§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the number of convictions for(a) violent crime, (b) car crime, (c) serious crime and (d) in total, in each year since 1979 for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [13202]
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§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 30 January 1997]: The information is given in the table.
Number of offenders convicted, at all courts, for certain crimes 1979 to 1995 England and Wales Offence description Year Violent Crime1 Car Crime2 Serious Crime3 Total Crime4 1979 60,581 45,739 412,346 1,898,152 1980 65,123 48,330 455,425 2,211,707 1981 62,901 47,067 464,562 2,104,629 1982 63,876 46,661 475,131 2,031,043 1983 62,833 41,280 461,023 2,095,529 1984 58,496 37,651 449,449 1,962,996 1985 58,564 37,821 443,936 1,910,917 1986 53,201 35,048 384,209 1,894,209 1987 58,925 35,214 5397,053 51,605,281 1988 65,450 32,735 5396,694 51,604,903 1989 70,890 29,836 5348,833 51,583,530 1990 69,215 30,252 5352,057 51,562,663 1991 63,599 30,472 5346,808 5519,904 1992 61,596 24,914 5330,710 51,528,419 1993 57,335 22,091 307,584 1,425,314 1994 58,408 21,612 314,148 51,424,623 1995 57,464 20,149 302,177 51,429,709 1 Includes the indictable offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery and the summary offences of common assault. 2 Includes the indictable offences of theft from a vehicle. theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, aggravated vehicle taking and the summary offences of stealing and unauthorised taking of a conveyance and aggravated vehicle taking. 3 Taken as all indictable offences. 4 Taken as all indictable, summary non motoring and summary motoring offences. 5 Includes allowance for known shortfalls in the data. It is not possible to produce estimates for the more detailed offence categories.