§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes(a) were reported and (b) led to convictions in the Sutton and Cheam constituency in each year since 1979. [134888] [134986]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 6 November, 2000]: Details of reported crime are not available. Information on the numbers of crimes recorded by the police in the London Borough of Sutton has been provided by the Metropolitan police. The figures cover from the 1995–96 financial year onwards. I understand that comparative data for earlier years are not available.
Recorded offences in the London Borough of Sutton Number 1995–96 10,756 1996–97 13,677 1997–98 13,059 1998–991 12,752 1999–20001 14,493 1 New counting rules Available information held centrally on the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, showing the number of offenders convicted of indictable offences at Sutton Petty Sessional Division (PSD), are as follows:
Offenders convicted for indictable offences at Sutton PSD1,2 Number 1979 624 1984 704 1989 636 1993 655 1994 818 1995 787 1996 692 1997 740 1998 752 1999 681 1 Includes those found guilty at the Crown Court where the committing PSD was Sutton. 2 For earlier years also includes Wallington PSD which amalgamated with the then Sutton PSD in 1986–87 to form the current Sutton PSD. Note:
Due to disproportionate costs, selected years only are given.
It is important to note that as recorded crime data relate to offences, and convictions data relate to offenders, the two sets of figures are not directly comparable.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted in respect of(a) murder, (b) indictable offences and (c) non-indictable offences in each year since 1979 in the Sutton and Cheam constituency. [134889] [134985]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 6 November 2000]: Available information taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Databases are given in the table. Due to disproportionate cost selected years only are given.
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Number of offenders convicted at Sutton Petty Sessional Division (PSD1) or at the Crown court (where the committing magistrates court was Sutton PSD1) for certain offences, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1993 to 1999 Offence Murder Indictable offences Summary non-motoring offences 1979 — 624 742 1984 — 704 876 1989 — 636 789 1993 — 655 885 1994 1 818 281 1995 — 787 373 1996 — 692 1,132 1997 — 740 904 1998 1 752 1,066 1999 — 681 780 1 For earlier years also includes Wallington PSD which amalgamated with the then Sutton PSD in 1986–87 to form the current Sutton PSD
Number of persistent young offenders convicted of one or more recordable offences in 1999 by division/sub -division and number of recordable offences Number of recordable offences Metropolitan division or sub-division Four 5 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 and over Total Acton — 6 4 — — 10 Barkingside — 4 7 — — 11 Barnet and Hertsmere — 4 5 3 — 12 Battersea 1 9 2 5 — 17 Belgravia — 4 5 1 — 10 Bexleyheath 4 14 15 — — 33 Boreham Wood 1 — 1 — — 2 Brixton 1 10 4 1 — 16 Bromley and Orpington 6 17 11 6 — 40 Brompton 1 2 2 2 — 7 Catford 2 13 9 3 — 27 Charing Cross 2 6 4 — — 12 Chingford — 5 10 5 — 20 Colindale — 3 1 1 — 5 Croydon 2 7 11 3 — 23 Dagenham — 10 7 7 1 25 Ealing 2 5 4 1 — 12 Edmonton — 5 5 2 — 12 Enfield 1 9 7 4 — 21 Epsom and Sutton 2 10 8 3 — 23 Forest Gate 2 6 7 1 — 16 Fulham 2 10 9 1 — 22 Greenwich 2 10 13 6 — 31 Hackney — — — 1 — 1 Hammersmith 1 5 6 — — 12 Hampstead — 3 1 2 — 6 Harrow — 8 6 2 — 16 Harrow Road — 2 1 — — 3 Heathrow Airport — 1 — — — 1 Hillingdom — 1 5 2 — 8 Holborn — 1 3 1 — 5 Holloway — 3 5 4 — 12 Hornsey — 4 9 1 — 14 Hounslow 2 29 17 2 — 50 Ilford 2 9 10 1 — 22 Islington 2 7 3 — — 12 Kentish Town 2 8 9 2 — 21 Kilburn — 14 5 — — 19 Kingston 3 17 13 2 — 35 Lewisham — 9 9 6 1 25 Leyton — 4 6 2 — 12 Limehouse 2 7 3 — — 12 Marylebone 3 10 13 4 — 30 Notting Hill 1 3 4 1 — 9 Paddington Green — 5 2 — 1 8 Peckham 1 8 4 2 — 15