§ Mr. McWilliamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by English police authority(a) the population covered by that authority, (b) the police force establishment of that authority, (c) the police force establishment of that authority, (d) the number of arrests per officer, (e) the total number of reported crimes, (f) the number of crime per officer, (g)the total number of crimes per 1,000 population and (h) the total number of unsolved crimes per 1,000 population.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is provided for 1990 in the table. 323W
Police force Population mid-year 1989 Police manpower Arrests (all offences) Arrests per police officer Recorded crime 2 Crimes per police officer Crimes per 1,000 population Crimes not cleared-up 1,000 population Hampshire 1,676,412 3,230 63,171 20 120,329 37 72 47 Hertfordshire 840,560 1,689 22,648 13 46,339 27 55 38 Humberside 856,250 2,020 36,066 18 104,467 52 122 74 Kent 1,523,673 3,056 47,007 15 103,301 34 68 49 Lancashire 1,390,794 3,257 57,235 18 108,273 33 78 37 Leicestershire 891,926 1,817 24,949 14 72,784 40 82 52 Lincolnshire 586,855 1,236 21,474 17 39,187 32 67 37 City of London 4,267 815 4,809 6 7,100 9 3— 3— Merseyside 1,447,983 4,771 69,207 14 139,208 29 96 50 Metropolitan Police District 7,223,077 28,278 1116,865 14 834,324 30 116 93 Norfolk 748,501 1,416 22,727 16 54,625 39 73 45 Northamptonshire 576,059 1,168 18,242 16 48,119 41 84 53 Northumbria 1,431,721 3,595 65,694 18 203,825 57 142 79 North Yorkshire 722,305 1,406 20,221 14 46,252 33 64 37 Nottinghamshire 1,014,822 2,377 45,468 19 133,166 56 131 83 South Yorkshire 1,295,191 3,031 43,979 15 107,314 35 83 44 Staffordshire 1,038,990 2,229 36,861 17 72,513 33 70 41 Suffolk 641,029 1,221 13,905 11 37,743 31 59 34 Surrey 743,803 1,690 20,920 12 42,579 25 57 41 Sussex 1,416,690 3,048 37,358 12 94,914 31 67 49 Thames Valley 1,960,401 3,765 59,098 16 148,025 39 76 55 Warwickshire 483,060 1,039 13,161 13 32,903 32 68 47 West Mercia 1,078,501 2,063 32,285 16 62,937 30 58 30 West Midlands 2,615,409 7,030 123,868 18 264,769 38 101 63 West Yorkshire 2,066,609 5,371 84,172 16 236,012 44 114 73 Wiltshire 558,395 1,193 14,507 12 33,578 28 60 33 1 Arrests figures on notifiable offences only. 2 Crime figures relate to notifiable offences recorded by the police. 3 Not applicable.