HC Deb 04 July 2001 vol 371 cc203-4W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the ratio was bet vixen the number of police officers and notifiable offences in Avon and Somerset for each year from 1980 to 2001; and if he will make a statement. [1374]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is given in the table. Recorded crime figures for the year ending 31 March 2001 are not currently available.

Avon and Somerset
Year Recorded crimes per police officer
1980 20
1981 21
1982 23
1983 23
1984 25
1985 27
1986 31
1987 33
1988 33
1989 33
1990 42
1991 50
1992 57
1993 58
1994 56
1995 51
1996 53
1997 48
1997–981 49
1998–991,2 50
1999–20001,2 50
1 Recorded crime data expressed on a financial year basis.
2 Revised rules for recording crime were introduced on 1 April 1998.

The ratios before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.