§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to complete consideration of the claim for wrongful imprisonment made by Police Constable W. J. Glaston
INDICTABLE OFFENCES RECORDED BY THE POLICE—BY OFFENCE GROUP ENGLAND AND WALES Offences recorded Thousands* Percentage change over preceding year Offence Group 1975 1976 1977 1975 1976 1977 Violence against the person … 71.0 77.7 82.2 +11 +10 +6 Sexual offences … 23.7 22.2 21.3 -4 -6 -4 Burglary … 521.9 515.5 604.0 +8 -1 +17 Robbery … 11.3 11.6 13.7 +31 +3 +18 Theft and handling stolen goods … 1,267.7 1,285.7 1,487.5 +7 +1 +16 Fraud and forgery … 123.1 119.9 120.6 +5 -3 +1 Criminal damage† … 78.5 93.0 123.9 +17 +18 +33 Other offences … 8.4 10.1 9.7 +3 +20 -4 TOTAL† … 2,105.6 2,135.7 2,463.0 +7 +1 +15 550W
Offences cleared up Thousands* As a percentage of the total number of offences recorded Offence Group 1975 1976 1977 1975 1976 1977 Violence against the person … 57.6 61.4 64.6 81 79 79 Sexual offences … 18.6 17.2 16.3 78 77 77 Burglary … 175.6 173.4 188.3 34 34 31 Robbery … 4.5 3.8 3.8 40 33 28 Theft and handling stolen goods … 525.1 521.6 588.1 41 41 40 Fraud and forgery … 103.7 97.6 99.0 84 81 82 Criminal damage† … 28.7 32.2 37.1 37 35 30 Other offences … 7.8 9.4 9.2 92 93 94 TOTAL† … 921.6 916.5 1,006.3 44 43 41 * Components may not add to totals because they have been rounded separately. † Excluding criminal damage of value £20 and under bury of Birmingham, referred to by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr in the Adjournment debate of 1st April 1977.