§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the detection rate for offences of burglary. [30110]
§ Mr. DenhamThe detection rates for all recorded crimes of burglary, and the numbers of recorded burglaries, for the last four years for England and Wales as a whole are given in the table.
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Detection rate (percentage) Number of recorded burglaries 1997 23 1,015,075 1998–991 19 953,184 1999–20002 13 906,468 2000–01 12 836,027 1 There was a change in the counting rules for recorded crime on 1 April 1998 which placed a greater emphasis on counting crimes in terms of numbers of victims. Numbers of recorded crimes and detection rates after this date are therefore not directly comparable with previous years. 2 There was a change in the rules for counting detections in April 1999, the new instructions providing more precise and rigorous criteria for securing a detection, with the underlying emphasis on the successful result of a police investigation. For example, detections obtained by the interview of a convicted prisoner were no longer included. Numbers of detections before and after this date are not directly comparable.