HC Deb 05 March 1987 vol 111 cc689-90W
48. Mr. Michie

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the total number of crimes committed in England and Wales since 1 April 1979.

Mr. Mellor

Quarterly numbers of notifiable offences recorded by the police are published in Home Office statistical bulletins, copies of which are in the Library: annual figures are published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", (chapter 2 of Cm. 10 for 1985).

54. Mr. Boyes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of crimes per 100,000 population in England and Wales in 1978 and 1985.

Mr. Mellor

Police in England and Wales recorded 5,215 offences per 100,000 population in 1978, compared with 7,258 per 100,000 population in 1985. These figures are published in the Command Paper "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales" (table 2.2 of the issue for 1985, Cm 10).

58. Mr. Barron

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the total number of crimes in the nine months ended 31 March 1979 and in the first nine months of 1986.

Mr. Mellor

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 2 March to a question from the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Powell) at column 469.