HC Deb 16 October 1995 vol 264 cc54-9W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes against property and crimes against people were(a) reported to each constabulary and (b) successfully prosecuted by each constabulary in the last three years. [36734]

Mr. Maclean

The available information is given in the tables. Table A gives the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police and table B gives the number of offenders found guilty at all courts. These tables are not directly comparable as it is not possible to match the number of offences committed against offenders convicted: court proceedings can occur in a different year from the crime; one crime could involve more than one defendant being found guilty; and some offenders convicted of one crime may have also committed other crimes for which they have not been caught or successfully prosecuted. A wider measure would also include cautions and informal action taken by the police, both of which do not result in a court appearance.

Table A: Notifiable offences recorded by the police 1992–94
Offences against property1 Offences against the person
Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery
Police force area 1992 1993 1994 1992 1993 1994 1992 1993 1994 1992 1993 1994
Thames Valley 189,930 192,620 177,106 4,762 4,702 5,564 845 787 870 1,011 911 1,130
Warwickshire 43,086 43,312 40,411 1,275 1,461 1,411 237 332 288 128 131 136
West Mercia 74,504 78,399 79,053 3,429 3,298 3,438 505 420 473 246 260 284
West Midlands 309,202 309,792 295,031 11,637 10,980 10,407 1,583 1,504 1,354 5,008 5,978 7,028
West Yorkshire 289,113 285,571 273,139 9,605 9,189 9,414 1,361 1,465 1,504 2,761 3,174 2,968
Wiltshire 38,624 37,977 34,631 2,570 2,621 2,495 475 385 364 135 147 137
Dyfed-Powys 25,624 21,956 18,605 2,188 2,031 2,192 389 361 250 49 31 41
Gwent 37,775 36,742 34,687 2,394 2,385 2,533 334 313 270 117 116 79
North Wales 45,757 44,172 39,846 2,611 2,857 2,612 336 556 352 113 117 100
South Wales 160,887 158,019 149,261 5,904 6,004 6,141 552 597 550 391 483 419
England and Wales 5,268,135 5,191,067 4,898,683 201,777 205,102 219,744 29,528 31,284 31,987 52,894 57,845 60,016
1 Includes offences of burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery and criminal damage.
Table B: Number of offenders found guilty at all courts by police force area 1992–94
Offences against property1 Offences against the person
Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery
Police force area 1992 1993 21994 1992 1993 21994 1992 1993 21994 1992 1993 21994
Avon and Somerset 4,359 3,923 4,130 753 586 613 105 80 90 99 100 102
Bedfordshire 1,655 1,596 1,600 316 286 295 30 42 48 50 40 44
Cambridgeshire 2,273 2,362 2,143 596 621 510 75 50 60 70 56 53
Cheshire 3,653 3,615 3,499 917 915 878 146 80 73 55 108 104
Cleveland 3,111 3,159 3,099 777 569 500 47 39 34 54 60 69
Cumbria 2,484 2,534 2,467 660 609 592 27 40 33 25 37 31
Derbyshire 3,160 3,075 3,013 1,161 994 751 87 88 79 66 72 55
Devon and Cornwall 4,591 4,264 4,222 931 842 839 103 110 134 73 53 66
Dorset 2,190 1,984 2,024 356 405 312 76 62 69 25 44 24
Durham 2,368 2,259 2,329 555 563 554 58 59 57 39 53 27
Essex 4,626 4,291 3,816 878 833 688 70 72 85 101 73 63
Gloucestershire 1,865 1,630 1,730 411 369 347 45 36 46 23 24 23
Greater Manchester 13,574 12,548 12,951 2,847 2,565 2,472 298 227 244 440 506 504
Hampshire 6,156 5,341 5,421 1,174 1,052 1,048 165 225 245 84 83 71
Hertfordshire 2,454 1,979 1,884 394 334 292 45 34 51 37 59 36
Humberside 3,967 3,721 3,621 903 758 682 102 77 71 68 72 44
Kent 4,112 3,828 5,064 643 502 691 125 78 115 91 86 74
Lancashire 7,398 6,647 6,737 1,089 847 938 127 108 137 126 105 115
Leicestershire 3.023 2,835 2,456 664 620 547 64 63 59 105 96 73
Lincolnshire 2,253 2,230 2,153 627 643 530 44 53 48 15 22 24
City of London 413 352 306 50 43 30 7 4 7 9 6 5
Merseyside 7,635 7,552 6,605 1,209 1,091 973 147 139 110 163 180 132
Metropolitan Police 27,349 26,328 29,121 4,569 3,846 4,650 818 644 634 1,239 1,191 1,249
Norfolk 3,126 2,684 2,601 549 415 397 54 51 82 58 41 30
Northamptonshire 1,926 1,986 1,969 524 488 337 49 53 44 59 61 41
Northumbria 7,086 6,764 6,338 1,486 1,398 1,454 180 154 158 152 152 177
North Yorkshire 2,675 2,653 2,501 641 610 547 54 47 47 50 27 43
Nottinghamshire 5,651 4,714 4,911 1,713 1,302 1,083 168 122 122 141 125 132
South Yorkshire 5,628 4,840 4,774 1,178 993 901 121 95 107 129 113 117
Staffordshire 3,739 3,708 3,648 1,092 1,011 1,019 81 96 113 74 57 74
Suffolk 2,272 2,057 2,036 589 599 579 53 65 59 36 23 27
Surrey 1,825 1,627 1,505 405 357 354 33 41 31 38 25 28
Sussex 4,933 4,417 4,049 556 536 503 89 107 85 72 77 66
Thames Valley 5,603 5,341 4,956 1,130 1,041 970 128 80 86 121 113 89
Warwickshire 1,415 1,375 1,365 346 368 398 40 43 45 33 34 23
West Mercia 3,566 3,255 3,159 1,050 1,066 1,001 96 63 72 49 54 78
West Midlands 11,757 10,387 9,735 3,190 2,677 2,681 405 311 329 512 501 495
West Yorkshire 10,672 9,950 9,246 2,483 2,265 2,054 242 203 224 298 326 312
Wiltshire 1,854 1,694 1,521 495 361 346 54 43 41 14 23 13
Dyfed Powys 1,533 1,547 1,430 536 419 422 47 42 44 21 14 11
Gwent 2,251 1,904 2,059 651 560 603 40 45 43 41 30 27
North Wales 2,727 2,793 2,777 763 874 739 56 69 71 28 39 34
South Wales 7,056 7,041 6,979 1,706 1,643 1,505 155 188 150 99 133 97
England and Wales 201,964 188,790 187,950 43,563 38,876 37,625 4,956 4,328 4,482 5,082 5,094 4,902
1 Includes indictable offences of burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, fraud and forgery and criminal damage.
2 Provisional.

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department(1) how many females aged (a) 10 to 14, (b) 14 to 17, (c) 17 to 21 and (d) over 21 years were cautioned or found guilty by magistrates' or crown courts in 1993 and 1994 in total and for (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary, (v) fraud and forgery, (vi) criminal damage, (vii) theft from the person, (viii) theft from a shop, (ix) theft of motor vehicle, (x) theft from motor vehicle, (xi) theft of a pedal cycle, (xii) handling and (xiii) other theft; [36247]

(2) how many offenders were cautioned or found guilty by magistrates' or crown courts in 1993 and 1994 in total and for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) fraud and forgery, (f) criminal damage, (g) theft from the person, (h) theft from a shop, (i) theft from the person, (j) theft from motor vehicle, (k) theft of a pedal cycle, (l) handling and (m) other theft; [36249]

(3) how many males aged (a) 10 to 14, (b) 14 to 17, (c) 17 to 21 and (d) over 21 years were cautioned or found guilty by magistrates' or crown courts in 1993 and 1994

Table A—Number of female known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences by age 1993–941
England and Wales
Offence description Aged 10 to under 14 Aged 14 to under 18 Aged 18 to under 21 Aged 21 and over All ages
Indictable offences
Violence against the person 1993 641 3,064 1,139 4,553 9,397
11994 726 3,311 1,087 4,536 9,660
Sexual offences 1993 4 9 11 115 139
11994 13 12 8 72 105
Robbery 1993 44 206 58 87 395
11994 55 231 60 95 441
Burglary 1993 283 859 367 653 2,162
11994 322 772 280 597 1,971
Fraud and forgery 1993 83 553 1,012 5,093 6,741
11994 81 545 1,000 5,232 6,858
Criminal damage 1993 90 360 143 699 1,292
11994 124 372 158 683 1,337
Theft from the person 1993 50 111 82 292 535
11994 38 136 82 316 572
Theft from a shop 1993 5,721 12,394 5,752 22,956 46,823
11994 7,076 13,453 5,264 21,282 47,075
Theft from a motor vehicle1 1993 9 64 22 51 146
11994 9 59 10 64 142
Theft from a vehicle 1993 30 131 58 92 311
11994 40 130 71 109 350
Theft of a pedal cycle 1993 26 59 13 27 125
11994 20 52 12 30 114
Handling stolen goods 1993 183 875 1,092 4,186 6,336
11994 235 870 963 4,537 6,605
Other theft 1993 520 1,924 1,429 5,378 9,251
11994 534 1,875 1,198 4,924 8,531
1 Provisional.
2 Excludes summary offences of unauthorised taking of a conveyance.
Table B—Number of male known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences by age 1993–941
England and Wales
Offence description Aged 10 to under 14 Aged 14 to under 18 Aged 18 to under 21 Aged 21 and over All ages
Indictable offences
Violence against the person 1993 2,058 10,204 8,254 33,067 53,583
11994 2,227 10,615 7,502 31,197 51,541
Sexual offences 1993 314 1,170 693 5,302 7,479
11994 301 1,156 552 5,366 7,375
Robbery 1993 392 1,531 1,118 2,362 5,403
11994 393 1,578 975 2,147 5,093

in total and for (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) burglary, (v) fraud and forgery, (vi) criminal damage, (vii) theft from the person, (viii) theft from a shop, (ix) theft of motor vehicle, (x) theft from motor vehicle, (xi) theft of a pedal cycle, (xii) handling and (xiii) other theft. [36248]

Mr. Maclean

The information is given in the tables.

Table B—Number of male known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences by age 1993–941
England and Wales
Offence description Aged 10 to under 14 Aged 14 to under 18 Aged 18 to under 21 Aged 21 and over All ages
Burglary 1993 4,044 13,889 11,219 21,779 50,931
11994 4,122 13,350 10,017 20,031 47,520
Fraud and forgery 1993 136 1,110 2,482 15,103 18,831
11994 144 1,181 2,339 15,458 19,122
Criminal damage 1993 1,227 2,636 2,085 6,229 12,177
11994 1,368 2,920 2,041 6,668 12,997
Theft from the person 1993 151 489 491 1,270 2,401
11994 194 594 462 1,300 2,550
Theft from a shop 1993 7,450 13,816 8,790 42,262 72,318
11994 7,962 14,553 8,108 37,796 68,419
Theft of a motor vehicle2 1993 301 1,367 839 1,635 4,142
11994 282 1,277 612 1,362 3,533
Theft from a vehicle 1993 1,189 4,333 3,470 3,238 12,230
11994 933 3,792 3,163 3,176 11,064
Theft of a pedal cycle 1993 620 1,511 646 755 3,532
11994 549 1,411 561 681 3,202
Handling stolen goods 1993 888 4,426 5,421 18,457 29,192
11994 915 4,658 5,171 22,358 33,102
Other theft 1993 2,986 11,450 9,817 27,205 51,458
11994 2,753 11,346 8,824 24,197 47,120
1 Provisional.
2 Excludes summary offences of unauthorised taking of a conveyance.

Table C—Number of known offenders, those cautioned or found guilty at all courts, for selected indictable offences 1993–942
England and Wales
Offence description 1993 11994
Indictable offences
Violence against the person 62,980 61,201
Sexual offences 7,618 7,480
Robbery 5,798 5,534
Burglary 53,093 49,491
Fraud and Forgery 25,572 25,980
Criminal damage 13,469 14,334
Theft from the person 2,936 3,122
Theft from a shop 119,141 115,494
Theft of motor vehicle2 4,288 3,675
Theft from vehicle 12,541 11,414
Theft of a pedal cycle 3,657 3,316
Handling stolen goods 35,528 39,707
Other theft 60,709 55,651
1 Provisional.
2 Excludes summary offences of unauthorised taking of a conveyance.