HC Deb 27 January 1977 vol 924 cc778-82W

PART I—Statistics of Terrorist Activity

Yearly totals for 1970–75.

Quarterly totals for the four quarters of 1976.

Statistics of terrorist activity comprise the following:

  1. (i) number of shooting incidents;
  2. (ii) number of explosions;
  3. (iii) number of bombs and devices neutralised;
  4. (iv) weight of explosives in explosions and neutralised;
  5. (v) number of malicious fires;
  6. (vi) number of armed robberies and the amounts stolen;
  7. (vii) number of deaths and injuries of RUC/RUC 'R', Army/UDR and civilians (including sectarian and interfactional assassinations).

PART II—Statistics of Security Forces' Activity

Yearly totals for 1970–75.

Quarterly totals for four quarters of 1976.

Statistics of security forces' activity comprise the following:

  1. (i) number of houses searched;
  2. (ii) number of arms, pounds of explosives and rounds of ammunition found;
  3. (iii) number of people served with interim custody orders under the Emergency Provisions Act;
  4. (iv) number of people charged with serious security-type offences: (murder, attempted murder, explosives offences, firearms offences, theft and other offences related to the security situation (arson, membership of illegal organisations etc.)).

STATISTICS ON SECURITY—PART I
Yearly figures
1976 Quarterly figures
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 January to March April to June July to September October to December
Shooting Incidents 213 1,756 10,628 5,018 3,206 1,803 442 448 575 443
Explosions 153 1,022 1,382 978 685 399 207 181 218 160
Bombs Neutralised 17 493 471 542 428 236 129 117 108 72
Weight of Explosives (in 1bs.)*
In explosions 746 10,972 47,462 47.472‡ 46,435 13,753 6,171 3,023 5,203 3,199
Neutralised 59 3,001 19,978‡ 32,450 27,094 11,159 5,121 4,885 3,103 3,143
Malicious Fires† — — — 587 636 248 141 64 175 73
Armed Robberies† — 437 1,931 1,215 1,231 1,201 273 178 193 245
Amount Stolen — £303,787 £790,687 £612,015 £572,951 £572,105 £169,653 £185,327 £20,216 £70,301
Deaths: Civilians† 23 115 322 171 166 216 78‡ 68 51 47
(Sectarian and interfactional assassinations† shown in brackets) (122) (87) (95) (144) (45) (30)‡ (16) (30)
Deaths: Army/UDR 0 48 129 66 35 20 8 5 5 11
Deaths: RUC/RUC "R" 2 11 17 13 15 11 6 9 3 5
Injuries: Civilian† — 1,800 3,813 1,812 1,680 2,044 524 729 495 414
Injuries: Army/UDR 620 390 578 548 483 167 56 43 83 82
Injuries: RUC/RUC "R" 191 317 466 291 235 263 82 90 61 70
* Estimated weight only.
† Consolidated figures not available for earlier years.
‡ Figure amended since previous quarterly report due to revision of earlier records.

STATISTICS ON SECURITY-PART II
Yearly totals
1976 Quarterly totals
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 January to March April to June July to September October to December
Houses Searched* … … … 3,107 17,262 36,617 74,556 71,914 30,092 6,940 10,168 9,405 8,406
Finds: Firearms … … … 324 717 1,264 1,595 1,260 825 187 261 189 200
Finds: Ammunition (Rounds) … … … 43,095 157,944 183,410 187,399 147,202 73,604 18,862 20,881 16,747 13,816
Finds: Explosives … … … 798 2,748 41,488 38,418 26,120 11,565 11,154 6,138 2,849 1,573
ICOS made … … … — — 75 512 312 11 0 0 0 0
PERSONS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS SECURITY-TYPE OFFENCES†
31st July to 31st December1972 1973 1974 1975 January to March 1976 April to June 1976 July to September 1976 October to December 1976
Murder … … … … … 13 71 75 138 40 10 22 48
Attempted Murder … … … … … 16 85 75 88 13 38 33 37
Firearms Offencess … … … … … 242 631 544 460 70 111 91 81
Explosives Offences … … … … … 86 236 161 100 63 35 47 70
Theft Act … … … … … 111 186 232 314 45 32 50 61
Other … … … … … 63 205 275 97 63 61 98 57
Totals … … … … … 531 1,414 1,362 1,197 294 287 341 354
* Includes occupied and unoccupied houses searched.
† These figures are not available in consolidated form for earlier years.