Security Statistics (Hansard, 14 June 1979)

§ Mr. Humphrey Atkins

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STATISTICS ON SECURITY

Part I—Statistics of Terrorist Activity

Yearly totals for 1971–78.

Quarterly totals for the first quarter of 1979.

Statistics for terrorist activity comprise the following:

(i) Number of shooting incidents

(ii) Number of explosions

(iii) Number of bombs and devices neutralised

(iv) Weight of explosives in bombs and devices neutralised

(v) Number of malicious fires

(vi) Number of armed robberies and amount stolen

(vii) Number of deaths and injuries of RUC/RUC 'R' Army and civilians (including sectarian, interfactional and intra-factional assassinations)

STATISTICS ON SECURITY PART
	Yearly Figures	1979
	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	Jan-9 Mar 79
SHOOTING INCIDENTS	1,756	10,628	5,018	3,206	1,803	1,908	1,081	755	189
EXPLOSIONS	1,022	1,382	978	685	399	766	366	455	90
BOMBS NEUTRALISED	493	471	542	428	236	426	169	178	35
WEIGHT OF EXPLOSIVES (IN LBS)^* (1)
In explosions	…	…	…	…	10,972	47,462	47,472	46,435	13,753	17,596	2,839	5,443	2,015.5
Neutralised	…	…	…	…	…	3,001	19,978	32,450	27,094	11,159	16,252	2,188	5,860.5	559.5
ARMED ROBBERIES	…	…	…	437	1,931	1,215	1,231	1,201	813	591	439	132
AMOUNT STOLEN £	…	…	…	303,787	790,687	612,015	572,951	572,105	545,497	446,988	231,250	64,354
MALICIOUS FIRES †	…	…	…			587	636	248	453	432	269	58
DEATHS: CIVILIANS †	…	…	115	322	171	166	216	245	69	50	7
(Sectarian, interfactional & intra-factional assassinations shown in brackets)	…		(122)	(87)	(95)	(144)	(121)	(42)	(14)	(1)
DEATHS: ARMY/UDR	…	…	48	129	66	35	20	29	29	21	3
DEATHS: RUC/RUC 'R'	…	…	11	17	13	15	11	23	14	10	—
INJURIES: CIVILIANS	…	…	…	1,838	3,813	1,812	1,680	2,044	2,162	1,027	548	113
INJURIES: ARMY/UDR	…	…	390	578	548	483	167	264	188	117	22
INJURIES: RUC/RUC 'R'	…	…	315	485	291	235	263	303	183	[...]74	51
(^*) Estimated weight only
(†) Consolidated figures not available for earlier years

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Part II—Statistics of Security Forces' Activity

Yearly totals for 1971–78.

Quarterly totals for the first quarter of 1979.

Statistics for Security Forces' Activity comprise the following:

(i) Number of houses searched

(ii) Number of weapons, pounds of explosives and rounds of ammunition found.

(iii) Number of people charged with serious security type offences: (murder, attempted murder, explosives offences, firearms offences, armed robbery, and other offences relating to the security situation eg. arson, membership of illegal organisations etc).

STATISTICS ON SECURITY PART II
					Yearly Figures	1979
	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	Jan-Mar 79
HOUSES SEARCHED†	…	…	17,262	36,617	74,556	71,914	30,092	34,939	20,724	15,462	1,285
FINDS: FIREARMS	…	…	…	717	1,264	1,595	1,260	825	837	590	400	95
FINDS: AMMUNTIONS (RDS)	157,944	183,410	187,399	147,202	73,604	70,306	52,091	43,511	8,419
FINDS: EXPLOSIVES (LBS)	…	…	2,748	41,488	38,418	26,120	11,565	21,714	3,809	2,108	744.25
ICOS MADE	…	…	…	…		75	512	312	11	0	0	0

Persons charged with serious security type offences^*
	31 Jul–31 Dec 1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	Jan—Mar 1979
Murder	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	13	71	75	138	120	131	60	11
Attempted Murder	…	…	…	…	…	…	16	85	75	88	121	135	79	13
Firearms.	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	242	631	544	460	353	301	225	49
Explosives Offences	…	…	…	…	…	86	236	161	100	215	146	79	9
Theft Act	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	111	186	232	314	188	203	151	42
Other	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	63	205	275	97	279	392	249	63
TOTAL	531	1,414	1,362	1,197	1,276	1,308	843	187
^* These figures are not available in consolidated form for earlier years
† Includes occupied and unoccupied houses searched.

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