§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on crime figures for the Vale of Clwyd in the last 12 months. [149790]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeRecorded crime figures are not held on a constituency basis. The nearest available figures are for the Denbighshire crime and disorder reduction partnership area. The latest centrally available figures, for the year ending September 2000, are as follows:
Number of offences Offences per 1,000 population Violence against the person 1,047 12.3 Sexual Offences 44 0.5 Robbery 32 0.4 Burglary of a dwelling 489 5.8 Theft of a motor vehicle 348 4.1 Theft from a vehicle 535 7.3