§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries were estimated to have been(a) reported and (b) unreported in (i) urban, (ii) rural and (iii) suburban areas for each year since 1979. [75183]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 21 October 2002]: The following tables show the numbers of burglaries per 10,000 households for urban, rural and suburban areas, as measured by the British Crime Survey. There is no commonly agreed definition of rural areas. Results here use the Office for National Statistics (ONS) District Level Classification in order to provide the urban, suburban and rural breakdown. The ONS classification of areas was revised for authorities in 1999. The revision produced a different hierarchical structure hence there is little direct comparability with the results of the original classification. Therefore, it is not possible to give the figures for the most recent sweep of the British Crime Survey (BCS).
Numbers of reported incidents per 10,000 households Urban Suburban Rural England and Wales 1999 482 298 257 373 1997 664 298 289 478 1995 697 424 402 549 1993 855 398 243 580 1991 706 331 267 481 1987 523 254 241 388 1983 455 267 51 325 Notes:
1 British Crime Survey.
2 Note that estimates for 1995 to 1999 are not directly comparable with previous years due to new weighting of the data. Therefore, estimates from 1995 to 1999 may also vary from those previously published.
3 Results for 1983 to 1997 should be treated with caution due to small sample sizes.
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Numbers of unreported incidents per 10,000 households Urban Suburban Rural England and Wales 1999 305 152 127 216 1997 392 196 96 275 1995 415 158 193 286 1993 400 179 151 275 1991 299 133 91 197 1987 312 188 37 224 1983 207 154 72 167 Notes:
1 British Crime Survey.
2 Note that estimates for 1995 to 1999 are not directly comparable with previous weighting of the data. Therefore, estimates from 1995 to 1999 may also vary from those previously published.
3 Results for 1983 to 1997 should be treated with caution due to small sample sizes.