§ Mr. Dunnettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now give figures showing the amount of crime in England and Wales in 1965 and the comparison with 1964.
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§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe following table gives the figures of indictable offences known to the police for 1964 and provisional
INDICTABLE OFFENCES KNOWN TO THE POLICE 1964 1965 Percentage variation 1964/63 1965/64 Larceny … … … 704,116 744,155 +10.8 +5.7 Breaking and entering … … … 233,930 252,733 +6.8 +8.0 Receiving … … … 17,663 19,406 −0.6 +9.9 Frauds and false pretences … … … 48,073 48,308 +4.9 +0.5 Sexual offences … … … 19,903 20,155 −3.0 +1.3 Violence against the person … … … 23,470 25,549 +16.9 +8.9 Other offences … … … 20,808 23,576 +8.9 +13.3 Total … … … 1,067,963 1,133,882 +9.2 +6.2