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Mr. Woodward
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many offences there were and what the rate of incidence per 1,000 population was of(a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drug and other offences in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in (A) 1997, (B) 1998, (C) 1999, (D) 2000 and (E) 2001; [71276]
Recorded crimes by offence group—St Helens1 |
Offence Group |
Offences Recorded |
1999–2000 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Offences recorded |
2000–01 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Offences recorded |
2001–02 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Violence against the person |
1,693 |
9.5 |
69 |
1,795 |
10.1 |
74 |
1,913 |
10.7 |
69 |
Sexual offences |
109 |
0.6 |
68 |
153 |
0.9 |
79 |
125 |
0.7 |
|
Robbery |
171 |
1.0 |
21 |
168 |
0.9 |
27 |
214 |
1.2 |
36 |
Burglary in a dwelling |
|
|
15 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
17 |
1Full details of the other groups were not collected in the time period requested. |
Recorded crimes by offence group—Merseyside |
Offence group |
Offences recorded |
1997 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Offence cleared up |
1998–99 offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Offences recorded |
1999–2000 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Offences recorded |
2000–01 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Offences recorded |
2001–02 Offences per 1,000 population |
Percentage cleared up |
Violence against the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
person |
8,083 |
5.7 |
69 |
12,208 |
8.6 |
74 |
14,639 |
10.4 |
69 |
15,855 |
11.3 |
71 |
16,030 |
11.4 |
64 |
Sexual offences |
906 |
0.6 |
82 |
1,019 |
0.7 |
73 |
935 |
0.7 |
67 |
982 |
0.7 |
68 |
1,018 |
0.7 |
55 |
Robbery |
2,141 |
1.5 |
25 |
2,484 |
1.8 |
23 |
2,663 |
1.9 |
18 |
2,405 |
1.7 |
21 |
3,155 |
2.3 |
19 |
Burglary |
26,266 |
18.5 |
26 |
26,498 |
18.8 |
22 |
25,638 |
18.2 |
12 |
23,938 |
17.1 |
13 |
25,478 |
18.2 |
12 |
Burglary in dwelling |
|
|
30 |
|
|
27 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
15 |
Theft and Handling |
58,520 |
41.2 |
29 |
59,044 |
41.8 |
24 |
62,230 |
44.2 |
19 |
57,844 |
41.2 |
21 |
59,698 |
42.5 |
19 |
Fraud and Forgery |
4,269 |
3.0 |
59 |
4,884 |
3.5 |
59 |
4,794 |
3.4 |
55 |
5,021 |
3.6 |
53 |
5,380 |
3.8 |
28 |
Criminal damage |
23,677 |
16.7 |
15 |
27,465 |
19.4 |
12 |
30,822 |
21.9 |
11 |
30,593 |
21.8 |
12 |
33,899 |
24.2 |
10 |
Drug offences |
|
|
|
5,620 |
4.0 |
95 |
4,838 |
3.4 |
99 |
4,421 |
3.2 |
97 |
4,390 |
3.1 |
95 |
Other offences |
2,117 |
1.5 |
97 |
1,652 |
1.2 |
90 |
1,613 |
1.1 |
82 |
1,748 |
1.3 |
79 |
1,886 |
1.3 |
76 |
Total |
125,979 |
88.7 |
31 |
14,0874 |
99.7 |
31 |
14,8172 |
105.1 |
26 |
14,2807 |
101.7 |
28 |
15.0934 |
107.6 |
24 |