HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 c659W
34. Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the change in offences reported to police forces in England and Wales in 1989(a) by total and (b) by percentage over 1988.

Mr. John Patten

The total number of crimes recorded by the police in 1989 was 154,000 more than in 1988, an increase of 4 per cent.