Indictable Offences (Hansard, 20 March 1967)

HC Deb 20 March 1967 vol 743 c205W 205W

§ Miss Lestor
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of indictable offences known to the police in England and Wales was cleared up in 1966; and how this percentage compares with those for the three preceding years.

§ Mr. Roy Jenkins
The information is as follows:

Year Number of indictable offences known to the police Number of indictable offences cleared up Column (3) expressed as a percentage of column (2)

(1) (2) (3) (4)

1963 978,076 421,942 43.1

1964 1,067,963 422,787 39.6

1965 1,133,882 444,562 39.2

1966 (provisional) 1,199,861 482,555 40.2

Year	Number of indictable offences known to the police	Number of indictable offences cleared up	Column (3) expressed as a percentage of column (2)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1963	978,076	421,942	43.1
1964	1,067,963	422,787	39.6
1965	1,133,882	444,562	39.2
1966 (provisional)	1,199,861	482,555	40.2