§ Captain WARINGasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state or will he agree to a Return stating the numbers, respectively, of homicides, other crimes of violence, and burglaries known to the police in London, in the Provinces, and in the whole of the United Kingdom for each of the years 1895 to 1910, both inclusive?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI can only give the information for the years 1897 to 1909. The figures for that period are as follows:—
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RETURN stating the numbers, respectively, of Homicides, Other Offences against the Person, and Burglaries and Housebreaking known to the Police in London City and Metropolitan Police Districts, in the Provinces, and in the whole of the United Kingdom, for each of the years 1897 to 1909, inclusive. (Compiled from Table 23, Judicial (Criminal) Statistics, England and Wales; Table 1, Judicial Statistics, Scotland; and Table 20, Judicial Statistics, Ireland Part 1.) — 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. London City and Metropolitan Police Districts. Homicide 75 93 73 80 80 98 69 79 71 56 66 70 60 Other Offences against the Person 913 902 856 845 884 860 862 766 772 935 976 890 932 Burglary and Housebreaking 2,765 3,069 2,757 2,848 3,528 3,382 3,714 3,566 3,395 3,346 3,913 3,810 3,691 Rest of England and Wales. Homicide 230 235 249 232 261 232 243 237 216 207 207 251 240 Other Offences against the Person 2,550 2,637 2,490 2,333 2,439 2,361 2,347 2,302 2,453 2,560 2,667 2,610 2,661 Burglary and Housebreaking 4,868 5,307 4,284 4,645 4,960 5,409 5,945 7,016 7,428 7,251 7,557 9,316 9,834 United Kingdom Homicide 452 483 437 472 445 456 439 427 430 384 398 428 407 Other Offences against the Person 4,711 4,964 4,840 4,475 4,573 4,537 4,378 4,246 4,449 4,651 4,790 4,724 4,625 Burglary and Housebreaking 11,173 11,871 10,457 11,248 12,989 13,102 14,769 15,749 15,864 15,621 16,432 18,804 19,888