§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total crime clear-up rate for England and Wales broken down by police authority area, in 1979 and the latest year available.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation for 1987 is given in table 2.18 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales 1987", column 498, where figures are published annually. Figures for 1979 are given in the table.
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police: 1clear-up rate by police force area England and Wales Percentages Police force area 1979 Avon and Somerset 43 Bedfordshire 48 Cambridgeshire 47 Cheshire 58 Cleveland 51 Cumbria 56 Derbyshire 50 Devon and Cornwall 46 Dorset 47 Durham 52 Essex 42 Gloucestershire 51 Greater Manchester 46 Hampshire 46 Hertfordshire 54 Humberside 45 Kent 50 Lancashire 56 Leicestershire 54 Lincolnshire 60 London, City of 21 Merseyside 43 Metropolitan Police District 21 Norfolk 47 Northamptonshire 48 Northumbria 53 North Yorkshire 51 Nottinghamshire 51 South Yorkshire align="right">51 Staffordshire align="right">51 Suffolk 57 Surrey 47 Sussex 53 Thames Valley 50 Warwickshire 46 West Mercia 49 West Midlands 37 West Yorkshire 37 Wiltshire 42 Dyfed-Powys 63 Gwent 60 North Wales 59 South Wales 46 England and Wales 41
colspan="2">1 Cleared up by an offender admitting the offence; being charged or cautioned, or no proceedings being taken against known offender.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was(a) the total number of recorded crimes and (b) the total number of crimes committed against the person in 1979 and the latest year available.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information for calendar years is published in table 2.1 of "Criminal statistics, England and Wales, 1987", column 498, and for the 12 months to the end of September 1988 in table 4 of Home Office statistical bulletin 36/88.