§ Mr. McCartneyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many indictable offences were recorded as known to the police and how many were cleared up in England and Wales in 1975; and how these figures compare with 1974.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe number of offences recorded as known to the police in England and Wales in 1975 was 2,105,600, of which 921,600, or 44 per cent., were cleared up. These figures include offences of theft of value under £5, which were excluded from the annual tables in 1972 and 1973. The following table compares the figures for 1975 with those for 1974.