§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the(a) crime clear-up and (b) the conviction rates for each police authority area in each of the last five years. [18958]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested on clear-up rates is published in table 2.11 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1994", a copy of which is available in the Library. Information on conviction rates by police force area is given in the table.
Conviction rates for indictable offences by police force area 1990–94 Percentage Police force area 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Avon and Somerset 64 63 60 56 57 Bedfordshire 63 60 59 55 59 Cambridgeshire 71 67 67 64 58 Cheshire 78 73 71 73 73 Cleveland 71 64 60 59 61 Cumbria 79 75 73 72 72 Derbyshire 73 67 65 62 61 Devon and Cornwall 82 72 72 69 65 Dorset 73 67 66 69 65 Durham 65 61 61 63 63 Essex 69 62 62 62 60 Gloucestershire 68 67 63 61 63 Greater Manchester 78 77 73 74 66 Hampshire 73 68 69 66 67 Hertfordshire 75 64 59 59 58 Humberside 77 76 74 72 73 Kent 84 87 82 77 77 Lancashire 75 75 77 69 69 Leicestershire 71 67 65 59 56 Lincolnshire 77 69 73 70 74 City of London 67 67 59 66 64 Merseyside 66 64 60 63 59 Metropolitan Police 79 73 70 62 63 Norfolk 84 82 84 83 86 Northamptonshire 67 64 60 59 57 Northumbria 70 65 64 63 60 North Yorkshire 74 68 66 68 68 Nottinghamshire 68 61 61 59 57 South Yorkshire 74 71 67 67 65 Staffordshire 65 65 62 60 60 Suffolk 75 72 68 69 68 Surrey 69 67 62 62 61 Sussex 73 69 69 66 66 Thames Valley 71 65 64 62 59 Warwickshire 82 77 68 66 65 West Mercia 74 74 69 67 65 West Midlands 70 65 59 60 60 West Yorkshire 73 69 63 61 59 Wiltshire 74 71 70 70 68 Dyfed Powys 67 65 62 61 55 Gwent 66 65 67 61 64 North Wales 79 79 66 67 67 South Wales 67 66 61 62 61 England and Wales 73 69 66 64 63