§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police force 979W in each year since 1997, (a) the number of offences recorded broken down by major category, (b) the number and proportion of those offences that were cleared up, (c) the number of persons prosecuted for offences and (d) the number and proportion of such persons convicted of such offence. [86853]
§ Mr. DenhamThe figures requested on recorded crimes and detections for the years up to 2000–01 are available in Chapter 2 of successive editions of the publication 'Criminal Statistics England and Wales', which are available in the Library. The 2001–02 figures are available in tables 7.02 and 8.03 of 'Crime in England and Wales 2001–02' (Home Office Statistical Bulletin 7/02), which is also available in the Library.
It should be noted that there was a change in counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998, which increased the coverage of offences, and also placed a greater emphasis on counting crimes in terms of the number of victims. Recorded crime and detection data before and after this date are therefore not directly comparable.
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Recorded crime: number of detections by offence group and police force area and region 2001–02 Police force area and region Total Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other Cleveland 14,723 2,269 364 231 1,836 6,324 865 1,281 1,095 458 Durham 16,396 5,066 200 99 1,532 4,587 972 1,982 1,270 688 Northumbria 43,768 11,587 518 442 3,336 13,702 2,606 5,161 4,761 1,655 North East Region 74,887 18,922 1,082 772 6,704 24,613 4,443 8,424 7,126 2,801 Cheshire 18,157 4,684 308 152 1,700 5,687 1,128 1,989 1,570 939 Cumbria 12,115 4,092 152 61 723 3,506 687 1,641 910 343 Greater Manchester 79,552 27,801 1,415 1,557 5,595 21,136 4,611 9,703 4,556 3,178 Lancashire 35,948 9,887 508 388 3,616 10,585 2,214 4,151 3,117 1,482 Merseyside 35,947 10,198 560 585 3,029 11,171 1,485 3,298 4,179 1,442 North West Region 181,719 56,662 2,943 2,743 14,663 52,085 10,125 20,782 14,332 7,384 Humberside 23,306 6,224 301 201 2,109 8,335 1,868 2,464 1,292 512 North Yorkshire 15,344 4,373 233 84 1,065 4,773 1,334 1,586 1,372 524 South Yorkshire 31,597 6,698 412 463 3,328 10,559 2,426 2,920 3,359 1,432 West Yorkshire 57,694 14,294 968 1,152 8,099 18,041 3,124 5,753 4,218 2,045 Yorkshire and the Humber Region 127,941 31,589 1,914 1,900 14,601 41,708 8,752 12,723 10,241 4,513 Derbyshire 22,204 6,920 395 250 2,337 6,180 1,397 2,439 1,413 873 Leicestershire 25,099 6,941 321 241 1,831 7,798 2,465 2,745 1,569 1,188 Lincolnshire 13,588 3,549 260 81 1,242 4,323 907 1,674 1,067 485 Northamptonshire 18,878 4,955 232 280 1,418 6,706 1,543 2221 953 570 Nottinghamshire 28,048 8,110 454 446 2,684 9,062 1,376 2,794 1,889 1,233 East Midlands Region 107,817 30,475 1,662 1,298 9,512 34,069 7,688 11,873 6,891 4,349 Staffordshire 27,754 10,471 413 216 2,022 6,937 1,391 3,132 2,066 1,106 Warwickshire 10,585 3,093 111 110 1,180 3,367 696 1,102 628 298 West Mercia 30,011 10,662 408 183 1,908 8,018 2,292 3,424 2,114 1,002 West Midlands 107,456 37,092 1,586 2,766 9,330 27,482 7,639 9,380 7,419 4,762 West Midlands Region 175,806 61,318 2,518 3,275 14,440 45,804 12,018 17,038 12,227 7,168 Bedfordshire 12,890 3,556 140 161 879 4,607 821 1,359 954 413 Cambridgeshire 15,625 5,349 279 146 1,508 4,370 834 1,744 780 615 Essex 29,567 9,391 445 227 1,911 8,996 1,859 3,857 2,109 772 Hertfordshire 16,362 3,761 258 214 1,210 6,015 1,307 1,766 1,343 488 Norfolk 14,720 4,259 239 97 1,027 4,433 1,248 1,903 1,161 353 Suffolk 16,426 5,693 234 117 836 4,398 1,066 2,255 1,219 608 East of England Region 105,590 32,009 1,595 962 7,371 32,819 7,135 12,884 7,566 3,249 London, City of 3,414 357 18 8 141 1,294 891 114 444 147 Metropolitan Police 148,827 41,304 3,201 6,042 12,046 38,672 8,526 12,255 22,075 4,706 London Region 152,241 41,661 3,219 6,050 12,187 39,966 9,417 12,369 22,519 4,853 Hampshire 40,052 12,607 874 262 2,622 11,087 2,765 4,906 3,370 1,559 Kent 33,903 8,690 588 269 2,189 11,062 2,087 4,790 2,946 1,282 Surrey 15,455 4,677 229 167 935 3,824 1,496 1,863 1,804 460 There was a change in the counting rules for detections on 1 April 1999, in order to tighten up what could be counted as a detection. Figures for detections before and after this date will therefore not be directly comparable.
Some police forces adopted the principles of the National Crime Recording Standard in advance of its national implementation in April 2002, and this will also have an effect on the numbers of offences recorded and detection rates.
The requested information on the number of defendants proceeded against, and the number and proportion found guilty, by offence group for notifiable offences by police force area for the years 1997 to 2001, has been placed in the Library. The proportion of defendants is based on a comparison between the number prosecuted and the number convicted. Some convictions will be in a different year to the initial prosecution in the magistrates court, which account for the figures greater than 100 per cent. given in the relevant table.
It should be noted that as the recorded crime and detection data relate to offences, and that the court data relate to offenders, they are not directly comparable.
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Recorded crime: number of detections by offence group and police force area and region 2001–02 Police force area and region Total Violence against the person Sexual offences Robbery Burglary Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other Sussex 34,428 12,577 482 338 1,864 9,127 2,064 4,047 2,500 1,429 Thames Valley 48,196 11,638 447 749 4,705 16,634 4,123 4,658 3,985 1,257 South East Region 172,034 50,189 2,620 1,785 12,315 51,734 12,535 20,264 14,605 5,987 Avon and Somerset 25,632 5,131 341 510 3,254 9,044 2,639 2,362 1,775 576 Devon and Cornwall 31,963 9,270 572 160 2,033 8,516 2,896 3,566 3,940 1,010 Dorset 14,567 3,545 214 64 1,185 3,958 2,239 1,655 1,323 384 Gloucestershire 15,110 3,668 166 130 1,509 4,848 1,456 1,590 1,209 534 Wiltshire 11,745 3,221 190 91 860 3,579 985 1,376 1,089 354 South West Region 99,017 24,835 1,483 955 8,841 29,945 10,215 10,549 9,336 2858 Dyfed Powys 15,393 5,276 268 21 771 2973 1,057 1,855 2,385 787 Gwent 26,011 8,355 398 124 2,168 7,834 1,594 3,054 1,730 754 North Wales 14,934 4,874 241 65 914 4,238 941 1,788 1,321 552 South Wales 38,006 11,910 436 249 2,587 10,720 2,497 4,440 3,869 1,298 Wales 94,344 30,415 1,343 459 6,440 25,765 6,089 11,137 9,305 3,391 England and Wales 1,291,396 378,075 20,379 20,199 107,074 378,508 88,417 138,043 114,148 46,553 982W
Number of defendants proceeded against at the magistrates courts for notifiable offences by police force area England and Wales 19971 Proceeded against Violence against the person Sexual offences Burglary Robbery Theft and handling stolen goods Fraud and forgery Criminal damage Drug offences Other offences Total Avon and Somerset 3,517 250 1,134 195 4,336 630 1,311 811 1,075 13,259 Bedfordshire 1,427 65 439 130 1,708 280 537 456 433 5,475 Cambridgeshire 1,890 77 674 80 1,779 363 700 405 629 6,597 Cheshire 3,248 143 847 158 3,180 543 1,021 985 936 11,061 Cleveland 2,127 57 1,175 134 3,193 326 765 364 700 8,841 Cumbria 2,397 72 562 36 1,984 423 795 538 404 7,211 Derbyshire 3,353 209 888 80 2,604 538 1,101 506 1,158 10,437 Devon and Cornwall 4,346 170 1,091 101 4,026 787 1,427 1,454 1,135 14,537 Dorset 1,156 107- 438 69 1,770 521 558 347 422 5,388 Durham 2,457 61 795 72 2,013 330 749 366 659 7,502 Essex 3,996 226 995 137 4,307 842 1,396 1,134 1,392 14,425 Gloucestershire 1,347 47 472 73 1,581 265 510 323 582 5,200 Greater Manchester 9,302 522 2,939 876 11,799 1,530 2,991 2,193 3,203 35,355 Hampshire 5,044 240 1,290 181 5,543 1,176 1,877 1,309 1,951 18,611 Hertfordshire 1,883 103 403 110 1,843 376 655 549 560 6,482 Humberside 2,968 91 1,053 105 3,305 469 948 611 780 10,330 Kent 3,260 126 1,031 121 4,704 514 1,448 1,300 853 13,357 Lancashire 6,910 268 2,152 264 6,952 1,036 1,843 1,726 1,731 22,882 Leicestershire 3,387 168 945 264 2,914 631 1,036 650 984 10,979 Lincolnshire 2,194 97 672 39 2,115 412 729 693 579 7,530 London, City of 212 9 35 8 414 235 51 166 141 1,271 Merseyside 4,681 150 1,384 259 6,611 886 1,219 2,311 1,571 19,072 Metropolitan police 21,598 1,401 5,512 2,930 24,955 5,135 6,051 9,253 6,645 83,480 Norfolk 2,287 180 447 41 1,788 424 829 695 385 7,076 Northamptonshire 1,773 54 564 82 1,748 309 767 229 411 5,937 Northumbria 6,045 263 2,018 394 6,405 863 1,872 1,192 2,090 21,142 North Yorkshire 2,630 107 624 81 2,272 460 736 605 692 8,207 Nottinghamshire 4,788 254 1,374 225 4,332 699 1,425 797 1,179 15,073 South Yorkshire 3,970 156 1,318 241 4,973 592 1,578 1,339 1,065 15,232 Staffordshire 3,763 207 1,054 132 3,205 623 1,570 903 926 12,383 Suffolk 1,752 68 516 74 1,633 602 685 535 484 6,349 Surrey 1,493 51 318 84 1,398 279 544 419 469 5,055 Sussex 3,239 124 961 189 4,013 707 1,078 1,207 927 12,445 Thames Valley 3,934 180 1,181 278 4,387 751 1,498 1,353 1,339 14,901 Warwickshire 1,121 51 447 65 1,244 225 400 229 522 4,304 West Mercia 2,951 115 922 101 2,592 524 923 732 1,058 9,918 West Midlands 8,928 528 3,502 1,151 10,008 1,607 2,902 2,058 3,560 34,244 West Yorkshire 7,508 479 3,467 673 9,367 1,511 2,668 3,721 2,365 31,759 Wiltshire 1,222 80 308 66 1,121 260 467 333 261 4,118 Dyfed Powys 2,483 78 575 38 1,457 324 593 757 815 7,120 Gwent 3,413 92 769 94 2,121 406 1,135 645 777 9,452 North Wales 2,665 137 571 44 2,022 413 909 591 754 8,106 South Wales 6,622 201 1,668 306 5,776 890 2,444 1,431 1,777 21,115 England and Wales 165,287 8,064 49,530 10,781 175,498 30,717 54,741 48,221 50,379 593,218 1 These data are on the principal offence basis.