HC Deb 26 November 1993 vol 233 cc228-31W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes recorded by the Metropolitan police within each borough in the category of theft and handling stolen goods were recorded as(a) theft of a motor vehicle, (b) theft from a motor vehicle, (c) theft of a pedal cycle, (d) shoplifting, (e) handling stolen goods and (f) any other major categories, in the year ended June.

Mr. Maclean

The latest available information relates to the 12 months ending March 1993 and is given in the table:

Borough/District Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle Theft from a motor vehicle Theft of pedal cycle Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Total theft and handling
Hackney 3,126 5,240 576 431 263 13,896
Havering 2,871 3,427 553 1,073 166 10,682
Newham 3,835 4,454 478 797 212 13,373
Tower Hamlets 2,832 5,996 643 403 224 14,649
Thames 1 1 0 0 1 95
Bexley 2,358 3,161 463 528 118 9,583
Bromley 3,144 5,228 689 1,248 151 14,229
Greenwich 3,708 5,771 538 884 210 15,322
Lewisham 3,348 4,300 491 936 190 13,571
Southwark 3,503 7,799 845 1,026 299 19,753
Croydon 3,360 5,877 674 1,211 170 16,644
Epsom Ewell 348 855 300 193 19 2,545
Lambeth 3,533 7,185 939 873 375 20,134
Merton 1,190 3,232 729 516 87 8,650
Reigate Banstead 231 533 51 37 4 1,269
Sutton 1,528 2,368 554 719 80 7,965
Elmbridge 193 898 236 62 13 2,039
Hounslow 1,952 4,505 1,192 1,025 209 12,491
Kingston 727 2,107 1,240 1,008 119 7,515
Richmond 707 2,926 1,191 504 81 7,822
Spelthorne 578 1,850 507 271 56 4,432
Wandsworth 2,529 6,767 1,067 1,153 164 16,357
Ealing 2,763 5,289 651 990 239 14,298
Hammersmith 1,598 6,199 1,292 713 179 13,785
Hillingdon 2,063 4,218 723 594 153 10,745
Kensington Chelsea 1,393 6,905 1,264 1,561 229 20,128
Heathrow 108 715 38 104 40 3,081
Barnet 2,026 4,658 409 1,218 145 12,282
Brent 2,077 4,026 533 585 165 11,379
Camden 2,171 7,240 1,304 1,224 227 22,220
Harrow 886 2,641 424 571 86 6,558
Hertsmere 466 1,311 152 106 19 3,061
Westminster 1,748 8,333 1,141 5,308 354 41,036
MPD Total 79,736 161,072 25,511 32,681 6,523 464,689

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes recorded in the year ended June 1993 in each police force area in England and Wales in the category of theft and handling stolen goods were recorded as(a) theft of a motor vehicle, (b) theft from

Notifiable offences of theft and handling stolen goods recorded by the police by police force area Twelve months ending June 1993
Police force area Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Theft from vehicle Theft from pedal cycle Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Other theft
Avon and Somerset 27,665 39,896 8,401 6,718 1,236 21,068
Bedfordshire 8,906 11,954 2,227 2,966 457 5,337
Cambridgeshire 6,652 12,538 7,961 4,903 441 7,761
Cheshire 9,548 14,247 4,014 4,694 811 7,280
Cleveland 13,321 10,632 3,639 2,964 456 11,777
Cumbria 3,277 9,033 1,410 3,557 466 5,617
Derbyshire 9,753 17,358 3,040 3,648 689 10,879
Devon and Cornwall 8,815 24,483 4,197 7,117 1,529 19,105
Dorset 3,848 8,893 3,496 3,059 800 10,228
Durham 9,361 9,341 2,607 2,530 893 10,568
Essex 11,457 20,092 5,144 11,193 1,291 12,832
Gloucestershire 4,567 14,916 3,401 3,419 969 6,297
Greater Manchester 59,186 59,865 12,277 15,593 3,516 39,201
Hampshire 10,796 29,566 8,580 9,611 1,835 21,202
Hertfordshire 6,395 12,476 2,848 3,542 444 6,108
Humberside 11,217 21,207 8,548 7,445 1,128 13,502
Kent 19,657 26,001 5,524 12,058 1,456 26,007
Lancashire 13,538 24,430 7,049 6,086 1,351 20,574
Leicestershire 12,070 18,439 5,033 3,645 838 13,448
Lincolnshire 3,756 7,354 3,210 3,701 514 8,727
City of London 135 888 173 294 101 2,566
Merseyside 16,325 18,252 4,378 9,782 1,513 20,106
Metroplitan Police District 79,568 163,650 24,895 2,341 6,503 159,126
Norfolk 4,896 13,559 4,666 4,756 653 7,767

a motor vehicle, (c) theft of a pedal cycle, (d) shoplifting, (e) handling stolen goods and (f) any other major categories.

Mr. Maclean

The requested information is given in the table.

Police force area Theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle Theft from vehicle Theft from pedal cycle Theft from shops Handling stolen goods Other theft
Northamptonshire 6,693 9,085 2,620 2,802 594 7,622
Northumbria 30,413 26,125 4,619 10,223 1,289 19,004
North Yorkshire 4,744 9,342 3,660 5,633 607 6,486
Nottinghamshire 17,335 26,331 6,265 9,048 1,378 24,320
South Yorkshire 20,788 24,101 3,522 6,790 1,144 12,949
Staffordshire 12,075 17,436 3,184 4,667 496 9,196
Suffolk 2,666 6,528 2,131 4,289 744 6,398
Surrey 4,898 10,614 2,705 2,638 430 7,603
Sussex 8,801 22,855 5,631 8,557 1,265 16,980
Thames Valley 23,027 41,793 11,035 10,564 1,894 24,314
Warwickshire 5,235 9,200 1,988 1,981 280 4,883
West Mercia 8,465 14,176 3,458 5,299 576 14,516
West Midlands 41,359 55,530 7,551 13,482 2,249 31,154
West Yorkshire 38,242 51,204 6,449 10,453 2,180 36,867
Wiltshire 2,958 7,026 2,194 3,454 528 6,110
Dyfed-Powys 1,368 3,098 554 1,914 396 5,099
Gwent 3,829 6,563 1,367 2,750 1,109 6,073
North Wales 3,620 9,002 1,481 2,451 497 7,572
South Wales 23,335 30,796 4,164 7,620 1,204 14,677
TOTAL 614,560 969,875 211,296 280,237 48,750 728,906