HC Deb 05 March 1962 vol 655 cc22-4W
Sir Richard Glyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the percentage by which the number of male persons convicted in the twelve months to the last convenient date, for indictable offences of all kinds, exceeded the number convicted in 1938; and if he will give the corresponding percentage increase or decrease for indictable offences of larceny, breaking and entering, receiving, fraud and false pretences, violence against the person, and murder, respectively.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The last complete year for which statistics of persons convicted are available is 1960. The following table shows, for the years 1938 and 1960, the numbers of males convicted of all indictable offences, of murder, and of indictable offences in the groups classified in the Criminal Statistics as larceny, breaking and entering, receiving, frauds and false pretences, and violence against the person; and the percentage increases in 1960 compared with 1938:

— 1938 1960 Percentage increase 1960–1938
All indictable offences Offence Group: 68,679 143,865 109.5
Larceny 48,010 80,355 67.4
Breaking and entering 10,672 31,036 190.8
Receiving 2,259 6,513 188.3
Frauds and false pretences 2,294 3,744 63.2
Violence against the person (including murder) 1,355 9,795 622.9
Murder 20 42 110.0

Sir Richard Glyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the percentage by which the number of male persons, aged 30 years or over, convicted in the twelve months to the last convenient date, for violence against the person, exceeded the number similarly convicted in 1938; and if he will give the corresponding percentage increase or decrease for those convicted between the ages of 21 and 30, and for those convicted under 21 years.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The last complete year for which statistics of persons convicted are available is 1960. The following table shows, for the years 1938 and 1960, the numbers of males aged 30 years and over, 21 and under 30 years, and under 21 years, convicted of indictable offences in the groups classified in the Criminal Statistics as violence against the person, and the percentage increases in 1960 compared with 1938:

Age Group 1938 1960 Percentage Increase, 1960/1938
30 years and over 650 2,252 246.5
21 years and under 30 years 448 3,290 634.4
Under 21 years 257 4,253 1,554.9