HC Deb 05 June 1996 vol 278 c468W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of recorded crimes in(a) Coventry and (b) the west midlands in 1979. [30650]

Mr. Maclean

Information for Coventry is not collected centrally. There were 156,671 recorded offences in the west midlands in 1979.

Mr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of recorded crimes in each year since 1990; and for each year what was the percentage change on(a) the previous year and (b) 1990. [30651]

Mr. Maclean

The information requested is given in the table.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales
Year Number of offences Percentage change on previous year Percentage change over 1990
1990 4,543,611 1 1
1991 5,276,173 +16 +16
1992 5,591,717 +6 +23
1993 5,526,255 -1 +22
1994 5,249,478 -5 +16
1995 5,123,638 -2 +13
1 Not applicable.