HC Deb 21 February 1986 vol 92 c350W
Sir John Farr

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 24 January, Official Report, column 324, of the firearms, annually reported as stolen since 1979, in each year to 1983, how many were (a) air weapons, (b) pistols or revolvers and (c) antique weapons.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The available information is given in the following table. Information on antique weapons stolen is not separately available and these weapons will have been classified according to the types shown.

Burglaries and thefts, recorded by the police in which firearms were reported to have been stolen, by type of weapon.
England and Wales Number of offences
Year Air weapons *Pistols Shotgun Rifle Other Total
1979 1,342 136 551 119 293 2,441
1980 1,378 155 608 109 317 2,567
1981 1,454 205 723 117 343 2,842
1982 1,271 189 716 111 338 2,625
1983 1,183 163 660 112 300 2,418
1984 1,202 164 678 103 392 2,539

* Includes revolvers.

Includes starting guns, imitation guns.

Sir John Farr

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the firearms reported stolen in each category were recovered by the police in each year from 1979 to 1933.

Mr. Giles Shaw

This information is not recorded by chief officers of police.