§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal offences were recorded by the police in Lewisham in(a) 1985 and (b) 1992; and how many in each case resulted in a conviction.
§ Mr. MacleanI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to her question on 18 October 1993 at columns143-44.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for each year since 1985 how many(a) rapes, (b) burglaries in dwellings, (c) thefts from vehicles and (d) incidents of domestic violence were recorded by the police in Lewisham; and how many of these resulted in a conviction.
§ Mr. MacleanThe available information relates to notifiable offences recorded by the police and is, given in the table. It is not possible to link recorded crime statistics with convictions, as the information collected on convictions is compiled on a different basis.
Offences of violent crime recorded in Lewisham Year Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery 1985 644 102 580 1986 695 133 616 1987 728 103 897 1988 846 155 688 1989 1,170 147 644 1990 1,269 145 810 1991 1,471 169 1,181 1992 1,324 196 1,127