HC Deb 07 May 1980 vol 984 cc174-8W

Statistics of Security Forces' Activity Yearly totals for 1971–1979 Quarterly totals for the first quarter of 1980 Statistics for Security Forces' Activity comprise the following:

  1. (i) Number of houses searched
  2. (ii) Number of weapons, pounds of explosives and rounds of ammunition found.
  3. (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 e.g. arson, membership of illegal organisations etc.).

STATISTICS ON SECURITY PART I
Yearly figures
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 January-March 1980
Shooting incidents 1,756 10,628 5,018 3,206 1,803 1,908 1,081 755 728 180
Explosions 1,022 1,382 978 685 399 766 366 455 422 113
Bombs neutralised 493 471 542 428 236 426 169 178 143 42
Weight of explosives (in lbs.)*
In explosions 10,972 47,462 47,472 46,435 13,753 17,596 2,839 5,343 11,180.75 2,280
Neutralised 3,001 19,978 32,450 27,094 11,159 16,252 2,188 5,860.5 4,530.5 916
Armed robberies 437 1,931 1,215 1,231 1,201 813 591 439 437 122
Amount stolen (£) 303,787 790,687 612,015 572,951 572,105 545,497 446,988 231,250 568,359 53,636
Malicious fires† — — 587 636 248 453 432 269 315 44
Deaths:
Civilianst† (Sectarian, interfactional and intrafactional assassinations shown in brackets) 115 322 (122) 171 (87) 166 (95) 216 (144) 245 (121) 69 (42) 50 (14) 51 (33) 16 (9)
Army/UDR 48 129 66 35 20 29 29 21 48 7
RUC/RUC'R' 11 17 13 15 11 23 14 10 14 4
Injuries:
Civilians 1,838 3,813 1,812 1,680 2,044 2,162 1,027 548 555 125
Army/UDR 390 578 548 483 167 264 188 135 153 25
RUC/RUC'R' 315 485 291 235 263 303 183 302 165 20
* Estimated weight only.
† Consolidated figures not available for earlier years.

STATISTICS ON SECURITY PART II
Yearly figures
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 January-March 1980
Houses searched† … 17,262 36,617 74,556 71,914 30,092 34,939 20,724 15,462 6,452 2,336
Finds:
Firearms … 717 1,264 1,595 1,260 825 837 590 400 301 49
Ammunition (rds.) … 157,944 183,410 187,399 147,202 73,604 70,306 52,091 43,512 46,280 6,567
Explosives (lbs.) … 2,748 41,488 38,418 26,120 11,565 21,714 3,809 2,108 1,996.25 328.5
ICOS made … — 75 512 312 11 0 0 0 0 —

PERSONS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS SECURITY TYPE OFFENCES*
31Juty-31 December 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 January-March 1980
Murder … … … … 13 71 75 138 120 131 60 45 26
Attempted murder … … … … 16 85 75 88 121 135 79 39 21
Firearms offences … … … … 242 631 544 460 353 301 225 177 22
Explosives offences … … … … 86 236 161 100 215 146 79 40 12
Theft Act … … … … 111 186 232 314 18S 203 151 159 39
Other … … … … 63 205 275 97 279 392 249 210 46
Total … … … … 531 1,414 1,362 1,197 1,276 1,308 843 670 166
* These figures are not available in consolidated form for earlier years.
† Includes occupied and unoccupied houses searched.

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