§ Mr. Arthur Davidsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of offences recorded as known to the police and the number cleared up in England and Wales in 1973; and how these figures compare with those for 1972.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe provisional number of offences recorded as known to the police in England and Wales in 1973 213W was 1,357,690 and 574,570—42.3 per cent.—were cleared up.
OFFENCES RECORDED AS KNOWN TO THE POLICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1972 1973 Cleared up Cleared up Offence group Known to the police Number Per cent. Known to the police Number Per cent. Percentage change in offences recorded as known 1973 Violence against the person 52,432 42,367 80.8 61,290 50,154 81.8 +16.9 Sexual offences 23,505 18,203 77.4 25,736 19,953 77.5 +9.5 Burglary 438,730 160,584 36.6 393,166 146,971 37.4 −10.4 Robbery 8,926 3,813 42.7 7,338 3,374 46.0 −17.8 Theft and unauthorisedtaking 641,872 183,491 28.6 659,740 196,418 29.8 +2.8 Handling stolen goods 39,343 39,162 99.5 39,099 38,719 99.0 −0.6 Fraud 89,843 74,615 83.1 92,450 76,063 82.3 +2.9 Other offences 67,311 36,955 54.9 78,871 42,918 54.4 +17.2 Total 1,361,962 559,190 41.1 1,357,690 574,570 42.3 −0.3