§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give for(a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) the latest available year (i) the number of crimes reported in each police force area in England and Wales, (ii) the number reported as cleared up, (iii) the number which were reported as cleared up as a result of other offences taken into consideration, (iv) the percentage cleared up in each of the three years and (v) the percentage which was reported as cleared up as a result of offences taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr.. John Patten[holding answer 11 June 1990]: The information requested on the total number of crimes 726W recorded and cleared up is published annually in tables 2.4, 2.18 and 2.19 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which are available in the Library. The latest information on crimes cleared up by being taken into consideration is for 1989 and is given in the table:
England and Wales 1989 Crimes cleared up by TIC Police force area Number Percentage Avon and Somerset 5,617 6 Bedfordshire 3,381 8 Cambridgeshire 3,272 9 Cheshire 3,900 9 Cleveland 2,918 5 Cumbria 2,505 9 Derbyshire 2,885 6 Devon and Cornwall 4,060 5 Dorset 2,893 7 Durham 1,262 3 Essex 3,417 5 Gloucestershire 3,181 9 Greater Manchester 13,779 5 Hampshire 5,477 6 Hertfordshire 4,119 10 Humberside 4,870 6 Kent 4,017 5 Lancashire 5,064 7 Leicestershire 4,326 8 Lincolnshire 3,250 9 London, City of 61 1 Merseyside 3,649 3 Metropolitan police district 8,255 1 Norfolk 3,181 7 Northamptonshire 2,493 7 Northumbria 6,851 4 North Yorkshire 1,758 5 Nottinghamshire 8,357 8 South Yorkshire 4,499 5 Staffordshire 3,361 6 Suffolk 905 3 Surrey 1,665 5 Sussex 3,877 5 Thames Valley 9,048 8 Warwickshire 1,367 5 West Mercia 2,581 5 West Midlands 8,534 4 West Yorkshire 6,721 4 Wiltshire 1,187 4 Dyfed-Powys 140 1 Gwent 766 3 North Wales 2,189 7 South Wales 2,007 2 England and Wales 167,645 5
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on the average number of crimes directly apprehended by each police officer in each police force in England and Wales in(a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 11 June 1990]: The available information on crimes cleared up by the primary means of charge, summons and caution is given in the table. The equivalent information is not available for 1974 and 1979. 727W
Number of crimes cleared up by charge/summons/caution per police officer England and Wales 1989 Police force area Number Avon and Somerset 7 Bedfordshire 9 Cambridgeshire 7 Cheshire 7 Cleveland 10 Cumbria 8 Derbyshire 6 Devon and Cornwall 7 Dorset 8 Durham 9 Essex 5 Gloucestershire 6 Greater Manchester 7 Hampshire 7 Hertfordshire 8 Humberside 10 Kent 6 Lancashire 6 Leicestershire 7 Lincolnshire 7 London, City of 2 Merseyside 5 Metropolitan Police District 4 Norfolk 8 Northamptonshire 7 Northumbria 9 North Yorkshire 6 Nottinghamshire 11 South Yorkshire 8 Staffordshire 8 Suffolk 10 Surrey 5 Sussex 6 Thames Valley 6 Warwickshire 6 West Mercia 7 West Midlands 6 West Yorkshire 7 Wiltshire 8 Dyfed-Powys 7 Gwent 11 North Wales 8 South Wales 9 ENGLAND AND WALES 6
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of arrests per year in(a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available for each police officer in each police force in England and Wales.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 11 June 1990]: The available information is for 1979 and 1989 and relates to arrests for all types of offence. Figures are given in the table:
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Number of arrests per police officer by police force area England and Wales 1989 Police force area Number of arrests per police officer 1979 1989 Avon and Somerset 10 13 Bedfordshire 15 13 Cambridgeshire 14 14
Police force area Number of arrests per police officer 1979 1989 Cheshire 10 13 Cleveland 16 17 Cumbria 10 16 Derbyshire 9 13 Devon and Cornwall 7 11 Dorset 9 13 Durham 10 19 Essex 10 14 Gloucestershire 9 23 Greater Manchester 13 17 Hampshire 14 20 Hertfordshire 11 14 Humberside 14 18 Kent 12 16 Lancashire 11 17 Leicestershire 12 14 Lincolnshire 10 15 London, City of 4 6 Merseyside 13 13 Metropolitan Police District 15 1— Norfolk 0 14 Northamptonshire 14 15 Northumbria 17 18 North Yorkshire 7 13 Nottinghamshire 13 18 South Yorkshire 14 14 Staffordshire 12 17 Suffolk 10 11 Surrey 11 12 Sussex 11 13 Thames Valley 13 16 Warwickshire 6 13 West Mercia 11 14 West Midlands 12 17 West Yorkshire 11 15 Wiltshire 7 12 Dyfed-Powys 7 13 Gwent 14 17 North Wales 7 15 South Wales 9 17 ENGLAND AND WALES2 12 15 1 The total number of arrests in 1989 is not available but the number of arrests for notifiable offences in 1989 in the MPD was 4 per police officer. 2 Excluding MPD.