Crimes of Violence

HC Deb 22 May 1986 vol 98 c255W

16. Mr. Frank Cook

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the information available to his Department indicates the number of households in Great Britain who were victims of a crime in 1985.

Mr. Mellor

No.

21. Mr. Willie W. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for each year since 1978, the proporton of crimes of violence against the person in England and Wales which were committed by a member of the family of the victim.

Mr. Mellor

Information on the relationship between victim and offender is not regularly collected centrally except for offences of homicide which is published each year in "Criminal Statistics for England and Wales".