§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo 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. MacleanThe 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. DunwoodyTo 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. MacleanThe 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