§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) sex offences, (b) homicides and (c) other violent crimes were recorded in West Yorkshire in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of these led to successful prosecutions. [19690]
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§ Mr. MacleanThe requested information on recorded crime is given in the following table:
Notifiable offences recorded by the police West Yorkshire police force area Year Sexual offences Homicide All violent crime1 1985 1,219 26 7,660 1986 1,247 25 8,062 1987 1,311 31 8,940 1988 1,275 26 10,047 1989 1,537 33 11,381 1990 1,584 43 12,109 1991 1,675 34 13,544 1992 1,361 34 13,727 1993 1,465 27 13,828 1994 1,504 27 13,886 1995 1,416 43 13,118 1 Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. The available court date relate to defendants convicted in the West Yorkshire police force area and are given in the following table. Information is given for the years 1985, 1990 and 1995 only. The provision of data for other years would involve disproportionate cost. It is not appropriate to express these figures as a percentage of recorded offences as they relate to offenders who may have been proceeded against for more than one offence.
Number of defendants convicted at all courts for (a) sexual offences, (b) homicide and (c) violent crimes1 in the West Yorkshire Police Force Area 1985, 1990 and 1995 West Yorkshire police force area Offence 1985 1990 1995 Sexual offences 345 328 256 Homicide 21 24 18 Violent crimes1 2,861 3,447 2,751 1 Includes the indictable offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery and the summary offence of common assault.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) sex offences, (b) homicides and (c) violent crimes were recorded in each of the last 20 years; and what percentage of these led to successful prosecutions. [19691]
§ Mr. MacleanThe requested information on recorded crime is given in the following table:
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Notifiable offence recorded by the police England and Wales Year Sexual offences Homicide All violent crime1 1975 23,731 515 106,044 1976 22,203 565 111,562 1977 21,313 482 117,233 1978 22,367 532 122,590 1979 21,843 629 129,285 1980 21,107 620 133,359 1981 19,424 559 139,913 1982 19,729 618 151,261 1983 20,410 550 153,871 1984 20,222 621 159,299 1985 21,456 616 170,650 1986 22,684 661 178,203 1987 25,154 688 198,829 1988 26,529 624 216,214
Notifiable offence recorded by the police England and Wales Year Sexual offences Homicide All violent crime1 1989 29,733 641 239,858 1990 29,044 669 249,904 1991 29,423 725 265,085 1992 29,528 687 284,201 1993 31,284 670 294,231 1994 31,971 726 310,332 1995 30,274 745 310,936 1 Offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. The available court data relate to defendants convicted in England and Wales and are given in the following table. Information is given for the years 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 only. The provision of data for other years would involve disproportionate cost. It is not appropriate to express these figures as a percentage of recorded offences as they relate to offenders who may have been proceeded against for more than one offence.
Number of defendants convicted at all courts for (a) sexual offences, (b) homicide and (c) violent crimes1 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 England and Wales Offence 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 Sexual offences 6,848 8,042 6,010 6,605 4,702 Homicide 377 477 441 387 455 Violent crimes1 48,660 65,123 58,564 69,215 57,484 1 Includes the indictable offence groups of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery and the summary offence of common assault.