HC Deb 18 May 1994 vol 243 cc454-7W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list for each police authority in 1992 the number of known offenders found guilty of or cautioned for offences of(a) theft of a motor vehicle or (b) unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle; and what proportion of the total number of known offenders in total and in each category were (i) juveniles and (ii) young adults;

(2) if he will list for each police authority in 1992 the number of known offenders found guilty of or cautioned for offences of theft from a motor vehicle; and what proportion of those offenders were (i) juveniles and (ii) young adults.

Mr. Maclean

The information is given in the tables.

10–16 17–20 All ages
Police force area Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Leicestershire 34 29 45 38 119 100
Lincolnshire 9 24 14 37 38 100
City of London — — 1 50 2 100
Merseyside 17 18 32 35 92 100
Metropolitan Police 75 22 82 24 335 100
Norfolk 17 22 21 27 79 100
Northamptonshire 11 17 23 35 66 100
Northumbria 35 23 49 32 151 100
North Yorkshire 13 21 20 32 63 100
Nottinghamshire 77 39 63 32 197 100
South Yorkshire 106 42 74 29 254 100
Staffordshire 6 10 17 28 61 100
Suffolk 29 35 30 37 82 100
Surrey 20 30 16 24 67 100
Sussex 23 27 19 22 85 100
Thames Valley 45 24 79 41 191 100
Warwickshire 26 39 18 27 67 100
West Mercia 5 8 23 38 61 100
West Midlands 104 29 114 32 353 100
West Yorkshire 80 26 94 31 307 100
Wiltshire 10 22 14 31 45 100
Dyfed Powys 2 9 7 32 22 100
Gwent 3 6 22 47 47 100
North Wales 13 31 5 12 42 100
South Wales 26 24 39 36 109 100
England 1,510 29 1,654 32 5,216 100
Wales 44 20 73 33 220 100
England and Wales 1,554 29 1,727 32 5,436 100
1 Theft Act 1968 Section 1.

Table B
Number and percentage of persons found guilty or cautioned for the summary offence

of stealing and unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle1 by police force area and age group, 1992
10–16 17–20 All ages
Police force area Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Avon and Somerset 121 33 158 43 365 100
Bedfordshire 79 33 106 44 242 100
Cambridgeshire 45 31 62 43 143 100
Cheshire 222 44 190 38 506 100
Cleveland 201 46 167 38 439 100
Cumbria 90 41 90 41 222 100
Derbyshire 127 39 133 40 329 100
Devon and Cornwall 110 29 167 45 373 100
Dorset 54 31 69 39 176 100
Durham 60 34 80 45 176 100
Essex 152 36 159 38 419 100
Gloucestershire 74 46 54 34 160 100
Greater Manchester 917 42 791 36 2,191 100
Hampshire 255 44 198 34 577 100
Hertfordshire 80 33 117 48 246 100
Humberside 248 53 157 33 469 100
Kent 80 31 107 41 259 100
Lancashire 226 38 225 38 590 100
Leicestershire 137 33 198 48 411 100
Lincolnshire 57 36 59 38 157 100
City of London 3 16 9 47 19 100
Merseyside 281 34 352 43 816 100
Metropolitan Police 941 42 737 33 2,243 100
Norfolk 87 41 90 43 210 100
Northamptonshire 38 18 114 53 217 100
Northumbria 264 35 302 41 745 100
North Yorkshire 73 36 86 42 203 100
Nottinghamshire 218 43 196 39 502 100
South Yorkshire 206 36 250 43 580 100
Staffordshire 167 40 162 39 418 100
Suffolk 57 38 51 34 152 100
Surrey 31 22 62 45 138 100
Sussex 116 36 138 43 322 100
Thames Valley 388 45 338 39 871 100
Warwickshire 38 35 46 42 110 100
West Mercia 132 42 127 40 316 100
West Midlands 592 39 621 41 1,525 100
West Yorkshire 512 36 617 43 1,420 100
Wiltshire 45 38 48 41 118 100

10–16 17–20 All ages
Police force area Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Dyfed Powys 19 16 58 50 117 100
Gwent 79 47 56 34 167 100
North Wales 74 37 78 39 200 100
South Wales 325 39 346 42 823 100
England 7,524 39 7,638 39 19,375 100
Wales 497 38 538 41 1,307 100
England and Wales 8,021 39 8,176 40 20,682 100
1 Theft Act 1968 Section 12(1) as amended by CJA 1988 Section 37: being carried knowing vehicle to have been taken or driven away; unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle.

Table C
Number and percentage of persons found guilty or cautioned for the indictable offence

of theft from a motor vehicle1 by police force area and age group, 1992
10–16 17–20 All ages
Police force area Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Avon and Somerset 43 17 122 48 252 100
Bedfordshire 64 37 70 40 173 100
Cambridgeshire 59 31 88 46 192 100
Cheshire 72 33 102 47 219 100
Cleveland 128 48 96 36 267 100
Cumbria 26 31 39 46 84 100
Derbyshire 87 25 155 45 346 100
Devon and Cornwall 25 18 62 44 142 100
Dorset 40 25 62 38 163 100
Durham 69 29 105 44 241 100
Essex 169 32 238 44 535 100
Gloucestershire 61 34 75 42 178 100
Greater Manchester 390 47 273 33 824 100
Hampshire 152 27 261 46 570 100
Hertfordshire 63 22 155 53 290 100
Humberside 106 32 122 36 336 100
Kent 135 27 238 48 498 100
Lancashire 118 33 171 48 358 100
Leicestershire 139 32 187 43 432 100
Lincolnshire 32 18 100 55 182 100
City of London — — 3 38 8 100
Merseyside 151 47 101 31 323 100
Metropolitan Police 498 37 453 33 1,359 100
Norfolk 55 35 69 44 157 100
Northamptonshire 11 10 70 63 111 100
Northumbria 143 32 174 39 449 100
North Yorkshire 62 38 58 35 165 100
Nottinghamshire 131 30 182 42 431 100
South Yorkshire 148 30 202 40 499 100
Staffordshire 58 31 99 52 190 100
Suffolk 64 35 80 43 184 100
Surrey 46 27 77 46 169 100
Sussex 54 15 192 55 351 100
Thames Valley 182 35 231 45 515 100
Warwickshire 36 26 72 52 139 100
West Mercia 55 33 67 41 165 100
West Midlands 476 47 361 35 1,023 100
West Yorkshire 320 41 282 36 776 100
Wiltshire 37 23 67 42 159 100
Dyfed Powys 68 68 23 23 100 100
Gwent 19 17 59 51 115 100
North Wales 43 24 89 49 181 100
South Wales 119 40 118 39 300 100
England 4,505 33 5,561 41 13,455 100
Wales 249 36 289 42 696 100
England and Wales 4,754 34 5,850 41 14,151 100
1 Theft Act 1968 Section 1.