§ Mr. RichardsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent assaults, including rapes, were committed against women in each police area in each calendar year since 1981 inclusive and in the 12 months ended June 1992.
§ Mr. JackThe available information by police force area is in terms of notifiable offences recorded by the police, with the most appropriate offence categories available being rape—offence category 19—and indecent assault on a female—offence category 20. Other types of assault do not distinguish between male and female victim. These figures are published annually in table 3.1 of "Criminal Statistics, Supplementary Volume 3", copies of which are in the Library. Statistics for the 12 months ended June 1992 are given in the table:
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police Year ending June 1992 Police force Rape Indecent assault on a female Total Avon and Somerset 94 352 446 Bedfordshire 52 154 206 Cambridgeshire 66 243 309 Cheshire 41 234 275 Cleveland 57 174 231 Cumbria 20 119 139 Derbyshire 43 239 282 Devon and Cornwall 59 394 453 Dorset 43 199 242 Durham 51 228 279 Essex 77 329 406 Gloucestershire 37 199 236 Greater Manchester 225 825 1,050 Hampshire 133 626 759 Hertfordshire 46 187 233 Humberside 75 497 572 Kent 147 543 690 Lancashire 48 291 339 Leicestershire 38 220 258 Lincolnshire 36 142 178 City of London 0 20 20 Merseyside 88 402 490 Metropolitan Police District 1,143 3,128 4,271 Norfolk 59 207 266 Northamptonshire 35 144 179 Northumbria 102 426 528 North Yorkshire 15 107 122 Nottinghamshire 110 630 740 South Yorkshire 70 363 433 Staffordshire 55 273 328 Suffolk 69 185 254 Surrey 38 271 309 Sussex 73 414 487 Thames Valley 111 543 654 Warwickshire 19 104 123 West Mercia 53 220 273 West Midlands 195 888 1,083 West Yorkshire 195 812 1,007 Wiltshire 63 201 264 Dyfed-Powys 46 173 219 Gwent 44 155 199
Police force Rape Indecent assault on a female Total North Wales 51 181 232 South Wales 88 282 370 TOTAL 4,110 16,324 20,434