HC Deb 30 July 1997 vol 299 cc268-9W
Mr. Gray

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the level of recorded crime in each police area in England and Wales in each year since 1992. [11163]

Mr. Michael

[holding answer 29 July 1997]: Information by police force area on the levels of crime in terms of numbers and percentages since 1992 is given in the table.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police by police force area
England and Wales 1992–1996
Police force area Number of offences Percentage change
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Avon and Somerset 175,404 175,946 167,975 152,886 156,557 0 -5 -9 2
Bedfordshire 59,436 58,847 52,501 51,104 52,005 -1 -11 -3 2
Cambridgeshire 66,339 65,807 61,732 67,652 69,532 -1 -6 +10 3
Cheshire 79,491 80,156 74,926 73,202 66,214 +1 -7 -2 -10
Cleveland 84,312 78,279 81,732 79,719 78,608 -7 +4 -2 -1
Cumbria 45,336 43,744 42,492 41,230 39,739 -4 -3 -3 -4
Derbyshire 88,449 91,454 85,915 82,380 78,896 +3 -6 -4 -4
Devon and Cornwall 114,675 121,026 109,396 102,193 103,121 +6 -10 -7 1
Dorset 52,238 52,091 55,415 54,582 49,731 0 +6 -2 -9
Durham 67,315 67,180 65,029 57,817 51,849 0 -3 -11 -10
Essex 115,062 114,435 105,995 98,097 100,758 -1 -7 -7 3
Gloucestershire 60,601 60,985 60,371 55,448 53,675 +1 -1 -8 -3
Greater Manchester 395,195 364,858 338,110 327,994 327,976 -8 -7 -3 0
Hampshire 153,256 147,074 141,272 134,319 135,915 -4 -4 -5 1
Hertfordshire 59,129 56,868 54,887 55,891 54,441 -4 -3 +2 -3
Humberside 128,743 140,988 135,826 128,393 126,932 +10 -4 -5 -1
Kent 159,881 161,787 155,344 155,251 147,980 +1 -4 0 -5
Lancashire 132,138 134,581 127,300 124,921 122,487 +2 -5 -2 -2
Leicestershire 97,468 99,863 99,150 93,607 94,125 +2 -1 -6 1
Lincolnshire 49,306 52,664 47,767 48,015 47,077 +7 -9 +1 -2
London, City of 6,768 5,620 5,272 5,727 4,831 -17 -6 +9 -16
Merseyside 149,672 142,325 136,825 153,385 145,956 -5 -4 +12 -5
Metropolitan Police 942,876 910,209 853,478 817,082 841,784 -3 -6 -4 3
Norfolk 66,996 64,319 56,075 51,716 55,314 -4 -13 -8 7
Northamptonshire 59,550 59,850 57,607 56,524 57,378 +1 -4 -2 2
Northumbria 224,442 213,936 204,057 194,141 169,656 -5 -5 -5 -13
North Yorkshire 54,816 57,967 62,153 63,539 56,919 +6 +7 +2 -10
Nottinghamshire 164,417 158,960 152,592 151,371 141,307 -3 -4 -1 -7
South Yorkshire 137,336 157,229 157,089 154,293 151,577 +14 +0 -2 -2
Staffordshire 97,536 98,421 93,757 91,495 92,155 +1 -5 -2 1
Suffolk 44,721 43,138 39,393 38,233 37,094 -4 -9 -3 -3
Surrey 53,468 52,504 46,783 44,313 42,014 -2 -11 -5 -5
Sussex 119,364 111,876 107,105 110,300 118,086 -6 -4 +3 7
Thames Valley 197,799 200,356 186,268 178,702 172,194 +1 -7 -4 -4
Warwickshire 44,996 45,522 42,592 38,906 38,926 +1 -6 -9 0
West Mercia 79,175 82,832 83,949 80,013 82,254 +5 +1 -5 3
West Midlands 329,260 330,091 315,755 318,087 317,892 0 -4 +1 0
West Yorkshire 305,264 301,838 289,716 283,938 268,716 -1 -4 -2 -5
Wiltshire 42,229 41,611 38,147 36,428 35,911 -1 -8 -5 -1
England 5,304,459 5,247,237 4,991,748 4,852,894 4,787,582 -1 -5 -3 -1
Dyfed-Powys 28,539 24,743 21,602 19,419 19,072 -13 -13 -10 -2
Gwent 40,961 40,008 38,431 33,034 44,572 -2 -4 -14 35
North Wales 49,204 48,102 43,451 41,645 41,024 -2 -10 -4 -1
South Wales 168,554 166,165 157,748 153,249 141,578 -1 -5 -3 -8
Wales 287,258 279,018 261,232 247,347 246,246 -3 -6 -5 0
England and Wales 5,591,717 5,526,255 5,252,980 5,100,241 5,033,828 -1 -5 -3 -1