HC Deb 28 October 2002 vol 391 cc611-2W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent crimes were recorded in Cambridgeshire in each of the last three years. [74783]

Mr. Denham

Violent crime is comprised of offences of violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery. The requested figures are given in the table.

Violent crime in Cambridgeshire
Year ending March Number of recorded violent crimes
1999–2000 7,056
2000–01 7,419
2001–02 8,584

It should be noted that recorded violent crime is not necessarily an accurate guide to trends in violent crime, as it is subject to changes in reporting and recording. For example, in the British Crime Survey, for England and Wales as a whole, the number of common assaults showed a statistically significant decrease of 24 per cent. between 1999 and interviews during 2001–02, whereas common assaults recorded by the police in England and Wales increased by 15 per cent. over the same period.

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