HC Deb 22 February 1990 vol 167 c907W
12. Mr. Buckley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what, in each of the last five years, has been the increase in reported incidents of violent crime.

50. Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what in each of the last five years has been the change in reported incidents of violent crime.

Mr. John Patten

Between 1984 and 1988 the average annual percentage increase in recorded crimes of violence was 7.9 per cent. Full-year figures for 1989 are not yet available.