§ Mr. David YoungTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for each police area, how many crimes of violence against the person were reported, and how many successful detections there were, for the last year for which figures are available; and in each case what was the percentage change since 1978;
(2) for each police area how many cases of burglary there were for the last year for which figures are available; what were the number of cases of successful detections; and what was the percentage change on the figures of burglary and the detections since 1978;
(3) how many cases of theft or handling of stolen goods in each police area there were for the last year for which figures are available; what was the successful detection rate; and what was the percentage change in such crimes and detection since 1978;
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Table 1 Notifiable offences recorded by the police which were cleared-up by offence group and police force area England and Wales 1978 Number of offences Police force area Violence against the person Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage1 Avon and Somerset 1,477 3,173 13,537 2,580 1,000 Bedfordshire 922 1,541 6,497 1,411 440 Cambridgeshire 723 2,096 9,636 2,022 443 Cheshire 1,119 3,085 9,410 799 769 Cleveland 1,127 3,535 10,456 1,825 778 Cumbria 592 1,532 5,983 1,100 561 Derbyshire 1,434 2,798 8,344 2,255 618 Devon and Cornwall 1,617 2,676 11,488 1,845 864 Dorset 411 1,303 6,557 2,545 446 Durham 1,071 2,373 7,764 1,046 594 Essex 1,474 3,267 13,398 2,309 886 Gloucestershire 400 1,502 5,055 681 410 Greater Manchester 3,624 11,703 40,912 7,819 3,213 Hampshire 1,659 4,137 16,770 3,949 1,322 Hertfordshire 943 2,122 10,801 3,177 665 Humberside 2,173 3,296 11,405 961 959 Kent 1,381 3,513 12,329 2,337 963 Lancashire 1,718 4,944 15,900 2,447 1,187 Leicestershire 1,138 3,047 9,898 1,310 757 Lincolnshire 790 1,461 5,881 544 447 London City of 107 195 654 241 80 Merseyside 2,503 11,641 26,869 1,897 1,468 Metropolitan Police District 7,883 12,686 65,264 19,036 4,738 Norfolk 356 1,742 6,601 1,175 471 Northamptonshire 892 1,730 6,513 1,125 430 Northumbria 2,130 12,949 27,743 2,139 1,698 North Yorkshire 810 1,686 6,627 1,438 497 Nottinghamshire 2,865 7,151 19,402 2,125 1,378 South Yorkshire 2,369 5,558 16,559 1,782 1,068 Staffordshire 2,043 2,869 10,407 1,472 946 Suffolk 671 1,108 5,840 1,150 517 Surrey 751 1,576 6,813 1,975 587 Sussex 1,581 3,242 14,915 3,060 1,183 Thames Valley 1,760 5,095 18,006 3,695 1,233 Warwickshire 434 1,203 3,513 552 330 West Mercia 1,429 3,193 8,967 1,538 742 West Midlands 3,563 11,166 29,618 4,103 2,053 West Yorkshire 4,261 16,205 32,684 3,122 2,310 Wiltshire 528 1,268 5,306 1,069 301 Dyfed-powys 475 750 3,868 941 443 Gwent 830 1,675 6,679 1,140 554 (4) how many cases of criminal damage were reported in each police area for the last year for which figures are available; what was the number successfully detected; and what was the percentage change in 1978;
(5) how many cases of fraud or forgery were reported in each police area in the last year for which figures are available; how many cases were detected; and what was the percentage change since 1978 in crimes and successful detection.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 27 June 1988]: The numbers of notifiable offences recorded by the police in 1978 and 1987 are published, by offence group, in respectively table 32 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1978" (Cmnd 7670) and table 7 of Home Office statistical bulletin, issue 6/88. Copies of these publications are available in the Library. The corresponding numbers of offences cleared up in 1978 and 1987 are given in the following two tables; the figures for 1987 will he published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1987" later this year.
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Police force area Violence against the person Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage1 North Wales 954 2,048 7,343 2,332 552 South Wales 2,020 6,411 18,254 2,590 1,311 England and Wales 67,208 175,251 580,466 102,659 42,212
Table 2 Notifiable offences recorded by the police which were cleared-up by offence group and police force area England and Wales 1987 Number of offences Police force area Violence against the person Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage1 Avon and Somerset 2,950 3,452 15,518 4,161 2,653 Bedfordshire 1,387 1,754 6,038 965 965 Cambridgeshire 1,297 1,629 6,721 641 999 Cheshire 1,916 3,286 10,548 1,370 1,883 Cleveland 1,613 4,723 10,019 1,497 1,300 Cumbria 1,228 2,519 6,383 755 1,294 Derbyshire 2,114 2,702 10,883 1,244 1,594 Devon and Cornwall 2,438 4,563 15,208 3,050 2,267 Dorset 1,066 1,531 6,997 2,358 1,109 Durham 1,712 3,560 8,448 333 2,366 Essex 2,592 3,864 15,051 1,180 1,978 Gloucestershire 952 2,246 6,767 1,117 929 Greater Manchester 5,347 15,499 39,093 10,328 5,862 Hampshire 2,608 5,080 18,088 2,825 2,659 Hertfordshire 1,359 1,606 10,864 2,268 1,529 Humberside 3,782 5,434 13,560 1,557 2,241 Kent 2,381 3,674 13,954 1,112 2,139 Lancashire 2,424 7,597 19,188 4,017 2,739 Leicestershire 1,957 4,645 11,600 1,563 1,701 Lincolnshire 1,152 2,116 7,096 570 868 London, City of 151 259 609 228 111 Merseyside 2,703 22,985 33,404 3,394 3,810 Metropolitan Police District 12,023 12,734 60,572 13,111 10,148 Norfolk 1,149 2,998 8,393 787 1,024 Northamptonshire 1,534 2,954 8,831 804 1,292 Northumbria 3,463 20,729 40,849 2,173 3,381 North Yorkshire 1,319 1,911 6,886 825 959 Nottinghamshire 4,559 4,774 16,718 1,583 2,537 South Yorkshire 3,426 8,677 21,984 1,234 2,580 Staffordshire 3,346 4,557 11,319 935 2,096 Suffolk 1,289 1,748 8,245 770 1,156 Surrey 1,406 1,211 5,799 778 1,132 Sussex 1,856 2,788 11,823 1,736 1,869 Thames Valley 2,775 4,688 20,601 2,895 2,677 Warwickshire 756 1,697 4,632 365 717 West Mercia 2,153 3,456 11,522 766 1,716 West Midlands 5,116 32,808 45,183 3,085 4,973 West Yorkshire 5,518 16,431 35,996 3,188 4,867 Wiltshire 1,238 1,192 5,055 561 885 Dyfed-Powys 946 1,020 4,030 1,506 829 Gwent 1,475 1,974 7,084 1,363 1,304 North Wales 1,760 2,729 7,380 1,687 1,338 South Wales 2,866 8,612 23,715 2,487 3,320 ENGLAND AND WALES 105,102 244,412 610,445 89,172 93,796