§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) burglaries, (b) violent crimes, (c) drug offences and (d) thefts of vehicles were recorded by the Wandsworth police division of the Metropolitan police in each of the last five years; and what the total numbers of crimes committed in the division were in those years. [68443]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthNumbers of recorded crimes for some offences and groups of offences have been collected centrally by police basic command unit since 1 April 1999, and the data for the years ending March 2000 and 2001 have been published in Home Office Statistical Bulletins 12–00 and 12–01.
The available details for the Wandsworth Basic Command Unit (BCU) are as follows:
Number of recorded crimes Offence/offence group Year ending March 2000 Year ending March 2001 Domestic burglary 3,379 2,716 Violent crime1 6,798 6,580 Theft of vehicle 1,835 1,955 1 Violent crime consists of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery.
The figures for the year ending March 2002 are due to be published on 12 July 2002.