HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 cc686-9W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were recorded in each borough by the Metropolitan police within each category of crime in 1995; how many incidents of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle and of theft from a motor vehicle were recorded in each borough; how many of the burglaries recorded in each borough were in a dwelling; and how many were in another building. [22701]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 27 March 1996]: I will write to the hon. Member.

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were recorded by each police force in England and Wales within each category of crime in 1995; how many incidents of theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle and of theft from a motor vehicle were recorded by each force; how many of the burglaries recorded by each police force in England and Wales in 1995 were in a dwelling; and how many were in another building. [22700]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 27 March 1996]: The information requested is contained in the following table.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police by malice force area and offence group
England and Wales 1995 Number of offences
Police force area Total Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery
Cumbria 41,230 2,411 228 96 9,422 19,530 930
Derbyshire 82,380 3,971 550 398 19,875 39,658 1,399
Devon and Cornwall 102,193 4,709 792 444 26,400 51,651 2,674
Dorset 54,582 2,158 331 205 12,347 29,026 1,501
Durham 57,817 2,030 373 164 15,463 25,515 1,661
Essex 98,097 4,488 692 361 19,804 51,077 2,465
Gloucestershire 55,448 1,885 324 299 13,872 30,010 1,986
Greater Manchester 327,994 9,033 1,279 5,714 85,848 149,454 5,840
Hampshire 134,319 5,969 1,049 485 24,726 71.788 3,892
Hertfordshire 55,891 2,039 281 281 11,318 29,894 1,232
Humberside 128,393 5,804 781 680 39,113 59,072 2,966
Kent 155,251 7,444 994 779 33,865 77,488 3,627
Lancashire 124,921 3,467 580 759 29,845 59,028 3,484
Leicestershire 93,607 5,138 538 1,244 25,487 44,520 2,681
Lincolnshire 48,015 2,514 367 128 12,243 22,774 1,163
City of London 5,727 126 17 32 712 3,924 488
Merseyside 153,385 8,098 937 2,768 34,497 74,797 4,259
Metropolitan Police 840,478 43,714 6,652 29,859 176,213 389,772 34,139
Norfolk 51,716 1,955 315 193 13,097 26,420 1,345
Northamptonshire 56,524 2,672 308 332 14,004 26,390 1,217
Northumbria 194,141 5,735 556 1,581 52,870 78,837 2,606
North Yorkshire 63,539 2,133 247 167 16,641 31,574 1,032
Nottinghamshire 151,371 8,107 970 1,513 37,932 65,095 3,701
South Yorkshire 154,293 4,909 600 1,164 45,504 71,230 2,524
Staffordshire 91,496 6,471 563 500 24,838 41,470 1,905
Suffolk 38,234 2,051 357 129 7,114 19,282 1,243
Surrey 44,313 2,288 397 198 9,175 22,821 1,442
Sussex 110,300 4,441 738 608 23,224 56,376 2,763
Thames Valley 178,702 6,167 762 1,319 38,748 98,074 4,732
Warwickshire 38,906 1,258 214 174 9,302 20,277 901
West Mercia 80,013 3,222 467 289 15,075 42,975 1,739
West Midlands 318,087 8,621 1,245 7,872 89,941 148,736 7,624
West Yorkshire 283,938 8,358 1,416 3,344 90,130 128,196 4,818
Wiltshire 36,428 2,173 368 137 8,092 17,852 1,012
Dyfed Powys 19,419 1,952 256 26 3,515 8,103 577
Gwent 33,034 2,549 309 133 6,517 15,949 933
North Wales 41,645 2,258 347 94 9,352 19,665 1,130
South Wales 153,249 6,460 587 537 36,941 72,471 3,399
England and Wales 5,123,638 217,535 30,390 68,407 1,244,157 2,459,616 134,317
England and Wales 1995 Number of offences
Police force area Criminal damage Other offences Theft of vehicle Theft from vehicle Burglary in a dwelling Burglary in another building
Avon and Somerset 21,097 953 16,599 31,573 16,878 17,233
Bedfordshire 7,670 473 6,141 10,745 5,078 5,948
Cambridgeshire 9,742 447 7,307 12,796 6,347 7,920
Cheshire 12,150 1,555 6,739 11,438 8,545 9,610
Cleveland 13,748 739 9,897 11,654 12,438 11,098
Cumbria 8,231 382 2,387 6,831 4,142 5,280
Derbyshire 15,721 808 9,483 14,164 8,183 11,692
Devon and Cornwall 14,177 1,346 5,916 20,123 13,235 13,165
Dorset 8,368 646 3,670 10,191 6,685 5,662
Durham 11,767 844 6,780 7,779 7,344 8,119
Essex 18,286 924 8,625 16,472 8,151 11,653
Gloucestershire 6,396 676 3,921 12,411 7,127 6,745
Greater Manchester 68,019 2,807 45,507 50,372 51,724 34,124
Hampshire 24,773 1,637 8,471 25,097 10,916 13,810
Hertfordshire 10,378 468 5,495 12,989 4,242 7,076
Humberside 19,284 693 11,327 18,059 17,518 21,595
Kent 29,523 1,531 16,450 25,163 15,089 18,776
Lancashire 26,340 1,418 9,258 22,449 17,603 12,242
Leicestershire 13,365 634 9,554 15,874 13,790 11,697
Lincolnshire 8,138 688 3,538 5,661 5,311 6,932
City of London 301 127 105 677 43 669
Merseyside 25,855 2,174 18,230 18,678 21,665 12,832
Metropolitan Police 149,500 10,629 59,946 113,241 108,128 68,085
England and Wales 1995 Number of offences
Police force area Criminal damage Other offences Theft of vehicle Theft from vehicle Burglary in a dwelling Burglary in building another
Norfolk 7,778 613 3,378 8,435 5,386 7,711
Northamptonshire 11,003 598 6,134 8,752 6,826 7,178
Northumbria 50,913 1,043 21,260 22,387 25,920 26,950
North Yorkshire 11,317 428 5,260 10,364 7,080 9,561
Nottinghamshire 33,181 872 16,480 18,679 19,951 17,981
South Yorkshire 27,114 1,248 20,940 24,217 22,235 23,269
Staffordshire 15,121 628 8,775 14,970 12,090 12,748
Suffolk 7,359 699 2,145 5,348 2,865 4,249
Surrey 7,334 658 2,817 8,303 4,002 5,173
Sussex 20,747 1,403 6,763 19,263 12,493 10,731
Thames Valley 27,266 1,634 18,438 39,336 19,619 19,129
Warwickshire 6,422 358 4,150 7,330 3,908 5,394
West Mercia 15,479 767 6,752 14,804 6,815 8,260
West Midlands 52,163 1,885 45,102 50,494 46,368 43,573
West Yorkshire 44,805 2,871 33,887 42,919 54,921 35,209
Wiltshire 6,288 506 2,159 5,890 3,816 4,276
Dyfed-Powys 4,403 587 1,015 2,072 1,278 2,237
Gwent 5,895 749 3,194 4,809 2,903 3,614
North Wales 8,176 623 2,406 7,014 3,155 6,197
South Wales 31,390 1,464 22,703 24,575 14,859 22,082
England and Wales 916,983 52,233 509,104 814,398 646,672 597,485

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