HC Deb 09 April 2001 vol 366 c460W
26. Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the level of crime in England and Wales. [156047]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The British Crime Survey (BCS), published on 17 October, shows an overall fall of 10 per cent. in crimes measured by the BCS between 1997 and 1999. The most recently published recorded crime statistics show that in the 12 months to September 2000 there was a fall in recorded crime of 0.2 per cent. In the same period, domestic burglary fell by 10 per cent. and vehicle crime by 7 per cent.