HC Deb 11 July 1996 vol 281 c267W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the crime rate in Cheshire relative to the national average for each of the last five years. [36534]

Mr. Maclean

The crime rates, in terms of recorded offences per 100,000 population, are given in the following table:

Notifiable offences recorded by the police per 100,000 population
Year Cheshire England and Wales
1991 6,913 10,403
1992 8,228 10,943
1993 8,290 10,777
1994 7,709 10,222
1995 7,503 9,926

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of reported incidents of(a) burglaries, (b) car theft, (c) assault, (d) rape, (e) grievous bodily harm, (f) manslaughter and (g) murder in Cheshire for each of the last five years. [36533]

Mr. Maclean

The available information relates to notifiable offences recorded by the police and is given in the following table:

Notifiable offences recorded by the police in Cheshire 1991–95
Year Burglary Theft of a vehicle Less serious wounding Rape More serious wounding Homicide
1991 16,537 8,289 2,407 37 128 10
1992 21,766 9,019 2,547 53 173 11
1993 22,034 9,005 2,764 75 135 13
1994 19,248 7,451 2,974 80 189 8
1995 18,155 6,739 3,191 63 185 12