HC Deb 13 May 1987 vol 116 cc185-9W
Mr. Kaufman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his answer of 7 May, Official Report, column 510, he will give comparable clear-up rates for each police force area in England and Wales for 1978.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The clear-up rates for police force areas in 1978 are given in the following table:

Ratio of notifiable offences1 recorded to notifiable offences cleared up by the police, 1978
Police force area Percentage cleared up
Avon and Somerset 42
Bedfordshire 46
Cambridgeshire 55
Cheshire 59
Cleveland 55
Cumbria 54
Derbyshire 45
Devon and Cornwall 46
Dorset 47
Durham 51
Essex 43
Gloucestershire 51

Ratios of offences cleared up to offences recorded by the police
England and Wales
Percentages
Police Force area Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery 1Criminal damage
1978 1986 1978 1986 1978 1986
Avon and Somerset 38.7 26.6 92.5 75.0 38.8 28.7
Bedfordshire 45.2 28.3 90.6 56.3 26.6 21.2
Cambridgeshire 53.0 35.4 92.2 61.6 36.9 28.9
Cheshire 58.6 41.3 92.6 83.7 52.9 40.6
Cleveland 55.8 34.8 81.7 52.3 35.1 24.7
Cumbria 54.1 42.4 93.6 77.2 43.9 37.5
Derbyshire 43.2 48.7 90.3 87.7 26.4 34.4
Devon and Cornwall 42.7 37.2 88.3 80.1 32.9 29.9
Dorset 44.1 29.3 94.5 81.8 38.2 29.9
Durham 51.8 38.1 95.7 87.1 35.7 31.9
Essex 42.0 36.4 90.6 57.5 25.8 23.2
Gloucestershire 49.8 30.6 87.4 50.7 45.3 24.4
Greater Manchester 45.0 24.8 96.4 84.0 41.1 19.1
Hampshire 43.5 32.2 92.2 67.2 34.9 25.5
Hertfordshire 47.7 46.0 97.0 90.4 26.3 27.9
Humberside 46.1 31.1 83.6 54.7 31.8 19.3
Kent 37.1 31.5 89.7 55.3 34.2 26.0
Lancashire 54.2 41.8 95.4 88.9 48.8 39.6
Leicestershire 55.2 41.4 96.0 77.0 39.2 31.6
Lincolnshire 57.3 38.5 77.5 58.9 46.3 22.6

Police force area Percentage cleared up
Greater Manchester 46
Hampshire 46
Hertfordshire 51
Humberside 45
Kent 40
Lancashire 55
Leicestershire 57
Lincolnshire 57
London, City of 23
Merseyside 43
Metropolitan Police 21
Norfolk 49
Northamptonshire 50
Northumbria 51
North Yorkshire 52
Nottinghamshire 49
South Yorkshire 53
Staffordshire 55
Suffolk 55
Surrey 49
Sussex 56
Thames Valley 43
Warwickshire 46
West Mercia 48
West Midlands 34
West Yorkshire 49
Wiltshire 44
Dyfed-Powys 64
Gwent 59
North Wales 58
South Wales 46
England and Wales 42
1 Excluding offences of "other criminal damage" value £20 or under.

Mr. Kaufman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish for 1978 and 1986, for each police force area in England and Wales, the clear-up rate for (a) violence against the person, (b) burglary, (c) theft, (d) fraud/forgery and (e) criminal damage.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The readily available information is given in the following tables.

Police Force area Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery 1 Criminal damage
1978 1986 1978 1986 1978 1986
London, City of 16.3 8.8 58.1 41.9 32.8 18.5
Merseyside 44.3 39.0 87.9 72.8 27.3 17.0
Metropolitan Police 20.1 14.9 63.8 52.8 14.6 9.2
Norfolk 47.0 37.4 90.5 74.0 40.7 24.1
Northamptonshire 49.0 29.3 88.7 64.1 34.9 18.0
Northumbria 52.6 44.1 91.0 58.0 33.0 19.1
North Yorkshire 51.2 32.4 94.6 53.6 54.5 26.7
Nottinghamshire 46.8 31.3 77.1 55.9 34.5 19.4
South Yorkshire 53.9 44.3 92.0 71.7 30.6 27.0
Staffordshire 53.7 43.2 88.8 71.8 42.0 31.6
Suffolk 54.1 44.7 89.4 65.5 40.3 30.1
Surrey 46.2 31.9 93.8 66.6 40.8 29.7
Sussex 53.6 31.0 94.5 59.9 49.9 25.1
Thames Valley 40.0 36.5 85.5 65.2 32.2 23.7
Warwickshire 42.7 33.3 93.9 67.1 31.6 24.2
West Mercia 45.8 39.4 89.8 68.2 36.8 31.6
West Midlands 33.3 27.3 85.0 51.9 23.0 16.1
West Yorkshire 46.2 36.1 86.8 65.5 31.8 23.5
Wiltshire 43.0 35.8 86.2 60.1 21.7 26.9
Dyfed-Powys 58.7 43.9 94.6 90.2 58.2 41.4
Gwent 57.6 46.8 95.6 92.4 51.0 42.8
North Wales 55.2 33.3 94.2 67.7 45.8 25.4
South Wales 46.7 38.7 92.0 77.2 34.2 26.2
England and Wales 40.3 30.8 84.0 66.6 30.0 20.7
1 Excluding offences of "other criminal damage" value £20 or under.

Ratios of offences cleared up to offences recorded by the police in England and Wales
Police Force Area Violence against the person Burglary
1978 1986 1978 1986
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Avon and Somerset 84.6 78.8 30.9 15.5
Bedfordshire 74.4 75.7 30.1 16.7
Cambridgshire 84.8 81.6 40.7 30.2
Cheshire 92.3 85.4 48.0 32.8
Cleveland 81.9 74.1 43.5 27.6
Cumbria 87.8 89.6 37.9 31.1
Derbyshire 84.1 86.9 30.4 32.6
Devon and Cornwall 87.8 83.7 34.9 31.7
Dorset 72.0 77.4 26.8 25.5
Durham 83.7 84.0 37.1 27.9
Essex 79.8 78.8 33.4 32.4
Gloucestershire 82.3 71.5 42.1 19.9
Greater Manchester 79.6 69.7 31.4 22.0
Hampshire 76.1 76.2 32.5 23.2
Hertfordshire 80.2 81.1 38.8 27.7
Humbcrside 82.2 70.2 31.7 20.4
Kent 78.3 79.2 31.3 29.3
Lancashire 90.9 83.7 41.7 39.3
Leicestershire 84.0 80.4 49.5 41.5
Lincolnshire 92.3 76.6 44.3 26.4
London, City of 60.1 61.2 21.9 12.1
Merseyside 70.1 51.5 35.7 36.9
Metropolitan Police 55.6 48.8 10.5 9.6
Norfolk 87.6 87.1 37.6 23.9
Northamptonshire 88.9 69.6 36.5 31.7
Northumbria 80.3 74.9 45.5 36.5
North Yorkshire 91.0 76.1 33.6 21.6
Nottinghamshire 78.3 72.1 46.1 26.6
South Yorkshire 88.5 82.4 42.3 35.6
Staffordshire 86.5 88.9 39.0 34.4
Suffolk 90.3 84.3 36.6 23.7
Surrey 88.4 85.3 31.3 22.5
Sussex 87.3 69.0 41.6 17.8
Thames Valley 77.3 75.9 33.4 21.7
Warwickshire 90.6 83.4 41.6 34.3
West Mercia 89.6 87.5 34.9 34.1
West Midlands 64.7 61.9 27.5 31.2
West Yorkshire 82.2 68.3 47.9 38.1
Wiltshire 74.3 83.8 31.3 24.0
Dyfed-Powys 96.7 95.4 50.4 40.4
Gwent 92.1 89.4 45.0 33.0
North Wales 84.3 71.9 41.1 19.7

Police Force Area Violence against the person Burglary
1978 1986 1978 1986
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
South Wales 86.4 83.2 34.9 33.2
England and Wales 77.2 71.3 31.3 26.0