§ Mr. HoramTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifiable offences there were in the London borough of Bromley in each year since 1973. [89802]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 14 January 2003]Recorded crime figures ('notifiable offences') at Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) level have been collected centrally on a financial year basis for six key offences since April 1999. These statistics are published in Home Office Bulletins Issue 12/01 "Recorded Crime England and Wales, 12 months to March 2001", and Issue 7/02 "Crime in England and Wales 2001–02", which are available in the Library. The figures for Bromley are given in the table. Figures before this date were not collected centrally.
Bromley Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership Offence April 1999 to March 2000 April 2000 to March 2001 April 2001 to March 2002 Violence against the person 3,224 3,800 3,843 Sexual offences 166 186 232 Robbery 518 685 917 Burglary in a dwelling 1,989 1,821 1,836 Theft of a motor vehicle 1,895 2,046 2,173 Theft from a vehicle 3,479 2,958 3,552