HC Deb 20 November 1996 vol 285 cc622-3W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library(a) the raw data used to produce the first chart presented on page 25 of "Digest 3: Information on the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales" and (b) similar statistics with percentages for (i) 1995 and (ii) 1981. [4770]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 19 November 1996]: Information used to produce the first chart on page 25 of Digest 3 is presented in the table below. Information for 1995 and 1981 is not available in the form requested and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Total numbers1 Percentage of offences committed
Offences committed 11,566.7 100
Offences reported 5,457.6 47
Offences recorded 3,089.6 27
Offences cleared up 571.4 4.9
Offences resulting in a caution or conviction 310.3 2.7
Offences resulting in a conviction 225.9 2.0
1 Covers criminal damage; theft of a motor vehicle; theft from a motor vehicle (including attempts); bicycle theft; domestic burglary; wounding; robbery; theft from a person.

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