§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in(a) overall recorded crime, (b) recorded violent crime, (c) burglaries and (d) vehicle thefts in Manchester Gorton has been since 1997. [167467]
§ Ms BlearsThe information requested is not available centrally.
Gorton comes within the Manchester Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area. Data at CDRP level has only been published from 1999–2000 onwards. Detailed statistics at CDRP level are available for 2002–03 on the new Home Office website http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk.
§ Mr. WoodTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homophobic incidents were recorded in(a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 by each of the (i) police divisions in west Yorkshire and (ii) police forces in England and Wales. [167049]
§ Ms BlearsRecorded crime figures submitted to the Home Office by police forces do not separately identify crimes motivated by homophobia. This is because homophobic crime is not a distinct offence in law, and is instead included within the figures for other offences according to the nature of the action.
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§ Mr. WoodTo ask the Secretary 01 State for the Home Department how many racially aggravated incidents were recorded in(a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 by each of the (i) police divisions in West Yorkshire and (ii) police forces in England and Wales. [167050]
§ Ms BlearsThe available information relates to racially or religiously aggravated offences by police force area. The latest figures relate to 2002–03 and are given in the table. This information is not published at police force division level.
Information for 2003–04 is not yet available.
Racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police in 2002–031
Police force area Number Avon and Somerset 900 Bedfordshire 169 Cambridgeshire 410 Cheshire 376 Cleveland 145 Cumbria 69 Derbyshire 560 Devon and Cornwall 496 Dorset 177 Durham 371 Essex 558 Gloucestershire 210 Greater Manchester 2,353 Hampshire 317 Hertfordshire 343 Humberside 302 Kent 547 Lancashire 860 Leicestershire 809 Lincolnshire 136 London, City of 71 Merseyside 734 Metropolitan Police 9,853 Norfolk 203 Northamptonshire 303 Northumbria 934 North Yorkshire 3,457 Nottinghamshire 635 South Yorkshire 242 Staffordshire 466 Suffolk 246 Surrey 407 Sussex 443 Thames Valley 948 Warwickshire 159 West Mercia 527 West Midlands 2,422 West Yorkshire 707 Wiltshire 232 Dyfed-Powys 96 Gwent 193 North Wales 288 South Wales 737 Total 34,411 1Offences of racially or religiously aggravated other wounding, harassment, common assault and criminal damage
§ Brian CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes there have been to the levels of recorded crime, broken down by offence, within Weston-super-Mare in each year since 1997. [167531]
§ Ms BlearsThe information requested is not available centrally.
1294WWeston-super-Mare comes within the North Somerset Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area. Data at CDRP level has only been published from 1999–2000 onwards. Detailed statistics at CDRP level are available for 2002–03 on the new Home Office website http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk.