§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the clear-up rate for recorded car theft in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in each year since 1990; and for each year, what was the percentage change on (i) the previous year and (ii) 1990. [30655]
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§ Mr. MacleanInformation for Coventry is not collected centrally. The available information for West Midlands is given in the table.
Clear-up rate for offences of theft of a vehicle recorded by the police in the west midlands Year Clear up rate (percentage) Percentage point change on previous year Percentage point change over 1990 1990 35 1— 1— 1991 30 -5 -5 1992 25 -5 -10 1993 25 — -10 1994 21 -4 -14 1995 20 -1 -15 1 Not applicable.
§ Mr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cars were recorded as stolen in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in each year since 1990; and for each year, what was the percentage change on (i) the previous year and (ii) 1990. [30654]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation for Coventry is not collected centrally. The available information for the west midlands is given in the table.
Offences of theft of a vehicle recorded by the police in the west midlands Year Number of offences Percentage change on previous year Percentage change over 1990 1990 34,236 1— 1— 1991 41,415 +21 +21 1992 39,632 -4 +16 1993 40,184 +1 +17 1994 40,347 — +18 1995 45,102 +12 +32
§ Mr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many car break-ins were recorded in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in each year since 1990; and for each year, what was the percentage change on (i) the previous year and (ii) 1990. [30656]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation for Coventry is not collected centrally. The available information relates to offences of theft of and from a motor vehicle and figures for the west midlands are given in the table.
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Offences of theft of and from a vehicle recorded by the police in the west midlands Year Number of offences Percentage change on previous year Percentage change over 1990 1990 84,321 1— — 1991 95,775 + +14 1992 95,881 — +14 1993 94,925 -1 +13 1994 90,061 -5 +7 1995 95,596 +6 +13 1 Not applicable.
§ Mr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average value of items recorded as stolen from cars in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands for the latest available year. [30658]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation for Coventry is not collected centrally. The available information for the west midlands is for 1994. For offences of theft from a motor vehicle where property was stolen, the average value was £279.
§ Mr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average age of people convicted of(a) car theft and (b) burglary in the west midlands in the latest year for which statistics are available. [30649]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation for 1994 on the number of offenders convicted at all courts in the West Midlands police force area by age is given in the table.
Data for 1995 will not be available until the autumn.
Number of persons convicted at all courts of (a) car theft and (b) burglary offences in the West Midlands police force area by age, 1994 Age Car theft1 Domestic burglary Burglary Non-domestic burglary Total burglary 10 — — — — 11 1 5 2 7 12 9 4 10 14 13 25 18 19 37 14 73 32 29 61 15 99 70 61 131 16 127 79 73 152 17 157 129 99 228 18 172 93 104 197 19 101 91 117 208 20 105 68 90 158 21 and under 25 235 194 258 452 25 and under 30 294 125 175 300 30 and under 40 62 81 127 208 40 and under 50 21 18 24 42 50 and under 60 3 2 9 11 60 and over 1 — — — All ages 1,280 1,009 1,197 2,206 1 Car theft includes the indictable offences of aggravated vehicle taking—injury to person, damage to property of car; theft from vehicles; theft or unauthorised taking of motor vehicle car and the summary offences of stealing and unauthorised taking of a conveyance and aggravated vehicle taking where criminal damage of £2,000 or under. 2 Includes persons, convicted of summary offences, given the default age of 25 where the exact age was not known.
§ Mr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the clear-up rate of recorded car break-ins in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in each year since 1990; and for each year, what was the percentage change on (i) the previous year and (ii) 1990. [30657]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation for Coventry is not collected centrally. The available information relates to offences of theft of and from a motor vehicle and figures for the west midlands are given in the table.
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Clear-up rate for offences of theft of and from a motor vehicle recorded by the police in the west midlands Year Clear-up rate (percentage) Percentage point change on previous year Percentage point change over 1990 1990 34 — — 1991 26 -8 -8 1992 22 -4 -12 1993 21 -1 -13 1994 19 -2 -15 1995 18 -1 -16 1 Not applicable.