HC Deb 26 April 2001 vol 367 cc384-9W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for(a) each police force area and (b) each basic command unit area, the number of recorded vehicle crimes in (i) the financial year 1998–99, (ii) the financial year 1999–2000 and (iii) the first nine months of the financial year 2000–01; what is the difference between the number of recorded vehicle crimes in 1999–2000 and in 1998–99; and what is the percentage change in the number of recorded vehicle crimes in 1999–2000 compared with 1998–99. [159047]

Mr. Charles Clarke

For the purpose of this question, 'vehicle crime' is taken to mean theft of and from vehicles. The number of vehicle crimes in 1998–99 and 1999–2000 by police force area is given in the table, with the change and percentage change between the two years. The numbers of thefts of and from vehicles in basic command unit areas have been collected for the period from 1 April 1999. Details of these offences in 1999–2000 by basic command unit area are included in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12–00, 'Recorded Crime Statistics: England and Wales, April 1999 to March 2000', which is available in the Library.

Details of the number of vehicle crimes for the first nine months of 2000–01 in police force areas are not yet available. The number of vehicle crimes by police force area in the year ending September 2000 is given in the table. Details of the number of thefts of and from vehicles in basic command units for the first nine months of 2000–01 are not available centrally. Figures for thefts of and from vehicles for basic command units for the year ended September 2000 are included in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 1–01, 'Recorded Crime: England and Wales, 12 months to September 2000', which is available in the Library.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police by police force Vehicle crime (thefts of and from vehicles)
Police force Offences year ending March 1999 Offences year ending March 2000 Change Percentage change Offences year ending September 2000
Humberside 25,404 21,880 -3,524 -14 20,479
Kent 29,294 22,465 -6,829 -23 23,043
Lancashire 23,478 20,812 -2,666 -11 19,541
Leicestershire 20,540 18,940 -1,600 -8 17,217
Lincolnshire 6,944 6,871 -73 -1 6,749
London, City of 502 611 109 22 639
Merseyside 30,337 33,735 3,398 11 32,801
Metropolitan police 163,020 174,997 11,977 7 171,789
Norfolk 10,834 10,428 -406 -4 10,099
Northamptonshire 14,065 12,255 -1,810 -13 11,685
Northumbria 29,416 26,199 -3,217 -11 24,427
North Yorkshire 9,641 8,596 -1,045 -11 8,180
Nottinghamshire 26,957 24,716 -2,241 -8 24,485
South Yorkshire 33,304 29,523 -3,781 -11 26,728
Staffordshire 19,464 17,601 -1,863 -10 16,638
Suffolk 6,446 6,501 55 1 6,192
Surrey 7,107 7,455 348 5 8,634
Sussex 25,334 25,140 -194 -1 24,074
Thames Valley 49,047 50,464 1,417 3 46,287
Warwickshire 8,961 8,621 -340 -4 7,516
West Mercia 16,174 15,743 -431 -3 14,527
West Midlands 74,142 77,031 2,889 4 72,136
West Yorkshire 64,071 58,298 -5,773 -9 59,449
Wiltshire 6,759 6,598 -161 -2 5,620
Dyfed-Powys 2,480 2,203 -277 -11 2,113
Gwent 9,746 9,107 -639 -7 8,157
North Wales 7,254 7,501 247 3 7,000
South Wales 36,681 33,053 -3,628 -10 27,687
England and Wales 1,077,732 1,043,918 -33,814 -3 1,000,325

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for(a) each police force area and (b) each basic command unit area the number of recorded domestic burglaries in (1) the financial years 1998–99, (2) the financial year 1999–2000 and (3) the first nine months of the financial year 2000–01; what is the difference between the number of recorded domestic burglaries in 1999–2000 and in 1998–99; and what is the percentage change in the number of recorded domestic burglaries in 1999–2000 compared with 1998–99. [159045]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The number of burglaries in a dwelling in 1998–99 and 1999–2000 by police force area is given in the table, with the change and percentage change between the two years. The number of burglaries in a dwelling in basic command unit areas has been collected for the period from 1 April 1999. Details of these offences in 1999–2000 by basic command unit area are included in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12/00, "Recorded Crime Statistics: England and Wales, April 1999 to March 2000", which is available in the Library.

Details of the number of burglaries in a dwelling for the first nine months of 2000–01 in police force areas are not yet available, and are not available centrally for basic command units. Figures for the year ended September 2000 are included in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 1/01, "Recorded Crime: England and Wales, 12 months to September 2000", which is available in the Library.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police by police force—Burglary in dwelling
Police force Year ending March 1999 Offences Year ending March 2000 Change Percentage change
Avon and Somerset 14,584 13,121 -1,463 -10
Bedfordshire 3,302 3,709 407 12
Cambridgeshire 5,628 5,259 -369 -7
Cheshire 5,925 5,379 -546 -9
Cleveland 8,875 7,717 -1,158 -13
Cumbria 2,298 2,222 -76 -3
Derbyshire 6,603 6,427 -176 -3
Devon and Cornwall 7,435 7,416 -19 0
Dorset 3,828 3,524 -304 -8
Durham 4,597 4,044 -553 -12
Essex 6,331 5,868 -463 -7
Gloucestershire 4,866 4,160 -706 -15
Greater Manchester 45,739 40,953 -4,786 -10
Hampshire 7,892 7,372 -520 -7
Hertfordshire 3,589 3,501 -88 -2
Humberside 13,496 13,040 -456 -3
Kent 10,179 8,177 -2,002 -20
Lancashire 12,189 10,561 -1,628 -13
Leicestershire 8,937 7,803 -1,134 -13
Lincolnshire 4,455 4,626 171 4
London, City of 39 27 -12 -31
Merseyside 14,177 13,606 -571 -4
Metropolitan police 75,797 79,504 3,707 5
Norfolk 3,711 3,956 245 7
Northamptonshire 5,110 4,907 -203 -4
Northumbria 15,334 12,539 -2,795 -18
North Yorkshire 4,822 4,343 -479 -10
Nottinghamshire 13,697 12,612 -1,085 -8
South Yorkshire 18,405 16,169 -2,236 -12
Staffordshire 9,974 9,073 -901 -9
Suffolk 2,464 2,332 -132 -5
Surrey 3,100 2,903 -197 -6
Sussex 11,026 9,596 -1,430 -13
Thames Valley 14,434 15,498 1,064 7
Warwickshire 2,887 3,189 302 10

Notifiable offences recorded by the polite by police force—Burglary in dwelling
Police force Year ending March 1999 Offences Year ending March 2000 Change Percentage change
West Mercia 5,867 5,667 -200 -3
West Midlands 37,323 35,583 -1,740 -5
West Yorkshire 35,952 29,623 -6,329 -18
Wiltshire 2,447 2,149 -298 -12
Dyfed-Powys 973 696 -277 -28
Gwent 3,377 3,148 -229 -7
North Wales 2,449 2,219 -230 -9
South Wales 9,239 8,383 -856 -9
England and Wales 473,352 442,601 -30,751 -7

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of Slate for the Home Department when he intends to publish the recorded crime statistics for the 12 months ending 31 March. [159012]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The recorded crime bulletin for the year ending March 2001 is due to be published in the week beginning 16 July 2001.

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police force areas and basic command units that make up the principal cities which are the subject of his Department's target for reducing recorded robbery. [159013]

Mr. Charles Clarke

We have set the following five forces a target of a 14 per cent. reduction of robbery by March 2005: Greater Manchester police, Merseyside police, Metropolitan police, West Midlands police and West Yorkshire police.

The basic command units which make up these police force areas are: Greater Manchester Police Bolton, Bury, North Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, South Manchester, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Merseyside Police Central Wirral, City and Kirkdale, Knowsley, North Sefton, North Wirral, South Liverpool, South Sefton, St Helens, Walton and Croxteth, Wavertree and Riverside and West Derby and Tuebrook. Metropolitan Police Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of Westminster, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Heathrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Wandsworth. West Midlands Police D1—Erdington/Aston/Nechells/Saltley/Ward End, D2—Sutton Coldfield/Castle Vale /Kingstanding, D3—Stechford/Shard End/ Bordesley Green/Bromford/Sheldon, E1—Bournville/Bartley Green/Longbridge/Selly Oak/Frankley/Northfield, E2—Kings Heath/Billesley/Kings Norton, E3—Acocks Green/Sparkhill/ Sparkbrook/Edgbaston /Balsall Heath/Selly Park/Moseley, F1—Birmingham City Centre/Digbeth, F2—Soho/ Winson Green/ Harbourne/Ladywood/Quinton, F3—Soho/Handsworth/Sandwell/ Perry Barr/Aston (part), G1—Wolverhampton Town Centre/ Wolverhampton West/ Whitmoreanes/Tettenhall/Penn, G2— Wednesfield/Bilsto H1—Walsall North and South/Walsall Town Centre/Aldridge, H2W—Willenhall/Blexwich/Brownhills/ Darlaston, J1—Brierley Hill/Dudley/Sedgeley/Gornal, J2—Halesowen/Stourbridge/ Lye/Cradley/Kingswinford, K1—West Bromwich/Wednesbury/Tipton/Great Barr, K2—Smethwick/ Oldbury/Old Hill/Langley/Warley, L1—Solihull/Chelmsley Wood/Shirley, M1—Coundon/Hillsfields/Tile Hill/Coventry City Centre, M2—Fletchamstead /Stivichall/Willenham—Coventry/ Stoke and M3—Radford/Foleshill/Bell Green/ Wyken. West Yorkshire Police Bradford Central, Calder Valley, Chapeltown, Dewsbury, Eccleshill, Halifax, Holbeck, Huddersfield, Keighley, Killingbeck, Millgarth, Odsal, Pontefract, Pudsey, Toller Lane, Wakefield and Weetwood.

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) for each police force area and (b) each basic command unit area the number of recorded robberies in (i) 1998–99, (ii) 1999–2000 and (iii) the first nine months of the financial year 2000–01; what is the difference between the number of recorded robberies in the first nine months of 2000–01 compared with the first nine months of 1999–2000; and what is the percentage difference between the number of recorded robberies in the first nine months of 2000–01 compared with the first nine months of 1999–2000. [159044]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The number of robberies in 1998–99 and 1999–2000 by police force area are given in the table.

The number of robberies in basic command unit areas has been collected for the period from 1 April 1999. Details of the number of robberies in 1999–2000 by basic command unit areas are included in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12–00, 'Recorded Crime Statistics: England and Wales, April 1999 to March 2000', which is available in the Library.

Details of the number of robberies for the first nine months of 2000–01 in police force areas are not yet available, and are not available centrally for basic command units. Figures for the year ended September 2000 are included in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 1–01, 'Recorded Crime: England and Wales, 12 months to September 2000', which is available in the Library.

Notifiable offences recorded by the police by police force—Robbery
Police force Offences year ending year ending March 1999 Offences year ending March 2000 Change Percentage change
Avon and Somerset 1,831 2,381 550 30
Bedfordshire 530 615 85 16
Cambridgeshire 437 548 111 25
Cheshire 397 466 69 17
Cleveland 908 839 -69 -8
Cumbria 119 90 -29 -24
Derbyshire 504 584 80 16
Devon and Cornwall 462 487 25 5
Dorset 205 241 36 18
Durham 172 236 64 37
Essex 523 626 103 20
Gloucestershire 273 291 18 7
Greater Manchester 7,632 8,634 1,002 13
Hampshire 588 732 144 24
Hertfordshire 250 420 170 68
Humberside 839 950 111 13
Kent 712 827 115 16
Lancashire 982 1,058 76 8
Leicestershire 967 1,023 56 6
Lincolnshire 149 178 29 19
London, City of 29 49 20 69
Merseyside 2,484 2,663 179 7
Metropolitan Police 26,330 36,317 9,987 38
Norfolk 220 297 77 35
Northamptonshire 443 481 38 9
Northumbria 1,347 1,389 42 3
North Yorkshire 170 212 42 25
Nottinghamshire 1,312 1,768 456 35

Notifiable offences recorded by the police by police force—Robbery
Police force Offences year ending March 1999 Offences year ending March 2000 Change Percentage change
South Yorkshire 979 1,122 143 15
Staffordshire 509 697 188 37
Suffolk 140 223 83 59
Surrey 171 224 53 31
Sussex 939 1,020 81 9
Thames Valley 1,327 1,659 332 25
Warwickshire 170 224 54 32
West Mercia 351 359 8 2
West Midlands 7,315 10,092 2,777 38
West Yorkshire 3,072 3,088 16 1
Wiltshire 195 258 63 32
Dyfed-Powys 42 28 -14 -33
Gwent 173 216 43 25
North Wales 127 146 19 15
South Wales 511 519 8 2
England and Wales 66,836 84,277 17,441 26