HC Deb 20 July 1977 vol 935 c554W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the statistics for the years 1974, 1975 and 1976 for; (a) crimes against the person and (b) vandalism.

Mr. John

There is no specific criminal offence of vandalism. The available figures for numbers of the relevant indictable offences recorded by the police are given in the following table:

INDICTABLE OFFENCES RECORDED BY THE POLICE ENGLAND AND WALES 1974–1976
Number of Offences (thousands)
Offence Group 1974 1975 1976
Violence against the person … 63.8 71..0 77.7
Sexual offences … 24.7 23.7 22.2
Criminal damage* … 67..1 78..5 93..0
* Excluding criminal damage of value £20 and under.