§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report statistics for the last five years showing the number of crimes in the following categories notified to the police, together with the percentage 241W respectively pleading guilty and not guilty and the percentage of those pleading not guilty who were subsequently acquited, namely, arson, burglary, rape, shoplifting, assault and robbery with violence.
TABLE 1 OFFENCES RECORDED AS KNOWN TO THE POLICE: ENGLAND AND WALES, 1970 TO 1974 Year of recording Offence 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Arson … … … … 2,548 3,562 5,706 7,181 7,094 Burglary … … … … 431,475 451,537 438,730 393,165 483,832 Rape … … … … 884 784 893 998 1,052 Shoplifting … … … … 101,822 119,281 126,844 130,161 164,063 Wounding and assault … … 39,266 45,165 50,519 59,315 61,878 Robbery … … … … 6,273 7,465 8,926 7,338 8,666
TABLE 2 PERSONS FOR TRIAL AT CROWN COURTS BY PLEA AND ACQUITTAL 1974 Percentage Offence Proportion of persons tried who pleaded Persons acquitted as a percentage of those who pleaded. Guilty Not Guilty not guilty Arson … … … … … 77 23 48 Burglary … … … … … 84 16 51 Rape … … … … … 42 58 39 Shoplifting … … … … … 37 63 53 Wounding and assault … … … … 55 45 50 Robbery … … … … … 70 30 39