HC Deb 07 March 1991 vol 187 cc276-7W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current level of crime in north Yorkshire; and what it was at the same time in 1990.

Mr. John Patten

North Yorkshire police recorded a total of 44,590 offences during 1990, compared with 35,774 in 1989. The number of offences detected in 1990 was 17,726 compared with 12,092 in 1989. These are the most recent figures on which a comparison can be made.