§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of each category of crime were committed in each of the police divisions of the South Wales constabulary in the year ending March 1992; and what percentage this represented compared to(a) the year ended March 1991 and (b) the year ended March 1990.
§ Mr. JackThe information available centrally for the year ending March 1992 relates to the South Wales constabulary as a whole and is contained in the table. Information on total crime recorded in each police division for calendar years can be found in the annual report of the chief constable for South Wales.
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Notifiable offences recorded by the police in the South Wales police force area Number of offences in year ending ' March 1992 Percentage change year ending March 1992 Over year ending March 1991 Over year ending March 1992 Violence against the person 5,180 16 15 Sexual offences 521 -1 6 Robbery 358 47 44 Burglary 37,618 27 48 Theft and handling stolen goods 82,642 7 30 Fraud and forgery 3,615 14 26 Criminal damage 33,466 13 40 Other offences 786 11 38 Total 164,186 13 35