HC Deb 04 February 1993 vol 218 cc289-93W
Mr. Sweeney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of offences cleared up and the percentage of the total clear-up rate in each police force in England and Wales in 1981 and 1991 in terms of(a) those charged and found guilty, (b) those charged and summoned, (c) those taken into consideration where the offence had previously been reported, (d) those taken into consideration where the crime had not previously been reported, (e) as a result of admissions to further offences from persons already in prison and (f) by no futher action.

Mr. Jack

The available information for 1991 is given in the table. Corresponding figures for 1981 are not available.

of people who appeared in court, (d) the number of people found guilty and (e) the figure for those found guilty as a percentage of (a), (b) and (c).

Mr. Jack

Information concerning arrests (for all offences), prosecutions and convictions (for indictable offences) 1981 and 1991 (which is provisional) is given in the table. Data on the number of people charged is not collected centrally.

Table A

Number of arrests, prosecutions at magistrates' courts and total found guilty at all courts by police force area

England and Wales 1981
Police force area Arrests1 Number Prosecutions at magistrates' courts2 Total found guilty at courts2 Percentage found guilty to arrests Per cent. Percentage found guilty to prosecutions Per cent.
Number Number Number
Avon and Somerset 35,891 12,758 10,986 31 86
Bedfordshire 15,831 5,315 4,481 28 84
Cambridgeshire 17,757 6,032 5,428 31 90
Cheshire 18,511 8,816 8,065 44 91
Cleveland 24,565 8,267 7,715 31 93
Cumbria 12,434 4,526 4,095 33 90
Derbyshire 17,850 7,550 6,708 38 89
Devon and Cornwall 21,499 9,878 9,173 43 93
Dorset 13,068 5,320 4,719 36 89
Durham 16,616 6,206 5,710 34 92
Essex 31,138 9,935 8,931 29 90
Gloucestershire 11,758 4,039 3,829 33 95
Greater Manchester 102,118 37,274 33,966 33 91
Hampshire 42,551 14,643 13,078 31 89
Hertfordshire 19,092 6,783 6,150 32 91
Humberside 30,662 10,633 9,872 32 93
Kent 37,003 10,492 9,725 26 93
Lancashire 39,844 15,561 14,264 36 92
Leicestershire 21,202 7,753 7,100 33 92
Lincolnshire 13,203 4,443 4,031 31 91
London, City of 3,390 1,139 947 28 83
Merseyside 57,139 22,183 17,792 31 80
Metropolitan police district 340,809 97,898 85,262 25 87
Norfolk 10,155 5,135 4,764 47 93
Northamptonshire 15,151 5,501 4,821 32 88
Northumbria 62,121 16,598 14,659 24 88
North Yorkshire 11,829 5,384 4,645 39 86
Nottinghamshire 32,625 11,483 10,876 33 95
South Yorkshire 44,550 13,879 12,524 28 90
Staffordshire 31,833 9,453 8,168 26 86
Suffolk 12,452 4,587 3,735 30 81
Surrey 17,536 4,388 4,115 23 94
Sussex 35,294 10,194 9,615 27 94
Thames Valley 42,076 13,411 12,416 30 93
Warwickshire 7,050 3,146 2,784 39 88
West Mercia 22,692 7,742 7,268 32 94
West Midlands 87,376 30,777 26,820 31 87
West Yorkshire 56,702 26,570 23,177 41 87
Wiltshire 8,857 4,057 3,773 43 93
England 1,442,230 489,749 436,187 30 89
Dyfed-Powys 8,605 2,942 2,605 30 89
Gwent 15,955 5,912 5,223 33 88
North Wales 11,003 5,664 5,204 47 92
South Wales 35,795 16,910 14,162 40 84
Wales 71,358 31,428 27,194 38 87
England and Wales 1,513,588 521,177 463,381 31 89
1 All offences.
2 Indictable offences.

Table B Number of arrests, prosecutions at magistrates' courts and total found guilty at all courts by police force area
England and Wales 19911 Number and percentage
Police force area Arrests2 Prosecutions at magistrates' courts3 Total found guilty at all courts3 Percentage found guilty to arrests Percentage found guilty to prosecutions
Avon and Somerset 39,216 11,955 7,526 19 63
Bedfordshire 17,543 4,467 2,716 15 61
Cambridgeshire 17,699 5,403 3,664 21 68
Cheshire 29,684 8,101 5,937 20 73
Cleveland 28,061 6,739 4,336 15 64
Cumbria 21,275 5,204 3,939 19 76
Derbyshire 23,708 7,828 5,275 22 67
Devon and Cornwall 34,024 10,032 7,332 22 73
Dorset 18,382 5,357 3,637 20 68
Durham 25,125 5,684 3,487 14 61
Essex 40,100 12,580 7,835 20 62

Police force area Arrests2 Prosecutions at magistrates' courts3 Total found guilty at all courts3 Percentage found guilty to arrests Percentage found guilty to prosecutions
Gloucestershire 17,020 4,446 2,990 18 67
Greater Manchester 116,916 29,320 22,832 20 78
Hampshire 62,330 13,788 9,544 15 69
Hertfordshire 23,191 6,288 4,039 17 64
Humberside 35,847 7,941 6,057 17 76
Kent 47,992 7,176 6,262 13 87
Lancashire 62,104 14,005 10,544 17 75
Leicestershire 26,417 7,442 5,041 19 68
Lincolnshire 22,680 5,044 3,466 15 69
London, City of 4,688 1,120 756 16 68
Merseyside 72,930 23,311 14,955 21 64
Metropolitan Police District4 113,570 69,148 50,684 45 73
Norfolk 20,898 5,579 4,577 22 82
Northamptonshire 19,353 5,425 3,488 18 64
Northumbria 68,847 15,787 10,266 15 65
North Yorkshire 20,936 6,276 4,324 21 69
Nottinghamshire 46,487 14,974 9,292 20 62
South Yorkshire 45,722 13,405 9,636 21 72
Staffordshire 39,142 10,386 6,794 17 65
Suffolk 15,796 4,994 3,627 23 73
Surrey 19,940 5,141 3,451 17 67
Sussex 39,247 12,261 8,559 22 70
Thames Valley 59,458 14,148 9,203 15 65
Warwickshire 14,138 2,859 2,218 16 78
West Mercia 32,048 8,186 6,080 19 74
West Midlands 131,062 33,082 21,624 16 65
West Yorkshire 85,867 22,946 15,987 19 70
Wiltshire 13,670 4,618 3,280 24 71
England 1,573,113 452,446 315,280 20 70
Dyfed-Powys 13,466 4,177 2,752 20 66
Gwent 17,796 5,146 3,372 19 66
North Wales 24,338 5,541 4,421 18 80
South Wales 57,143 18,931 12,510 22 66
Wales 112,743 33,795 23,055 20 68
England and Wales 1,685,856 486,241 338,335 20 70
1 Provisional
2 All offences
3 Indictable offences
4 Notifiable offences