HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 cc766-7W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were in(a) the Doncaster area and (b) South Yorkshire as a whole in each of the last 14 years for (i) house burglary, (ii) theft from vehicles and (iii) robbery; and if he will give the total number of convictions for these offences for each year during this period as a proportion of all offences committed.

Mr. Maclean

Information for 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992 is given in the table. Data for other years would involve disproportionate cost.

Year/Area Burglary in a dwelling2 Theft from vehicles Robbery Total indictable
Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage [=100 per cent.]
1986
Doncaster 171 5 73 2 18 1 3,280
South Yorkshire 577 5 203 2 132 1 11,760
England and Wales 20,527 5 9,145 2 4,196 1 384,209
1988
Doncaster 223 7 107 3 12 0 3,079
South Yorkshire 677 6 258 2 100 1 11,484
England and Wales 19,468 5 8,406 2 4,311 1 386,236
1990
Doncaster 196 8 98 4 22 1 2,540
South Yorkshire 597 6 334 3 144 2 9,580
England and Wales 18,386 5 7,622 2 4,806 1 342,759
1992
Doncaster 152 7 67 3 27 1 2,180
South Yorkshire 582 7 259 3 129 1 8,742
England and Wales 18,637 6 6,257 2 5,082 2 324,910
1 Includes cases heard at the Crown Court where the committing court was Doncaster psd.
2 Also includes 'aggravated' burglary in a dwelling.