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