HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 cc940-3W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the(a) number of convictions, (b) conviction rate and (c) clear-up rate, for each category of crime, in each region, for each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [21586]

Mr. Maclean

Information on the number of convictions and the conviction rate for the years 1991, 1993 and 1995—latest available—is given in tables A, B and C. The provision of data for other years would involve disproportionate cost.

Information on clear-up rates for 1995 and 1996 is given in tables D and E. Figures for earlier years are published annually in chapter 9 of "Regional Trends"; copies of which are available in the Library.

Table A: Number of offenders convicted and conviction rate1 for indictable offences by offence group and region 1991
Region Violence against the person Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other excluding motoring offences Motoring offences Total indictable offences
England Convictions 43,623 5,165 43,026 4,651 124,577 19,864 9,208 22,050 31,899 10,506 314,569
Rate (per cent.) 56.0 61.9 69.6 61.3 73.7 75.8 64.4 82.8 63.8 79.3 69.1
Wales Convictions 3,528 360 3,063 190 8,967 1,308 990 1,405 2,471 757 23,039
Rate (per cent.) 55.4 63.6 66.8 67.1 72.0 75.2 61.2 85.0 64.0 82.3 67.7
1Number of offenders convicted at all courts as a proportion (per cent.) of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts.
2Includes the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas.

Table B: Number of offenders convicted and conviction rate1 for indictable offences by offence group and region 1993
Region Violence against the person Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other excluding motoring offences Motoring offences Total indictable offences
North Convictions 3,139 292 3,323 302 9,667 1,106 610 1,219 2,356 826 22,850
Rate (per cent.) 50.7 58.5 60.8 58.9 69.5 72.5 52.7 79.4 59.9 70.2 63.6
Yorkshire and Humberside Convictions 4,626 422 5,093 538 13,042 1,572 1,457 2,185 3,989 853 33,777
Rate (per cent.) 54.7 56.5 64.7 61.2 69.7 70.4 58.5 79.2 58.5 72.8 64.8
East Midlands Convictions 4,047 379 3,636 376 9,124 1,522 558 1,182 2,165 1,182 24,171
Rate (per cent.) 47.5 49.8 60.3 52.7 69.1 73.0 54.2 79.6 53.7 73.9 61.2
East Anglia Convictions 1,635 166 1,440 120 4.505 776 382 755 1.025 621 11,425
Rate (per cent.) 56.6 65.4 69.9 71.9 76.5 80.6 75.3 85.1 62.5 83.1 71.4
South East Convictions 8,830 1,327 10,296 1,753 35,963 6,025 2,816 8,854 11,159 3,173 90,196
Rate (per cent.) 41.1 52.3 64.0 51.2 70.4 70.4 56.3 79.9 57.9 65.9 69.9
Greater London2 Convictions 3,889 648 4,699 1,197 17,558 3,111 1,312 5,232 7,108 1,691 46,445
Rate (per cent.) 34.5 47.3 64.1 48.6 70.6 69.2 52.6 79.6 60.2 63.9 61.7
Rest of South East Convictions 4,941 679 5,597 556 18,405 2,914 1,504 3,622 4,051 1,482 43,751
Rate (per cent.) 48.3 58.1 63.9 58.0 70.2 71.6 60.1 80.3 54.4 68.4 64.3
South West Convictions 2,563 331 2,900 244 8,685 1,301 609 1,440 2,061 780 20,914
Rate (per cent.) 47.7 57.1 62.5 55.7 71.9 75.2 62.6 84.6 48.6 75.5 68.8
West Midlands Convictions 5,122 513 4,519 646 11,308 1,490 1,408 1,417 4,472 1,134 32,029
Rate (per cent.) 50.5 58.8 63.4 55.5 67.7 73.3 58.7 76.9 55.7 70.4 61.7
North West Convictions 5,418 554 6,272 899 20,852 2,507 731 3,519 7,912 1,528 50,192
Rate (per cent.) 49.8 52.5 70.1 59.7 78.3 75.2 74.5 85.0 62.3 81.8 69.7
England Convictions 35,380 3,984 37,479 4,878 113,156 16,299 8,571 20,571 35,139 10,097 285,554
Rate (per cent.) 47.9 54.5 64.4 55.4 71.5 72.6 59.0 80.9 57.9 72.0 64.4
Wales Convictions 3,496 344 2,793 216 8,481 1,207 804 1,330 2,639 720 22,030
Rate (per cent.) 47.6 56.3 60.7 61.9 70.8 72.0 55.2 80.8 59.9 70.9 62.6
1Number of offenders convicted at all courts as a proportion (per cent.) of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts.
2Includes the Metropolitan and City of London Police Force Areas.
Table C: Number of offenders convicted and conviction rate1for indictable offences by offence group and region 1995
Region Violence against the person Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other (excluding motoring offences) Motoring offences Total indictable offences
North Convictions 2,646 342 3,421 352 9,876 1,126 659 1,536 2,871 830 23,659
Rate (per cent.) 50.2 66.8 65.2 53.7 72.3 72.4 58.2 79.6 56.6 75.5 65.5
Yorkshire and Humberside Convictions 3,327 525 4,563 483 12,548 1,779 1,382 3,164 4,345 961 33,077
Rate (per cent.) 53.0 70.5 67.1 55.5 71.5 69.2 59.7 78.9 55.9 76.8 66.0
East Midlands Convictions 2,104 405 3,070 383 7,909 1,300 551 1,739 2,408 1,161 21,030
Rate (per cent.) 42.2 60.4 64.6 53.3 67.4 66.9 55.2 80.4 51.0 73.8 61.4
East Anglia Convictions 894 161 1,142 93 3,733 610 475 1,076 1,034 777 9,995
Rate (per cent.) 52.8 64.4 68.4 64.6 75.9 72.8 72.1 91.3 59.4 86.3 71.4
South East Convictions 7,886 1,346 9,035 1,952 35,010 5,881 2,915 12.468 12,712 3,001 92,206
Rate (per cent.) 46.4 62.2 67.8 47.6 73.2 69.3 57.2 84.2 56.6 67.5 66.0
Greater London2 Convictions 3,769 601 4,212 1,416 16,471 3,095 1,474 6,786 7,869 1,394 47,087
Rate (per cent.) 42.9 55.7 67.4 45.5 73.3 68.2 53.9 82.6 58.0 63.7 64.6
Rest of South East Convictions 4,117 745 4,823 536 18,539 2,786 1,441 5,682 4,843 1,607 45,119
Rate (per cent.) 50.1 68.6 68.2 54.2 73.0 70.6 61.1 86.2 54.3 71.1 67.5
South West Convictions 1,876 382 2,502 232 8,590 1,317 637 2,331 2,373 889 21,129
Rate (per cent.) 48.6 62.8 65.2 53.8 71.5 69.1 63.2 84.9 45.9 77.4 64.6
West Midlands Convictions 3,316 474 3,799 663 10,387 1,461 1,359 2,075 4,813 1,284 29,631
Rate (per cent.) 50.2 62.0 66.3 53.0 69.6 69.0 57.1 83.2 53.4 72.1 63.0
North West Convictions 4,603 714 5,437 819 20,399 2,630 718 5,050 8,860 1,477 50,707
Rate (per cent.) 48.7 64.5 69.5 58.5 77.4 74.4 69.4 84.5 51.0 80.8 66.8
England Convictions 26,652 4,349 32,969 4,977 108,452 16,104 8,696 29,439 39,416 10,380 281,434
Rate (per cent.) 48.3 63.7 67.0 52.0 72.8 70.2 59.5 83.4 53.8 74.0 65.5
Wales Convictions 2,476 333 2,377 190 7,646 1,126 869 2,145 2,762 819 20,743
Rate (per cent.) 42.9 71.8 61.1 55.6 70.6 68.3 55.0 81.1 51.6 76.0 61.7
1Number of offenders convicted at all courts as a proportion (per cent.) of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts.
2Includes the Metropolitan and City of London Police Force Areas.

Table D: Notifiable offences cleared up by the police1,2: clear up rate by offence group, 1995
England and Wales
Violence against the person Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Other Total
North 78 81 17 30 27 54 21 98 26
Yorkshire and Humberside 79 79 16 25 20 50 14 101 21
East Midlands 82 81 22 33 23 46 18 98 26
East Anglia 82 76 20 33 23 57 20 99 26
South East 72 66 21 20 22 47 22 91 26
Greater London 65 57 22 18 18 46 31 87 25
Rest of South East 80 77 20 30 25 49 18 95 27
South West 84 83 19 29 22 54 22 98 26
West Midlands 77 75 29 20 23 35 15 94 26
North West 73 82 21 24 25 63 18 99 27
England 76 74 21 22 23 50 19 96 26
Wales 89 89 28 48 33 51 23 96 34
1Excluding criminal damage value £20 and under.
2Some offences cleared up may have been initially recorded in an earlier year.

Table E: Notifiable offences cleared by the police1,2: clear up rate by offence group, 1996
England and Wales
Violence against the person Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage other Total
North 76 80 18 31 25 53 22 100 26
Yorkshire and Humberside 80 82 18 35 21 47 15 103 23
East Midlands 85 98 23 34 27 50 20 104 30
East Anglia 86 83 24 45 24 57 20 97 29
South East 72 64 22 24 23 47 18 92 27
Greater London 64 55 21 23 19 46 16 88 24
Rest of South East 81 77 23 36 26 50 19 96 29
South West 84 83 20 27 21 54 21 97 26
West Midlands 78 77 24 22 24 39 16 95 26
North West 73 82 17 23 23 60 17 98 25
England 76 75 21 26 23 49 18 96 26
Wales 86 92 31 52 35 53 23 101 37
1Excluding criminal damage value £20 and under.
2Some offences cleared up may have been initially recorded in an earlier year.