§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries per 1,000 households there have been in the Metropolitan Police Authority area in each year since 1999; and what the detection rate each year was for domestic burglaries. [170491]
§ Ms BlearsThe available information is given in the table:
Recorded offences of burglary in a dwelling in the Metropolitan Police District
Number of burglaries per 1,000 households
Detection rate (%) 1999–2000 28.6 9.4 2000–01 25.2 9.9 2001–02 26.6 9.3 2002–03 24.0 11.8 Note:
Figures for 2002–03 will have been affected by the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard on 1 April 2002.