§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the incidence of crimes of violence in(a) Gwent, (b) other Welsh Police Authority areas and (c) English Police Authority areas. [120935]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe latest recorded crime figures published for the period October 1998 to September 1999 show the total of all violent crime, which includes violence against the person, robbery and sexual offences, to be:
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Area Offences per 100,000 population (a) Gwent 2,151 (b) All Other police areas in Wales 962 (c) Police areas in England 1,159 Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, local authorities and the police working in partnership are required to develop local strategies for reducing crime and disorder. For the partnerships in Gwent, the key priorities and targets in their local strategies include tackling: drugs and alcohol misuse; anti-social behaviour, including neighbourhood disorder; youth disaffection and offending by young people; and violent and hate crime.