Security Statistics (Hansard, 27 February 1986)

§ Mr. Tom King

[pursuant to his reply, 3 February 1986, c. 76]: Yes, the statistics together with those since 1971 are as follows:

^* Estimated weight only.

^† No figure for April—June 1981.

^‡ Figures in ( ) refer to shots heard only and not included in the total.

^[...] Consolidated figures not available for earlier years.

Statistics on Security
Part II—Statistics of security forces' activity
Yearly figures: 1971–1985
	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Houses searched^*	17,262	36,617	74,556	71,914	30,092	34,939	20,724	15,462	6,452	4,106	4,104	4,045	1,497	1,282	812
Finds
Firearms	717	1,264	1,595	1,260	825	837	590	400	301	203	409	317	200	197	238
Ammunition (rounds)	157,944	183,410	187,399	147,202	73,604	70,306	52,091	43,512	46,280	28,078	47,127	41,452	32,451	17,211	13,748
Explosives	2,748	41,488	38,418	26,120	11,565	21,714	3,809	2,108	1,996	1,810	7,536	5,066	3,762	8,534	7,373

Persons charged with terrorist type offences^†
	31 July—31 December 1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Murder		13	71	77	138	120	131	60	45	63	48	50	75	41	24
Attempted Murder		16	85	76	88	121	135	79	39	59	72	96	60	68	52
Firearms Offences		242	631	545	460	353	301	225	177	112	155	173	150	155	105
Explosives Offences		86	236	161	100	215	146	79	40	39	39	41	48	21	37
Theft Act		111	186	239	314	188	203	151	159	128	158	130	119	94	65
Other		63	205	276	97	279	392	249	210	149	446	196	161	149	239
Total		531	1,414	1,374	1,197	1,276	1,308	843	670	550	918	686	613	528	522

^* Includes occupied and unocupied houses searched.

^† these figures are not available in consolidated form for earlier years.

Convictions for scheduled offences—January to December 1985
Offence	Number convicted	Non-custodial sentence	Young offenders centre training schools	Less than five years	Five years and less than seven years	Seven years and less than 10 years	Ten years and less than 15 years	Fifteen years and less than 20 years	Twenty years and over	Life
Murder	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
Attempted murder	20	1	0	0	0	4	6	6	3	0
Conspiracy to murder	10	1	0	1	3	2	3	0	0	0
Manslaughter	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm	8	0	1	4	1	0	2	0	0	0
Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Causing grievous bodily harm	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Causing explosion	13	0	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0
Placing explosive	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Possessing explosives with intent	16	4	2	3	3	2	1	1	0	0
Other explosive offences	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Possessing a firearm with intent	55	18	5	11	8	7	5	1	0	0
Possessing a firearm	53	28	5	16	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carrying a firearm with intent	18	11	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Other major firearms offences	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minor firearms Offences	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robbery	160	88	31	20	13	5	3	0	0	0
Aggravated robbery	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Offence	Number convicted	Non-custodial sentence	Young offenders centre training schools	Less than Five years	Five years and less than seven years	Seven years and less than 10 years	Ten years and less than 15 years	Fifteen years and less than 20 years	Twenty years and over	Life
Attempted robbery	20	9	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burglary	16	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aggravated burglary	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Membership of illegal organisations	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unlawful collection of information	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Contributing to resources of a proscribed organisation	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assisting offenders	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kidnapping and false imprisonment	8	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Possession of an offensive weapon	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hijacking	28	21	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted hijacking	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arson	32	20	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Petrol bomb offences	88	65	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Criminal damage	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Intimidation	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Withholding information	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Possessing prohibited articles	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Law riot	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conspiracy to arm terrorists	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	648	316	88	101	46	27	20	8	4	38