire 6 4 67 4 3 75
Humberside 5 3 60 15 11 73
Kent 18 9 50 29 19 66
Lancashire 20 8 40 23 14 61
Leicestershire 4 2 50 17 4 24
Lincolnshire 8 2 25 10 1 10
Merseyside 29 14 48 24 15 63
Metropolitan police2 214 90 42 205 94 46
Norfolk 13 3 23 9 4 44
Northamptonshire 9 2 22 14 6 43
Northumbria 41 22 54 50 24 48
North Yorkshire 13 3 23 13 8 62
Nottinghamshire 26 13 50 24 7 29
South Yorkshire 22 13 59 19 12 63
Staffordshire 19 12 63 20 7 35
Suffolk 12 3 25 12 7 58
Surrey 4 2 50 9 4 44
Sussex 11 7 64 18 6 33
Thames Valley 10 4 40 15 5 33
Warwickshire 3 3 100 4 2 50
West Mercia 11 5 45 8 5 63
West Midlands 62 32 52 67 35 52
West Yorkshire 41 21 51 46 30 65
Wiltshire 4 0 0 13 9 69
England 863 401 46 970 506 52
Dyfed-Powys 4 3 75 4 4 100
Gwent 11 7 64 2 1 50
North Wales 9 4 44 22 13 59
South Wales 35 20 57 46 29 63
Wales 59 34 58 74 47 64
England and Wales 922 435 47 1,044 553 53
1996 1997 1998
police Force Area Number tried Total convicted Percentage convicted Number tried Total convicted Percentage convicted Number tried Total convicted Percentage convicted
Avon and Somerset 23 7 30 30 10 33 35 15 43
Bedfordshire 13 7 54 15 6 40 16 5 31
Cambridgeshire 14 6 43 13 6 46 9 3 33
Cheshire 20 10 50 19 12 63 19 12 63
Cleveland 14 9 64 14 7 50 10 5 50
Cumbria 9 5 56 4 0 0 7 5 71
Derbyshire 22 12 55 20 9 45 14 7 50
Devon and Cornwall 16 15 94 24 13 54 39 23 59
Dorset 12 7 58 10 5 50 8 4 50
Durham 9 5 56 12 8 67 21 9 43
Essex 19 11 58 30 21 70 28 14 50
Gloucestershire 4 2 50 8 2 25 5 2 40
Greater Manchester 82 33 40 85 30 35 133 54 41
Hampshire 23 8 35 45 28 62 54 23 43
Hertfordshire 9 8 89 17 13 76 15 8 53
Humberside 22 13 59 20 11 55 20 8 40
Kent 26 15 58 36 16 44 32 11 34
Lancashire 21 13 62 26 14 54 38 20 53
Leicestershire 17 9 53 22 11 50 30 18 60
Lincolnshire 6 4 67 13 8 62 18 8 44
Merseyside 36 17 47 38 17 45 53 20 38
Metropolitan police2 250 116 46 258 115 45 299 111 37
Norfolk 8 1 13 9 2 22 12 4 33
1996 1997 1998
Police Force Area Number tried Total convicted Percentage convicted Number tried Total convicted Percentage convicted Number tried Total convicted Percentage convicted
Northamptonshire 6 2 33 5 4 80 16 5 31
Northumbria 50 25 50 42 26 62 64 22 34
North Yorkshire 15 8 53 12 4 33 14 8 57
Nottinghamshire 25 14 56 28 14 50 39 19 49
South Yorkshire 18 10 56 26 16 62 41 13 32
Staffordshire 23 12 52 27 13 48 20 11 55
Suffolk 9 3 33 15 6 40 19 7 37
Surrey 8 5 63 7 3 43 7 4 57
Sussex 15 9 60 24 15 63 23 15 65
Thames Valley 37 16 43 42 16 38 28 9 32
Warwickshire 6 5 83 3 1 33 5 3 60
West Mercia 13 8 62 21 13 62 24 12 50
West Midlands 71 37 52 77 38 49 95 51 54
West Yorkshire 63 37 59 43 26 60 84 48 57
Wiltshire 11 7 64 11 3 27 5 3 60
England 1,045 531 51 1,151 562 49 1,399 619 44
Dyfed-Powys 5 4 80 9 7 78 11 4 36
Gwent 20 9 45 20 13 65 18 4 22
North Wales 18 7 39 14 8 57 22 11 50
South Wales 37 24 65 55 25 45 6 36 53
Wales 80 44 55 98 53 54 119 55 46
England and Wales 1,125 575 51 1,249 615 49 1,518 674 44
1 Rape offences cover rape, attempted rate and associated offences under the Mental Health Act 1959
2 Including City of London