Burglary (Hansard, 4 December 2002)

§ Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the monthly burglary rates in the areas covered by the street crime initiative in the last two years. [83668]

§ Mr. Denham
General recorded crime figures for the period from April 2002, the period of the street crime initiative, have yet to be collated. Details of domestic burglary figures for three-month periods up to March 2002, for the 10 police force areas involved in the street crime initiative, are given in the table.

§ Mr. Denham
Details are given in the table. For car crime, total figures for theft of and theft from vehicles have been used. 'Street crime' is not a separate category in general recorded crime figures, which are based on legal definitions. Figures are given for all robbery, and robbery of personal property, the latter being collected separately from 1 April 1998.
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Year¹ All recorded crime All burglary Theft of and from vehicles Robbery (personal and business property) Robbery of personal property²

1999–2000⁴ 9,314 1,805 1,659 66 52

2000–01 9,872 1,613 1,515 75 60

2001–02 11,067 1,774 1,694 91 79

¹ Figures are on a calendar year basis up to 1997, and years ending March thereafter.

² Robbery of personal property has been collected separately since 1 April 1998.

³ There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, and hence figures before and after that date will not be directly comparable. However, apart from the total recorded crime figure, it is thought that the categories given would be relatively little affected by the change.

⁴ Staffordshire adopted the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in October 1999, in advance of its national implementation date of April 2002. The 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 figures for the force will be affected by the Standard, although again, apart for the total recorded crime figure, the categories chosen are thought to be relatively little affected by the change

Year¹	All recorded crime	All burglary	Theft of and from vehicles	Robbery (personal and business property)	Robbery of personal property²
1999–2000⁴	9,314	1,805	1,659	66	52
2000–01	9,872	1,613	1,515	75	60
2001–02	11,067	1,774	1,694	91	79
¹ Figures are on a calendar year basis up to 1997, and years ending March thereafter.
² Robbery of personal property has been collected separately since 1 April 1998.
³ There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, and hence figures before and after that date will not be directly comparable. However, apart from the total recorded crime figure, it is thought that the categories given would be relatively little affected by the change.
⁴ Staffordshire adopted the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) in October 1999, in advance of its national implementation date of April 2002. The 1999–2000, 2000–01 and 2001–02 figures for the force will be affected by the Standard, although again, apart for the total recorded crime figure, the categories chosen are thought to be relatively little affected by the change